WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This leadership institute is curated for industry people leaders, Directors, VP-level and above from Nonprofits and Corporations that want to create social impact.
*Registration closes November 19th
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
WHY THIS PROGRAM?
In December 2023, Yardstick Management Institute will welcome its sixth cohort of thought leaders to Lone Rock Retreat in Bailey, Colorado to explore the theme of Intentionality: Doing & Creating Good. This cohort of leaders will convene and strategize on scaling practices that: preserve biodiversity, invest in and build inclusive economies, foster equitable experiences in the workplace, address social injustices, spawn responsible advancements in artificial intelligence, and align with making progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Leaders across industries will cross-pollinate to share diverse perspectives and exchange new ideas. Their collective insights and expertise shall guide long-lasting, distinct, substantial, and measurable strides in creating social impact. As leaders return back to their respective organizations, cohort members will utilize the Yardstick Management Institute community and alliances to continue their sustainable and inclusive growth journey to drive positive, social change for the world.
*Registration closes November 19th
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
WHY THIS PROGRAM?
Theresita Richard
Chief People & Culture Officer
Celena Roldan Sarillo
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Misty Gaither
Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB+)
Troy A. LeMaile-Stovall
Chief Executive Officer
Keith Parker
President & Chief Executive Officer
Caitlin Iseler
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jasmine Crowe-Houston
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Scott Faris
Co-Founder
Meg Griffiths
Co-Founder
Nedra Dickson
Managing Director
Chris Brooks
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Eduardo BriceÑo
Author & Facilitator
Jack Fritzinger
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Ebbie Parsons
Founder
Reena Patel
Global Managing Partner
Slma Shelbayah
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
Monica Miller-Smith
Director of Research & Impact
You will receive a confirmation email upon registration with a receipt of payment and details for the next steps to take in planning your trip. We will be sending more emails throughout the duration of the time between registering and the actual day of the event to help guide your experience. All emails will be received from the institute@yardstickmanagement.com address. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us directly at the email address listed above.
Unfortunately, you cannot arrive early to Lone Rock. We have a private booking specifically for the event days. However, if you would like to arrive early to Denver, there are a number of hotels in the downtown area. Please note that there will be several pre-scheduled shuttles leaving from the Denver airport to Lone Rock on Sunday, December 10th.
Lone Rock Retreat is located on 2,000 acres of Ponderosa pine-covered mountain land in Bailey, CO with abundant wildlife. The event will take place in the retreat village. The retreat village is a 7-acre village nestled into the hillside with connecting trails and footpaths.
Address: 64797 US HIGHWAY 285, PO BOX 54, Bailey, CO 80421
Lone Rock is a 90-minute drive from Denver International Airport (DEN).
On Sunday, December 10th, please arrive in Denver before 3pm, if possible. In the wintertime, weather conditions are very unpredictable and if there is snow or ice on the roads it can be challenging to drive at night. We would therefore like to have everyone up to Lone Rock before it gets dark.
Shuttles will be provided from Denver Airport to Lone Rock and will depart at mid-day and 3.30pm respectively. The shuttle pickup point will be shared in due course.
If your flight is canceled or delayed and you are unable to arrive in time for one of the scheduled shuttles, alternative transportation will be provided for you.
*Lone Rock strives to offer a natural environment and there is very limited parking available on the campus. Therefore all guests must take one of the shuttles provided to get to and from Lone Rock. Please do not plan to make your own transport arrangements.
Shuttles will be departing Lone Rock between 7.30am and mid-day on Wednesday, December 13th. Please allow 3 hours between pick-up and flight departure in case of adverse weather conditions.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide transportation for 6 a.m. flights and earlier on December 13th – this will require departure from Lone Rock on December 12th and an overnight stay in Denver.
In December, the average temperature in Bailey ranges from a high of 33°F to a low of 12°F. We recommend that you bring a warm winter coat and gloves!
