Joanna Larson

Director of Programs at Kitchens For Good
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(386) 825-5501
Location
San Diego Metropolitan Area
Languages
  • Spanish -

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Experience

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Programs
      • Aug 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Transitional Employment / General Manager, Intervine
      • 2019 - Aug 2022

      Program leader within a community-based nonprofit that empowers job seekers to build sustainable futures through comprehensive training, jobs, advancement, and lifelong career support. Led turn-around of Transition Employment programs focused on environmental sector career opportunities. • Intervine Training Program: Combines training in green infrastructure, horticulture, and clean energy with paid work experience creating and maintaining green spaces. Increased job placement outcomes from 79% to 94% • Intervine Social Enterprise: Provides landscaping services to community gardens, business improvement districts, and property managers by employing Intervine program graduates. Implemented $460k grant-funded and fee-for-service contracts • NYC CoolRoofs Training Program: Offers green construction-focused training and paid work experience painting rooftops with a reflective coating to increase building energy efficiency and reduce the heat island effect in vulnerable neighborhoods. Created new worksite operational procedures that increased productivity, reduced staff overtime, and improved client experience. Increased job placement outcomes from 46% to 88% • HVAC Green & Clean Training Program: Provides job readiness training and hands-on instruction focused on high efficiency HVAC systems and heat pump technologies. Conceptualized and launched new program. Established partnership with training subcontractor, created employer-informed curriculum, and led budget negotiations with funder Show less

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Vice President
      • 2013 - 2018

      Guided the turn-around of a struggling operation serving chronically ill low-income individuals through health-focused case management services. Grew program 250% to 4,800 active clients while meeting financial targets and increasing revenue by 160% to $8.5 million. Guided the turn-around of a struggling operation serving chronically ill low-income individuals through health-focused case management services. Grew program 250% to 4,800 active clients while meeting financial targets and increasing revenue by 160% to $8.5 million.

    • United States
    • Individual and Family Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Director of Business Development and Work Ventures
      • 2004 - 2013

      Senior leader of nonprofit organization that helps homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals achieve lives of self-sufficiency. Oversaw five social enterprise ventures: Street Sanitation, Pest Control, Mail House, Biodiesel Feedstock, and Culinary Arts. Enterprises earned $9 million in annual revenue while providing work and training opportunities for 450 clients in the Ready, Willing & Able program. Senior leader of nonprofit organization that helps homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals achieve lives of self-sufficiency. Oversaw five social enterprise ventures: Street Sanitation, Pest Control, Mail House, Biodiesel Feedstock, and Culinary Arts. Enterprises earned $9 million in annual revenue while providing work and training opportunities for 450 clients in the Ready, Willing & Able program.

  • Time Warner
    • New York, NY
    • Associate Director, Time Inc. Brand Licensing
      • 1999 - 2003

      Senior member of a six-person team that launched a new business, Time Inc. Brand Licensing, within Time Inc., leveraging magazine brand equities to create new revenue streams through strategic partnerships. Responsible for partnership development, sales and marketing, and general project management. 17 licensees signed, with $3.6 million in new revenues Senior member of a six-person team that launched a new business, Time Inc. Brand Licensing, within Time Inc., leveraging magazine brand equities to create new revenue streams through strategic partnerships. Responsible for partnership development, sales and marketing, and general project management. 17 licensees signed, with $3.6 million in new revenues

Education

  • Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
    Masters in Business Administration
    1996 - 1998
  • Tufts University
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Relations
    1989 - 1993

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