Sheree Goertzen Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Our team and collaborators bring a unique, multi-faceted perspective to the sustainable food industry.Our business acumen comes from top-tier consulting, strategy, and operations management experience in the private sector. Our entrepreneurial vision stems from launching and running our own food enterprises. Our passion for social and environmental impact aligns with our diverse experience in the social and civic sectors.We bring this all together to help our clients develop food systems and businesses that are socially and economically sustainable.

Oak Park, Illinois, Us

AltruNext helps nonprofits flourish. In partnership with your nonprofit, we deploy creative fundraisingstrategies that enhance outcomes, conduct transformational organizational planning that brings clarity,and accelerate leadership development through dynamic learning opportunities.AltruNext has deep expertise in• Fundraising (capital campaigns, major gifts, and annual fund)• Fund development planning• Organizational health assessments• Strategic planning• Board retreats and trainings• ED/CEO coachingYour community needs you and your nonprofit. AltruNext is your partner to advance the greater good.

Chicago, Us

Initiated and implemented a neighborhood housing market study as a tool for a private/public collaborative development project around a main business corridor; wrote and received $30,000 in matching grants to conduct study and $25,000 for seed money towards the project. Created walkability project to identify safety concerns for students walking/biking to a middle school. GIS data was collected by university students and the middle school students were surveyed for walking routes and perceptions. The data was used with the Community Learning Center at the middle school to create an afterschool mapping and civic engagement class where students discussed data and created a presentation that was given to community members.Hosted dinner roundtables between residents from different age groups to talk about the changing Lincoln landscape and how people were and could be more involved in their community which increased community trust and bridged younger generation engagement. Facilitated neighborhood marketing and branding initiative; convener for residents, marketing analyst, marketing firm and other community leaders that cultivated the identity of an older, lower income neighborhood as a desirable place to live.Established strategic plan that aligned community building with real estate development goals; developed tools to utilize collected GIS data- for example, a neighborhood report card that outlined code violation hot spots with crime reporting.

Lincoln, Ne, Us

● Researched economic development and regional planning for Winter Olympics for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic planning committee● Used GIS to scan housing parcels and walking conditions to address areas of concerns within neighborhoods with residents and the Mayor’s Office

Olathe, Ks, Us

● Worked with case managers to coordinate services for high school students with truancy cases● Supported families working to reunite with their children who were taken out of their care

- Assessed and coordinated services for adult pregnant/parenting women needing state residential treatment- Built and sustained relationships with outside providers - Created life skills curriculum/Taught life skills class to residents- Updated and edited policies and procedures manual

Master Of Science (M.S.), Urban Studies/Affairs

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Theology/Theological Studies