Registrants will receive a notification of cancellation via the institute@yardstickmanagement.com email with instructions on how to proceed. In the event a registered attendee is unable to attend, please contact us directly at the email address above. Please note that refunds WILL NOT be issued upon a registration purchase.
*This data was compiled from collective attendee information of the past five Yardstick Management Institutes.
Total Industries Represented
Technology 23%
Professional Services 16%
Venture Capital 12%
Non-Profit 15%
Entertainment 8%
Consumer Goods 8%
Manufacturing 5%
Law 4%
Healthcare 4%
Other 9%
174 Attendees
142 Companies
Unmatched Access to C-Suite
| Seniority Level | Percent of Attendees |
|---|---|
| C-Suite/President | 40.9% |
| Senior Vice President/Vice President | 28.4% |
| Director | 15.3% |
| Manager | 5.1% |
| Individual | 10.2% |
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Goodr
Jasmine Crowe-Houston is an award-winning social entrepreneur, children’s book author, and determined leader working to make the world a better place. In 2017, after years of feeding people experiencing homelessness from her own kitchen, Jasmine launched Goodr, a sustainable waste management company that leverages technology to combat hunger and reduce food waste. She has been featured on CNBC, Oprah Magazine, Forbes, Fast Co., New York Times, and named by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the top 100 influential female founders, as well as Insider’s 100 People Transforming Business. Under Jasmine’s leadership, Goodr has provided over 30 million meals to those in need and redirected millions of pounds of materials from landfill. Jasmine currently sits on the board for Metro Atlanta Chamber and Drawdown Georgia.
Co-Founder
Universe Creative
Scott grew up in West Virginia and attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts before teaching fifth grade on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. After working as a video producer for Teach For America, he co-founded Universe Creative, an LA-based documentary production company, with his friend and long-time colleague, Meg Griffiths. Universe Creative’s clients include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, and Amazon Studios. Scott enjoys stories that challenge conventional wisdom and preconceived notions about people and places often overlooked by popular media.
Co-Founder
Universe Creative
Meg began her career as a photo and video journalist at the Houston Chronicle and then held a leadership role at Teach For America where she built the nonprofit’s first video studio. After overseeing content development and digital strategy at an LA-based agency, Meg co-founded Universe Creative, a documentary production company focused on social impact storytelling. Meg’s work has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and is supported by the International Documentary Association and Redford Center. She holds a MA in journalism from The University of Texas at Austin.
Author & Facilitator
Growth.how
Eduardo Briceño is a global keynote speaker, facilitator, and author who guides many of the world’s leading companies in developing cultures of learning and high performance. His TED and TEDx talks have been viewed over 9 million times. He is the author of “The Performance Paradox,” which was selected as a “Must-Read” by the Next Big Idea Club. Eduardo was shortlisted by Thinkers50 (described by the Financial Times as the “Oscars of management thinking”) for the Breakthrough Idea Award, given to thinkers who “have ignited Eureka moments in management, offering radical ideas that have the potential to reshape the future of business as we know it.” Earlier in his career, he was the co-founder and CEO of Mindset Works, which he led for over a decade, and prior to that he was a venture capital investor with the Sprout Group.
Chief People & Culture Officer
Patagonia
Theresita Richard (she/her) is a visionary and purpose-driven leader fiercely committed to expansive liberation, humanity, and possibility. She is on a mission to transform the world of work, cultivating environments where humans can flourish in their fullness. She is the Chief People & Culture Officer for Patagonia and brings over 20 years of experience in diversity, equity & inclusion, organizational effectiveness, experience design, operations leadership, and human resources. Previously Theresita led Capital One’s Global Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, where she drove the work to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging across the company. She currently serves on the board of Out & Equal, a global convener, thought leader, and catalyst actively working to embed equity and achieve workplaces of equality and belonging.
