Columbia  -  SIPA

Connecticut College

University of Zagreb/Sveuciliste u Zagrebu

Helping Outliers Find Their Way in Work & Life

Portland, Oregon, United States

The Roddenberry Fellowship is a 12-month program for activists who are working to protect the most vulnerable and to make the US a more inclusive and equitable place to live. Fellows are innovators, community leaders, and changemakers leading the efforts for a more just and equitable country. Recipients receive $50,000 to take an existing initiative (e.g. campaign, organization) to the next level and amplify its impact OR to launch a new initiative.

I recruit and support a pool of 20 coaches and serve the 15 current fellows and 55 alumni.

The Roddenberry Foundation

Director of Coaching, Roddenberry Fellowship

Contribute weekly pieces on working and leadership development for the Jobs section.

<a href="https://jobs.washingtonpost.com/careers/?Keywords=Russ+Finkelstein">https://jobs.washingtonpost.com/careers/?Keywords=Russ+Finkelstein</a>

The Washington Post

Contributing Writer, Careers

SuperCharger is the first EdTech accelerator dedicated to both early-stage and growth-stage startup companies to fuel their global expansion.

SuperCharger Ventures

Mentor

Title 8 helps immigration attorneys find and retain clients efficiently, leveraging the referrals from legal service organizations with overflow seeking to find appropriate representation for those they can't currently serve.

October - December 2020 Tacklebox Accelerator Participant

Title8

Co-Founder & Chief Resource Officer

Working with iFoster to leadership to launch programs that support an exploration of career possibilities for those currently in or formerly in the foster care system.

iFoster

Senior Advisor, Career Programs

Advise the Founder and coach individual communications professionals of the Collective. DC is committed to being trustworthy, strategic, and fully engaged partners to its clients. They are grounded in core commitments of community, trust, and development. You can also learn more here: <a href="http://digigeeks.com">http://digigeeks.com</a>

DigiGeeks Collective

Senior Advisor

StartingBloc is a social innovation Fellowship that educates, empowers and connects emerging leaders to drive positive social change and innovation across sectors. This community of over 3,000 Fellows from 56 countries supports the personal and professional development of its members.

StartingBloc is intentionally constructing and designing a network effect: Convening morally courageous voices and organizations to foster deeper connection, increase collaboration, and amplify their leadership.

In my role as coach-in-residence I attend the initial institutes and meet with new fellows 1:1 to make informed choices about future goals ranging from career transitions and scaling of ideas to handling changes in their current career. Thus far I have met with 500 fellows at the institute across 6 convenings. I also serve as a sounding board to the organization's leadership.

StartingBloc

Coach-In-Residence

I develop content to assisst Forbes readers dealing with career related challenges.

Forbes Coaches Council

Official Member

Assist in the development of programs that support the pipeline of diverse talent entering and being sustained in the progressive movement. Providing 1:1 coaching and advising as needed.

New Organizing Institute

Advisor for initiative dedicated to increasing talent investment by funders in a robust nonprofit and social change workforce.  <a href="http://www.fundthepeople.org">www.fundthepeople.org</a>

Supported  founder in ongoing development and implementation of work plan, selection of staff and consultants and reviewing funding proposals and making contact with prospective funders.

Planned a retreat for seventy national nonprofit and philanthropic leaders to launch the project including all logistics for the event.

Strategized with founder on developing new tools and models to impact talent in the sector and  spearhead new revenue generating projects.

Fund the People

Advisor to foundation that seeks to ignite the passion and unleash the power in young people to create positive change.

Assisting on initiatives aimed at helping strengthen the pipeline of talent into Jewish organizations and assisting talented individuals find the right opportunity

Served as a facilitator on the REALITY Global trip with 50 international social entrepreneurs.

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Consultant & Facilitator

ClearlyNext is a guided online career program that helps people of all backgrounds and incomes figure out what to do

- Developed thirty content modules to be used in an app that help clients move from achieving clarity about their professional priorities to ultimately locating work that aligns with those priorities.

- Established ten partnerships with leadership development programs to support members and alumni in making supported and informed career decisions.

- Supported 3,000+ career program users.

Wrote content chiefly Forbes and LinkedIn. Received 500,000+ clicks on those articles.

- Recipient of the Laudato Si’ Challenge Fellowship

ClearlyNext

Advisor (2021); Co-Founder & Managing Director 2012-2020)

Supporting emerging foundation staff in increasing effectiveness and identifying and realizing their potential. The four areas of work include:

Developing training guides for local city chapters;

Directing the development of a career track and advising sessions at the national conference;

Supporting the creation of a philanthropic careers space on the webiste;

Offering one-on-one counseling to members (in-person to 175 members in 8 cities and virtually to another 60 members across the country).

Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP)

Advisor and Coach, Effective Leadership Career Program

The New Organizing Institute is an organization that provides trainings, technology, and voting information to political organizers in an effort to help progressive campaigns and candidates win. My fellowship was dedicated to looking at the issue of how you attract more talent to the progressive movement.

Senior Fellow

Program Development

Led a staff of nine in developing and implementing programs based in both staff’s personal purpose and professional expertise with an emphasis on launching initiatives that were innovative and scalable. Programs addressed information gaps related to working in the nonprofit sector, domestic and global volunteering, graduate education and working in year-of-service programs. We selected programs by factoring such key elements as issue size, scope of potential impacts, scalability, likelihood for media recognition and fundability. My goal was always to set the national and global precedents in being the organizational leader and introducing solutions, while also creating mutually beneficial partnerships with
other organizations. I instill an approach that looks for how we can best partner, yet also understand that being the first to introduce solutions carries great rewards.

Revenue Generation

I developed programs that were self-supporting by locating voids in the marketplace that numerous funders found compelling and unique.

Partnership Development

I developed an approach to partnerships–sponsors, hosts, advisory board members–that emphasizes programmatic fits that provide money, staff and/or expertise while simultaneously ensuring a return on investment for our partners. With dozens of events occurring across the country, our ability to deliver quality experiences to both organizations and individuals was the result of carefully building trust; providing detailed partners agreements, information and event FAQs; and maintaining continuous post-event communication. Through growing strong partnerships, I was able to innovate in such a manner as to guarantee both replicable success and the revenue that sustained our programs and reduced dependency on initial or ongoing foundation support.

Idealist.org

Associate Director

Director of Outreach

Managed an academic and social enrichment program for inner-city students in grades 5-9 in seven learning centers throughout the District of Columbia.

Developed and implemented all new programs and curricular areas including initiating relationships for student instruction from a local theater company, a national opera company and an international public speaking organization.

Supervised varied staff including center directors, teachers and support staff and evaluated personnel at sites citywide. Recruited, hired and trained volunteer tutors and staff.

Coordinated six-week summer program for 500 students and sixty staff members. Counseled parents and students on
educational matters.

Russ Finkelstein

Russ Finkelstein