IdeaLift is a boutique strategic consulting firm that works with social impact leaders to develop high-performing teams, organizational capabilities and a culture that fuels success. IdeaLift engages consultants who have served in executive leadership roles to provide unparalleled insights, project management and thought leadership to nonprofits, businesses, entrepreneurs and philanthropists. The consultants work with a variety of client organizations to help with board development, drive strategic planning, facilitate collaborative innovation among teams, and build organizational capacity to support the effectiveness of executives and boards.www.idealiftgroup.com

IOSM is a Global Association for Science-Based Performance-Focused Mindfulness.Organizational Mindfulness is an entirely new category of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI), designed to teach mental and emotional skills for personal and organizational performance. Our students learn traditional principles and practices through an all-science lens and apply them to develop critical work capabilities and solve real-world business problems.IOSM is a non-profit association of scientists, educators, human capital and operating professionals, with a shared mission to bring mindfulness neural training into the mainstream — to develop more effective leaders, a healthier, happier, higher performing workforce, and a safer, more inclusive, more productive workplace.

Offering businesses the opportunity to create science based mental health support for themselves and their employees in a way that builds psychological safety within the workplace and helps support retention within their companies and non-profits. Our program teaches leaders and teams proven tactics for bouncing back from challenges more quickly and effectively.

Journey is a powerful Stress Management & Mental Wellbeing Program to reduce burnout, turnover, and stress-related illness while increasing productivity and engagement. As a Journey Meditation Teacher I lead meditation classes at corporations and nonprofits in the Boston area. https://corporate.journeymeditation.com

The mission of Horizons for Homeless Children is to improve the lives of homeless children and help their families succeed by providing high quality early education (with a social emotional learning curriculum), opportunities for play and comprehensive family support services. Horizons also advocates on behalf of young children, train educators and human services providers.• Had overall responsibility for $10M budget with 120 staff and 35 engaged board members.• Led and implemented a new five-year strategic plan to build and strengthen Horizons as a national thought leader in early education for homeless children.• Grew fundraising revenues +10% each year for three consecutive years through individual donors, corporations, foundations and events while developing private/ public partnerships.• Created a new Marketing/PR team resulting in increased online donations, greater visibility and a complete rebranding of the organization.• Recruited and developed a new Evaluations and Research team that developed data-driven practices,new IT system and tools to measure outcomes based on an innovative School Readiness Framework.• Aligned staff around a new company culture resulting in new statements of core values, mission and vision and measurable departmental goals.• Initiated broader and deeper policy and advocacy relationships with state agencies, legislators and advocacy partners/coalitions resulting in increased government funding and grassroots advocacy efforts. • Contributed as an active member on government and private advisory councils as an expert in early education and homelessness, while seeking out partnerships with similar nonprofit organizations and early education organizations in MA and nationally.• Strengthened the statewide Volunteer Program by facilitating knowledge sharing and standardizing practices across regional offices. Oversaw recruitment, training and support of 3000 volunteers in 150 homeless shelters statewide.

The largest foreign student exchange organization with staff of 60 and over 1000 volunteers placing and supervising 3000 international students spending a high school year in the US living with volunteer host families. Directly managed two succeeding co-Presidents. Role simultaneous with President of Talent Management and Human Resources role below.• Led organization to become largest U.S. provider by taking market share and focusing on customer satisfaction.• Aligned the company vision and strategic plan with stakeholders’ interests by building strong relationships between customers, 30 international sales offices, U.S. Board of Directors, staff, thousands of volunteers, and U.S. State Department.• Strengthened the foundation’s top and bottom lines by major restructuring of organization, creative marketing and recruitment initiatives, volunteer engagement, and staff rightsizing to produce growth in a very competitive market.• Led organization to 100% compliance with government regulations by implementing new operational plan with aggressive deadlines and goals, a zero tolerance policy, increased internal controls and updated staff training. Motivated employees/volunteers to track compliance results.• Organized network of major competitive foreign exchange organizations to advocate with State Department and other entities to improve students’ safety and implement best practices.

EF High School Year is the sales partner of EF Foundation, and recruits students in 30 countries worldwide to spend a high school year abroad.• Grew revenues by 30%, profitability and customer volume in six sales offices in Latin America.• Developed new marketing plan for direct and indirect sales (schools and agents) increasing number of leads, conversion rates, and improving overall branding of company.• Increased market share in highly competitive market by creative product development, new pricing structure, and customer focus.• Built new team in regional offices by rallying for common goals and strategies, team building and motivation, creating employee loyalty to product.

• Executed turnaround of organization through motivating and rewarding volunteer network, cultivating staff morale and empowerment, and direct focus on rebuilding trust and accountability among stakeholders.• Instituted new operational plan; consistently met revenue and cost targets through financial controls and creative resource management.• Oversaw implementation of new IT system and website to improve internal efficiency, facilitate communication with students, and grow the volunteer network.• Improved program quality and customer satisfaction through increased monitoring and specific evaluation follow up. Redesigned risk and crisis management procedures.• Improved cross-cultural understanding between international recruitment offices and operations offices through awareness training.

The largest privately-owned language education organization offering language learning, educational travel, academic programs and cultural exchange. EF Education consists of 15 separate companies, operating in 52 countries with 23,000 staff, teachers and volunteers. Appointed to lead elevated global cross-company talent management initiative to respond to increased demand for talent and increased corporate citizenship initiatives; led all North American human resources activity.• Created and facilitated leadership seminars for mid- and senior-management in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Latin America; connected senior management to employees through seminars, networking events, and team-building activities, resulting in increased visibility of senior leadership.• Initiated ongoing employee satisfaction measures by surveying and establishing benchmarks, then implementing changes that increased staff retention and loyalty.• Launched new employee volunteer opportunities and charity campaigns to increase employee engagement in community-focused initiatives, partnering with non-profit organizations to create social impact and staff satisfaction. • Organized new format for staff performance and development reviews for managers globally tied to company’s vision, core values and core skills.• Facilitated the implementation of a professional development training series offered to 1300 U.S. staff on a regular basis and resulting in improved motivation of employees.

• Oversaw U.K. operations responsible for organizing English language courses, hosting families and providing extracurricular activities for 35,000 international students spending a summer in the U.K.• Built relationships with local agents and staff in U.K., and international sales offices to improve the cooperation and communication between all parties involved.• Completed organizational assessment and strategic plan.

EF Educational Tours offers over 300 packaged tours to Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand and serves more than 100,000 students and teachers annually. Go Ahead Vacations provides educational packaged tours fro adult travelers.• Directed Operations and Product Development in Italy, Greece, Turkey and Egypt, significantly growing the region’s production capacity.• Designed new tour itineraries and tour options in rapidly growing educational travel industry increasing revenue per traveler/bottom line.• Proven track record of negotiating contracts for hotel, cruise and transportation in highly competitive markets, leading to long term supplier relationships and increased profitability; changed base of suppliers leading to increased tour quality and customer satisfaction.• Managed multi-cultural, high-performing team in a challenging customer and supplier market with tight deadlines and budgets.

• Directed tour operations and travel logistics in Italy and Greece in a high volume customer-contact environment.• Recruited, trained, and supported Tour Directors keeping up with higher demands in volume and quality resulting in highest selling package tours.• Handled travel emergencies for groups on tour; improved safety of tours.