Theresita’s career has spanned the consumer goods, retail, and fintech industries and she has positively impacted the full range of organizations from building anew to broad-scale transformation. She is known for propelling organizations forward with a deep focus on talent, culture, and innovation. Theresita is adept at delivering holistic people strategies that ensure businesses are equipped and enabled to achieve their mission while unlocking thriving customer and employee experiences. She sees problems as opportunities and her goal is to always approach with curiosity, creating sustainable solutions for the future and challenging the status quo to solve needs in new and meaningful ways.
Theresita started her career in operations after earning her B.S. in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from Cornell University. It was there that she discovered her passion for creating experiences around people and went on to pursue her M.A. in Human Resource Development from George Washington University. Over the years, she has worked with various Fortune 500 companies including Procter & Gamble, Target, Home Depot, and Starbucks.
Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB+)
Indeed
Misty Gaither is Indeed’s Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB+) leading a global team across the US, APAC, and EMEA. Misty is also responsible for helping Indeed achieve its 2030 ESG goals and developing the DEI International strategy for Recruit Holdings HR Tech Strategic business unit, the parent company for Indeed and Glassdoor. Misty has spent most of her career in various leadership roles within sales organizations, including Altria Group and JPMorgan Chase. Most recently, she pivoted into DE&I by way of a business development role at a nonprofit start up focused on racial equity and inclusion in tech.
As a business development leader, Misty gained recruiting, HR, and D&I operations experience at some of the most coveted tech companies in Silicon Valley. She later took an opportunity to go “in-house” to work on D&I at Twilio as their first D&I business partner. Misty’s cross-industry experience contributes to her wealth of knowledge and unique approach to developing strategies that embed DI&B into the company’s infrastructure.
Chief Executive Officer
TEDCO
As the CEO of TEDCO — Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies — Troy leads the organization’s mission to support economic development through the cultivation of an inclusive entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem. He brings more than 25 years of experience in investment management, higher education, telecommunications, information/communication technology, and management consulting in this leadership role.
Prior to joining TEDCO, Troy was the Chief Operating Officer at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), the nation’s only urban land-grant university. He oversaw an array of critical functions at UDC, including capital construction, communications, emergency management, enrollment services, facilities management, government relations, information management, institutional research, marketing, public safety, risk management, and strategic planning, to name just a few.
An entrepreneur at heart and in spirit, Troy founded the management consulting firms LeMaile-Stovall LLC and GTMS Partners LLC. He also co-founded and served as the first President and CEO of GulfSouth Capital. His resume includes positions as the interim President of Zenith Education Group; Principal at Butler Snow Advisory Services; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Howard University; and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jackson State (Mississippi) University, where he was awarded the Thurgood Marshall HBCU CFO of the Year. Earlier in his career, Troy held positions at McKinsey & Company, Southwestern Bell Telephone (now AT&T), AT&T Bell Labs, and Rockwell international.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Happyly
Caitlin Iseler is the Founder & CEO of Happyly, the corporate engagement platform designed to bring teams together (in person) through volunteerism and impact. Both through the app platform and concierge planning service, Happyly makes it easy for teams to come together and connect in meaningful ways that support individual mental health, team connection and make a positive impact on the world.
After spending 20 years in executive search and talent advisory with both large and boutique firms, Caitlin and her team set out to change the way companies spend time and resources to build culture and to bring people together. Today, they work with companies like Deloitte and Navy Federal Credit Union to bring these programs to life.
Caitlin is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a M.S. in Informational Technology Management and a B.A. in Religious Studies.
Founder
Yardstick Management | Diversified Search Group
Dr. Ebbie Parsons, III, is the Founder and Managing Partner of Yardstick Management. A seasoned business executive with a passion for intentional impact, he has been applauded for his strategic thinking, engaging leadership, and results-oriented mindset throughout his successful career. After working at Fortune 500 companies, including Intel, Medtronic, and American Express, Dr. Parsons III decided to transition from a promising career in business in 2007 to join the prestigious Broad Residency Program in Educational Leadership. The Broad Residency was his first introduction to the inner workings of America’s public education system, where he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Hartford Public Schools.
