Experience

York Comm High School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• English Second Language Teacher

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Waukegan Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• English Second Language Teacher

  • Jul 2020 - Jun 2022



Arie Crown Hebrew Day School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Language Arts Teacher

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2020

  Taught literature and writing to 7th Graders in a challenging environment where religion and academics meet. • Designed a unit called Upstarts. Students wrote research papers about companies that changed the rules of their industry and affected change • Taught debate and improvisation as ways to help students sharpen listening and other soft skills • Managed students dealing with a variety of environmental and personal challenges Taught literature and writing to 7th Graders in a challenging environment where religion and academics meet. • Designed a unit called Upstarts. Students wrote research papers about companies that changed the rules of their industry and affected change • Taught debate and improvisation as ways to help students sharpen listening and other soft skills • Managed students dealing with a variety of environmental and personal challenges



Menta Education

• Greater Chicago Area

• General Education Teacher

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

  Filled numerous roles in this flexible, creative environment including teacher, case manager, and course designer. • Taught English Literature, Creative Writing, US History, Digital Literacy, Financial Literacy, and Math • Created and designed Digital Literacy for Menta • Utilized humor, energy, and broad experience to try to engage students that had, for various reasons, disengaged from mainstream education • Coached Menta Teams for special events including Math Bowl, Debate Tournament, and Speech Competition Endorsed: Secondary English, Business, Theatre Arts, English Language Learning



Youth Centers of Israel / Keren Yaldenu

• Greater Chicago Area

• Development Director

  • Dec 2015 - Aug 2017

  * Build relationship with Jewish National Fund while YCOI seeks partnership * Found Young Professionals Board (YP Board) * Event manage with YP Board, namely a poker fundraiser and a night with Bat Sheva Dance Company * Hire and manage a grantwriter * Found Mitzvah Project initiative * Run Parlor Meetings for the purpose of friend and fundraising * Recruit board members * Manage social media and blog * Build relationship with Jewish National Fund while YCOI seeks partnership * Found Young Professionals Board (YP Board) * Event manage with YP Board, namely a poker fundraiser and a night with Bat Sheva Dance Company * Hire and manage a grantwriter * Found Mitzvah Project initiative * Run Parlor Meetings for the purpose of friend and fundraising * Recruit board members * Manage social media and blog



Consultant

• Greater Chicago Area

• HR Trainer

  • Mar 2014 - Nov 2015

  For Brainfuse, I helped meet a growing demand nationwide to provide veteran-specific content in their JobNow database. Veterans are going to be hitting the private sector in increasing numbers over the next two years. AltaStaff entrusted me with the task of starting and growing a training business to go along with their very successful staff augmentation business. Our goal: become a known and trusted source for onboarding and outplacement training. I designed the training and asynchronous training materials, the assessments, and ran the trainings. drove marketing, sales, and business development. AltaStaff's president and I worked together to establish thought leadership in our arena.



Bright Impact

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Sales

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2014

  Bright Impact delivers the ability for school administrators, service learning program directors, instructors, and students to manage their Service Learning initiatives and measure their impact. Bright Impact offers all the tools needed to effectively and efficiently work within groups towards a Service Learning goal. Advanced graphing technology and enhanced search and sort tools make tracking impact easy. In my role as VP of Sales, I successfully brought in 12 users from private and public universities, and community colleges. We had programs large and small, mature and brand-spanking new. One such partner has wrote Bright Impact into a Gates Foundation grant. I contribute to marketing and strategy as we near our full release. Further, I act as head of business development, mobilizing our partners and seeking new ones. I also contribute to the strategy and planning around service learning conferences, concentrating on getting Bright Impact the most possible touches for the best possible investment.



iTS: Info Technology Supply Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• US Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Oct 2010



School Specialty

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Manager

  • 2007 - 2009

  Managed a Chicago territory, building relationships with principals, business managers, and secretaries. Also benefitted from relationships with district officials. -2007 RAP-per of the year for converting low performing accounts. -Grew territory sales each year. -Led the company in sales of digital classrooms in partnership with Dukane Technologies. -Certified for professional development by partner Dukane. Performed numerous trainings on digital classroom technologies. -Sold and project managed the openings of charter high schools ChiArts and Epic Academy.



Brainfuse

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Regional Director

  • 2003 - 2007

  -Generated $1M+ in sales three straight years, from 2004 to 2007. Featured sales into school districts of varying sizes in IL, CA, AR and MS. -Lead client contact and relationship manager. Maintain relationships with school / district officials. -Manage a team of up to 10 sales people and support staff in Midwest region. -Personally developed live creative writing course for Brainfuse. -Sold and managed as many as 33 Chicago Programs. -Expert speaker on NCLB and Distance Learning, most recently at Gear Up 2007 and WCEA Conference, also quoted in Chicago Sun Times article on Distance Learning.



The Greater Chicago Networking Extravaganza

• Co-Founder

  • 2003 - 2005

  Co-Founded with Lillian Bjorseth, the Greater Chicago Networking Extravaganza was created to help encourage comfort and enthusiasm around business networking. Co-Founded with Lillian Bjorseth, the Greater Chicago Networking Extravaganza was created to help encourage comfort and enthusiasm around business networking.