Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
Director of Outreach and Partnerships for the Center of Entrepreneurial Leadership
July 2012 — July 2013
•Selected to co-present workshop at SXSWedu 2012 on ‘Entrepreneurial Leadership Through Design Thinking’
•Worked with General Assembly startup ElectNext to organize and host one of three nationwide White House App Challenges
•Developed relationship with NASA to create an offsite space for students to participate in the International Space Apps Challenge; SCH students were selected among the top 10 of 170 submission
•Organized speakers series with guests such as New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson and Peter Thiel fellow Eden Full
•Developed and taught entrepreneurship courses engaging students with lean startup methodologies; established a relationship with the Huffington Post and the National Geographic sponsored Out of Eden Walk where students regularly guest wrote
•Helped students receive internship opportunities with Urban Outfitters CEO/Founder Dick Hayne, Recycle Bank founder Patrick Fitzgerald, and the McDonald’s Corporation; Received a $50,000 grant for the NASDAQ Foundation
•Launched series where students met with entrepreneurs in industries including film, music, tech, art, education, journalism, apparel, pet accessories, international development and non-profits