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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

An experienced public and non-profit professional with a commitment to supporting organizations improve their impact. Consulting services include Strategic Planning and Development, Systems Change Support, Research and Evaluation, Policy Analysis, Change Management, Board Development, Organizational Design, Special Project Management. Skilled in bringing visions to life by facilitating group problem solving and design that brings about creative solutions to organization and sector challenges.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Wildflower is an ecosystem of decentralized Montessori micro-schools that support children, teachers, and parents. Wildflower aspires to give all children and families the opportunity to choose high quality, beautiful learning environments as they follow life’s unfolding journey.--From exploration to launch, led teams to create innovative, tiny, authentic Montessori learning environments using public funds. Designed and implemented Wildflower’s charter school micro-school… Show more Wildflower is an ecosystem of decentralized Montessori micro-schools that support children, teachers, and parents. Wildflower aspires to give all children and families the opportunity to choose high quality, beautiful learning environments as they follow life’s unfolding journey.--From exploration to launch, led teams to create innovative, tiny, authentic Montessori learning environments using public funds. Designed and implemented Wildflower’s charter school micro-school model.--Launched Minnesota Wildflower Montessori School, the first Wildflower public school and grew the public Montessori option to four locations nationwide within four years.--Supported and coached the board and founding teams in designing, strategizing, planning, and administering Wildflower public schools. Project managed teams to hire and coach school leadership, develop nonprofit boards in a decentralized governance model, and maintain a high fidelity model of education without compromising on core Wildflower Principles, including authentic Montessori, Teacher leadership, and educational equity.--Designed and implemented the Wildflower School Contribution process to support the growth and sustainability of Wildflower Schools, long term, and to further enhance the benefits of the Wildflower Network to the community of Teacher Leaders. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area (Chicago Hq)

NACSA advances and strengthens the ideas and practices of authorizing so students and communities—especially those who are historically under-resourced—thrive. Led NACSA's strategic initiative to significantly improve authorizing practices of 10 of the nation's largest authorizers collectively overseeing more than 1600 charter schools serving 650,000 students. Benchmarks of quality improved from 20 to 84 percent during engagement period, surpassing strategic goals. Developed customized tools… Show more NACSA advances and strengthens the ideas and practices of authorizing so students and communities—especially those who are historically under-resourced—thrive. Led NACSA's strategic initiative to significantly improve authorizing practices of 10 of the nation's largest authorizers collectively overseeing more than 1600 charter schools serving 650,000 students. Benchmarks of quality improved from 20 to 84 percent during engagement period, surpassing strategic goals. Developed customized tools for major authorizing entities; conducted trainings and facilitation of community-focused engagement. Regularly presented at national conferences on charter school authorizing related to access and equity, oversight, and system-wide approaches to education innovation. Managed authorizer program evaluation engagements. Show less

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Spearheaded authorizer state policy reforms that led to recognition of best charter school law in the nation, regularly presented to Legislative committees. Developed and implemented organization strategic plan that led to significant educational performance improvements for the charter portfolio.

Evaluated effectiveness of state programs through large-scale evaluations of publicly-funded programs. Presented recommendations to State Legislature and state agency leadership that led to significant state program reforms and legislative changes.

Castlemont High School, Oakland Unified School District

Through Teach for America, taught high school math too 9-12 grade students. Collaborated with cross-discipline professional learning community, ran morning math tutoring program, and assistant coached Castlemont fastpitch softball team.

Master'S Of Public Policy, Education Policy Analysis

Activities and Societies: Jernberg Fellow recipient, Representative on the Public Affairs Student Association, and Curriculum Committee.

High School Single Subject Math Teaching Credential, High School Mathematics Teacher

Ba, Economics, Environmental Studies, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: President of Economics Club, Economics Honor's Society, Study abroad to Galway, Ireland, Fastpitch softball team

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics And Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: President Economics Club; Fastpitch team; Study abroad - Ireland; Graduated with honors