ISSUES AND ANSWERS - Key Persons

Barbara, who is regularly asked to serve as a key advisor, has more than twenty-five years experience in business, education, and the non-profit sectors. She is known for her ability to conceptualize, frame, and explain complex structures and to evaluate the resources needed to sustain them. As a facilitator, she keeps discussions on track and finds common ground among divergent interests. She has served as executive director of a school policy organization, as a school administrator, public information director, business college associate dean, regional director, and chamber of commerce executive director. Her experience also includes project management for city-wide initiatives. She opened the Chicago supplemental education services market for a for-profit company. Barbara has extensive experience in strategic planning, implementing and coordinating projects, and streamlining and revising processes. She has lived and worked abroad and is bi-lingual - English/Spanish. She has served on several nonprofit boards of directors.