Prior to joining MAD in 2022, Jamie worked for the University of Minnesota Extension, where she led a large regional food justice network, working alongside grassroots, governmental, nonprofit, and academic partners to advance equitable access to healthy food in the Twin Cities metro; developed and led a novel leadership development program focusing on teaching trauma-informed and equity-focused facilitation skills to public health practitioners and social justice advocates; managed food justice projects leading to policy, systems, and environmental changes across Minnesota’s food system; and supported change management efforts across Extension operations, leading to greater staff engagement and retention. Jamie has also managed youth programming on Minneapolis’s northside and the eastside of St. Paul and worked on global health initiatives in Cape Town, South Africa, and Kampala, Uganda.
Jamie’s consulting focus is in trauma-informed, equity-based facilitation, leadership development and mentorship, organizational development, change management, community engagement, networked ways of working, and project management. She became a consultant to bring the skills she learned leading large-scale equity-focused systems change and organizational development efforts to clients across sectors.
Some of Jamie’s projects include the following:
Jamie has a bachelor’s degree in Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a master’s degree in public health from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and training in Art of Hosting and Technology of Participation (ToP).