Championing the overhaul of the district’s school funding methodology, he negotiated the state’s first pay-for-performance teacher union contract. He led the redistricting of the city to an “All-Choice” system of schools. Following his time in Hartford, Dr. Parsons, III, was on the founding team of the groundbreaking Relay Graduate School of Education, where he led the organization’s Human Capital function. Following Relay, he took on a new challenge to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of the third-largest Charter Management Organization in the U.S., Mosaica Education, Inc. At Mosaica, Dr. Parsons, III, managed over 80 schools across eight states, Washington, D.C., the Middle East, and Asia. He led Mosaica to its two consecutive most profitable years in its 14-year history while simultaneously leading the company to its highest academic performance results in years.
Leveraging his wealth of experience and expertise in business and education, he launched Yardstick Management with a vision to become a leader in transforming and impacting the global landscape of the management consulting industry. Less than a decade later, Yardstick Management has become a world thought leader and powerhouse in providing specialized Management, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Talent consulting services to renowned mission-driven brands and organizations worldwide. Yardstick Management is committed to building its clients’ internal capacity to enhance its ability to deliver extraordinary results to its constituents.
Global Managing Partner
Yardstick Management | Diversified Search Group
Reena Patel, Ph.D. serves as the Global Managing Partner on the Yardstick Management Team. Her expertise includes digital strategy, casino gaming, product licensing, and organizational growth. In her former position with Playboy Enterprises Inc (PLBY Group) Reena functioned as President of International and Chief Operating Officer of Global Licensing and Joint Ventures. She was responsible for Playboy’s brand monetization across licensing, gaming, digital products, and third-party retail. She previously served as a member of the senior management team as Vice President of Global Licensing at International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT) with additional experience in various roles with Merrill Lynch and Sun Life Investments. Reena also has community-based board experience with California health advocacy and service provider, HealthRight 360 and women’s mental health and services provider, Prototypes.
Reena holds a B.Sc. in Basic Medical Sciences from the University of Toronto, Canada, a MBA from Plymouth University, New Hampshire, and a Ph.D. in International Business from the ISM, Paris. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner, two boys, and three pups.
Chief Operating Officer
Yardstick Management | Diversified Search Group
Naima Greenwood serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Yardstick Management, responsible for growing the company’s portfolio and managing ongoing projects. Before joining Yardstick Management, Naima served as a Senior Manager on a government contract with the Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Naima has a diverse background in Sales and Marketing, Operations, and Retail.
Naima holds a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from Florida A&M University and an Executive MBA in Global Business from Georgia Institute of Technology. Naima started her career at Target Corporation as a Business Analyst in their entertainment division. There she collaborated with major movie studios and record labels in managing their releases.
She later relocated to Atlanta, Georgia where she managed a $1 billion domestic landscape business for over 2,200 retail stores for The Home Depot. After completing her Executive MBA, Naima was recruited by Bank of America where she served as an Assistant Vice-President. She oversaw efforts to convert California accounts to a single platform for improved efficiency and reliability and managed a multi-million-dollar project to develop global consumer risk assessment plans for call centers.
Naima resides in Atlanta with her husband Andre, and their daughters, Ava and Aubree. In her spare time, she actively volunteers in a variety of civic and cultural organizations including Habitat for Humanity, and the Andrew & Walter Young YMCA. Outside of professional interests, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her family.
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
Diversified Search Group
Slma Shelbayah serves as the Chief Communications & Marketing Officer at Diversified Search Group. Her background includes more than 15 years of experience as an award-winning journalist, communication, and public relations expert in the media industry, including experience as a reporter, show host, editor, writer, voice-over artist, and producer.
Previously, Slma was the Chief Communications Officer at Yardstick Management and oversaw the internal and external communications strategy alignment, marketing, public relations, branding, and project management solutions for clients. Additionally, Slma managed her own communication consulting firm. She brings with her experience as a former Director of Corporate Public Relations with Savannah College of Art and Design. Previous to that role, she spent many years in journalism as a producer, writer, and assignment editor at CNN. She has also taught as an Adjunct Professor of communications, language, and business for several universities, including Brenau University, Georgia State University, and Clayton State University.
