Jamie joins LDC with a passion for educational equity and systems change through adult learning, with over 6 years of experience developing high-quality professional learning experiences. 

Jamie’s background includes instructional coaching across 14 K-12 schools in San Jose, California during their time with City Year and designing online courses for undergraduate students at 4 universities nationally during their time at Braven. Most recently, they served as a founding member of Amplify’s centralized training and enablement team, creating technical training courses and resources to support ~1,800 staff at the K-12 edtech company.

Prior to working in the adult learning field, Jamie served in schools and community organizations as a youth worker and taught special education at the high school level in Chicago Public Schools. 

They have a Master of Arts in Teaching with a Special Education endorsement from National Louis University and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Native American Studies from Dartmouth College.

Outside of work, Jamie enjoys kayaking, biking, reading, tabletop roleplaying games, pottery, and spending time with their partner and cat.