Jessica Morton Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, United States

Greater Houston

As the Vice President of People I co-lead Teach For America's People Team. I design and develop innovative people programs that equitably engage employees, create a fair and inclusive culture, and help advance the strategy of Teach For America, the world’s largest education non-profit.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Previous roles held: Director, Talent Recruitment and Managing Director, Talent Recruitment As the Head of Talent, I lead the strategic, managerial, and organizational work necessary to attract, develop, motivate and retain exceptional talent to Teach For America, the nation's largest education non-profit. In this position I oversee national, regional, and executive hiring. The focus of this work is to establish an efficient, equitable, and transparent people process that prioritizes the identification, hiring and the development of a steady, self-renewing stream of change agents to make Teach For America the highest impact non-profit and the greatest place to work.

• Exceeded recruitment goals in 2016 and 2017 season by designing and implementing successful data-driven national recruitment campaigns, identifying and cultivating competitive, diverse talent and influences, and meeting with 1000+ prospects• Identified as the single largest individual contributor of Teach For America corps members in Recruitment Team history• Set record high metrics to measure successful recruitment •Conduct data analysis via Salesforce and use tracking systems to determine and monitor effectiveness of campaign strategy and execution • Focus on Diversity portfolios along with developing and executing Diversity and Inclusiveness growth and development sessions within the Recruitment Team•Participate in corps member selection and matriculation•Plan, develop and execute RT wide Learning and Development along with individual cultivation coaching

Washington D.C. Metro Area

•Manage team-wide outreach and communication •Serve as the team expert on Salesforce, Excel, and data collection•Develop research agendas and implement innovative strategies that influence nationwide teacher recruitment campaigns •Engage in various forms of brand-building and database management in multiple professional sectors•Support Teach For America’s mission to expand access to educational opportunities in low-income communities and to diversify our corps by engaging with future teachers

Houston, Texas

I set the vision and direction for Twitter’s global diversity attraction strategy, develop and implement global diversity and inclusion programs, and manage external diversity partnerships with a goal of widening the funnel of underrepresented candidates; ensuring that Twitter is the world’s most inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible tech company.

Redesigned organizational talent approach leading to a 100% increase in staff members identifying as people of color in a 6 month window.Designed and implemented company wide bias training.Provided end-to-end executive search support for Chief People Officer vacancy.

Served in a highly selective national service corps (15% acceptance rate), committing to improve academic performance of 130 11/12th grade students in an under-resourced District of Columbia public high school.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Applied Politics

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Student Government Association- Vice President Political Science Students Association- President