Slma holds a B.A. in Journalism with a minor in Sociology and an M.A. in Linguistics with a focus on cross-cultural linguistics of Spanish and Arabic, both degrees from Georgia State University. She was inducted and graduated from LEAD Atlanta’s distinguished and highly selective leadership program for the class of 2018. She has also obtained a certificate from Oxford University, in the U.K., during which students were selected from 30 countries across the world to pursue a seminar on global media policy: technology and new themes in media.
Director of Research & Impact
Yardstick Management | Diversified Search Group
Dr. Monica Miller-Smith serves as the Director of Research and Impact at Yardstick Management, where she oversees training and development. For nearly fifteen years, she instructed courses in Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Connecticut, University of Bridgeport, and Central Michigan University. She possesses expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion, low-income populations, civic engagement, and distance education. Some of her most notable academic and education-related experiences are developing a mentoring program that provided service-learning experiences for thousands of elementary students and hundreds of college students in Connecticut, presenting at national and international conferences on civic engagement, economic inequality, and experiential learning, and creating early childhood, socioemotional teacher trainings and developmental screening assessments to connect families in Nevis, West Indies with speech language and behavior therapy resources.
Her textbook, Families and Children Living in Poverty, was published in March 2020. It explores the factors that contribute to the existence of poverty, as well as the social, developmental, and environmental ramifications of poverty. Through scholarly studies, case studies, historical events, and contemporary happenings, readers examine the connections between poverty and family-related challenges, including adverse childhood experiences, lack of a living wage, health disparities, social exclusion, and homelessness. Monica is currently working on the second edition of her textbook.
Monica earned her Doctorate in Education from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. She is an avid traveler and has lived in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Puerto Rico, and Nevis, West Indies. She currently lives in St. Simons Island, Georgia with her husband and two daughters.
Managing Director
Accenture
Nedra Dickson leads Accenture’s Global Supplier Inclusion and Sustainability Team in 22 countries. With strong expertise in Procurement transformation, Supplier Relationship Management and Supply Chain, she has managed over $4B in procurement operations spend. Under her leadership, Accenture spends over $1B with diverse suppliers across multiple categories.
Within her current role in Global Supply Chain, Nedra is responsible for finding sustainable and innovative opportunities with small and diverse-owned businesses globally. She works with her clients to help build a supplier diversity strategy creating Tier 1 and Tier 2 spend and successfully integrating them into the supply chain. She is credited for expanding Accenture’s supplier development program (DSDP – Diverse Supplier Development Program). This program is currently in 7 countries and expanding to a new country each year. This program represents a customized curriculum set around growing and developing diverse businesses to help drive global economic impact.
Nedra was listed in the top 100 women in Supply Chain, and she was named Minority Supplier Development – UK (MSDUK) 2022 Global Supplier Diversity Advocate of the year. She has been recognized by Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of the Top Diversity and Inclusion Officers of Atlanta, ranked number 14 out of 100 Top women in Procurement, and was the USAPCC- SE region Mentor of the Year. Additionally, she was celebrated as the Global Supplier Diversity Champion by NGLCC, Georgia Top 25 Women in their Female Success Factor Series, one of America’s Top 100 Leaders in Corporate Supplier Diversity in WE magazine, Top 25 Women in Power Impacting Diversity, WBENC Corporate Mentor of the Year, and Top 30 Champions in Diversity. Nedra is also an esteemed graduate of Leadership Atlanta – class of 2022.
Nedra grew up in Arkansas and holds an MBA from University of Southern California, a BS degree from Florida State University, and BA degree from California State University, Northridge. Nedra enjoys traveling as she has been to over 65 countries. She also enjoys reading and playing golf in her spare time.
