I work directly with several organizations, all of which share my commitment to building capacity around the understanding and use of democratic principles, developing optimal learning environments, and helping people find their voice.
Ashoka (www.ashoka.org)
Since 1980, Ashoka has been working to ensure that the leading ideas for social change are fully developed and sustained. It has designed an approach that offers critical interventions on three levels—the individual, the group, and the sector. Ashoka does this by identifying and investing in leading social entrepreneurs; engaging communities of entrepreneurs and developing patterns of effective collaborations that change entire fields; and creating needed infrastructure, such as access to social financing, bridges to business and academic sectors, and frameworks for partnerships that deliver social and financial value.
Faces of Learning (www.facesoflearning.net)
Faces of Learning is a national grassroots engagement initiative that aims to help everyone — young and old, educator and non-educator, Democrat and Republican — see more clearly what powerful learning actually looks like (and requires). Its mission is to help build the capacity needed to support those high-quality learning environments. The campaign creates virtual and physical spaces for people to reflect on four essential questions that are almost completely absent from the current national conversation about school improvement: How do people learn? How do I learn? What does the ideal learning environment look like? How can we create more of them?
Leibsohn & Associates (leibsohnandassociates.com)
Leibsohn & Associates is a communications and strategic consulting firm that connects corporate and non-profit entities with the people and organizations they need to optimize their vision. Utilizing a vast network of connections and expertise in public policy, government, and private sector service, Leibsohn & Associates’ team deploys input from the highest levels of association in almost every field of service, from high-level White House Executive Office and Cabinet-level officials to non-profit and think tank leaders to established ghost writers to leaders in the corporate world.
QED Foundation (qedfoundation.org)
Q.E.D. Foundation is a multigenerational organization of adults and youth working together to create and sustain student-centered school communities. Our work is based on relationships and practices that first and foremost impact students’ growth and learning while simultaneously bringing change to our communities and the health of our society.
WAMU 88.5FM (wamu.org)
WAMU is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington D.C. area. It is member-supported, professionally-staffed, and licensed to American University. In partnership with WAMU, we have launched the Lifelong Learning series, in which each Wednesday a different person shares a personal story of when and where they were when they learned best.
WorldBLU (www.worldblu.com)
Founded in 1997, the purpose of WorldBlu is to unleash human potential and inspire freedom by championing the growth of democratic organizations worldwide. Our vision is to build a more democratic world, one organization at a time, and our goal is to see the creation of 20,000 democratic workplaces around the world by 2020. We inspire and support this global movement by offering a range of programs and services that enable business leaders to design, develop, and lead the most successful democratic organizations in the world.