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Red Cross of Greater New York
Celena Sarillo serves as the Interim CEO of the Greater New York Red Cross, the largest Red Cross region in the country. Previously, she was the CEO for The Illinois Region of the Red Cross, which is the second largest region, with an annual budget of approximately $24M, covering 88 counties and more than 3500 dedicated volunteers. She has served in various leadership roles supporting the national office of the American Red Cross, including serving as an elected official liaison deployed to engage elected officials in disaster impacted areas, and as one of the founders of the American Red Cross Latino Engagement Initiative.
Prior to joining Red Cross, Sarillo served as the Executive Director of Erie Neighborhood House, which was founded to strengthen low-income, primarily Latino families through skill-building, access to critical resources, advocacy, and collaborative action. In 2011, she was a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, participating in an intensive leadership training and partnership-building program that examined key issues facing the Chicago metropolitan area. In 2015, she participated in the German Marshall Memorial Fellowship, a month-long leadership development program in Europe focused on supporting and fostering the transatlantic relationship between the U.S. and Europe, sponsored by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. She was selected as a Fellow in the 2017 CEO Perspectives program, a nationally recognized program that fosters and accelerates business leadership development.
Most recently, Sarillo was recognized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work as their 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Sarillo was also named as one of Chicago’s “Most Powerful Latinos,” on the 2019 inaugural list compiled by Crain’s Chicago Business. She was also named by the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago as the 2016 Community Leader of the Year for her work in communities and the nonprofit sector.
Sarillo holds a master’s degree in early childhood administration from National Louis University, as well as master’s and bachelor’s degrees in social work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She lives in Chicago with her husband and has a son at Saint Louis University.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Brown Venture Group
Dr. Chris Brooks has developed a strong reputation as a trusted, results-oriented leader. He is a Thought Leader, Investor, Executive, Educator, and Advisor with more than 25 years of demonstrated success across multiple sectors and industries. His chief passion is the intersection of race, faith, and economics, and his research and work are focused on solutions for individuals, families, and communities caught in the vicious cycle of generational poverty. He is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Brown Venture Group, the first Black-owned VC Firm in the State of Minnesota.
He is also a proud member of the Nigerian Diaspora and a Senior Advisor to the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit. His first book, Omowale: One Man’s Justice Journey, will be released in early 2024.
Dr. Brooks has been married to his wife for 27 years; they have five children.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Goodwill of North Georgia
Keith T. Parker is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Goodwill of North Georgia, one of the southeast’s largest retail and nonprofit organizations. Goodwill spans a 45-county territory, operating 69 stores, 49 attended donation centers, and 14 career centers. Goodwill employs over 3,000 team members, each of whom plays a direct or supporting role in the organization’s donated goods retail operations and its free-to-the-public career services.
Recently celebrating his fifth anniversary with Goodwill, the organization has helped 96,700 people become gainfully employed and moved 44% of people into living wage jobs during Parker’s tenure. He is also proud to work alongside an executive leadership team and board that reflects the people in the areas that Goodwill serves.
Parker has received numerous awards and accolades as a transformational leader throughout his career. He was recognized as Most Admired CEO and has been named for the fourth consecutive year as one of the City’s Most Powerful Leaders by Atlanta Magazine (2019 – 2022). He remains active and engaged with the Rotary Club of Atlanta, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Learn4Life, and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Parker and his wife are natives of Virginia and have three children. He holds an MBA from the University of Richmond, a Master of Urban and Regional Planning, and a BA in Political Science from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also a 2014 graduate of Leadership Atlanta.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Timberline Strategies
Jack Fritzinger is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Timberline Strategies, a consulting firm that supports early-stage climate innovation and ecosystem building. Jack works with accelerator programs, venture capital firms, and educational platforms around the world to catalyze the positive impact that startups can provide in overcoming our planet’s climate crisis. Prior to Timberline Strategies, Jack launched and ran the On Deck Climate Tech Fellowship program, bringing together a global community of entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and impact-focused builders to help them take the next step on their climate journey. In addition to Timberline Strategies, Jack runs several communities for executive-level climate leaders and builds resources to facilitate the climate tech talent transition.