Meredith@ifoster.org
Meredith joins iFoster as Chief Operating Officer, focusing on and being responsible for iFoster programming, staff management, cross-functional collaboration, innovation, and culture. Meredith most recently served as the Chief Program Officer at Year Up, a national workforce development Program with a mission of closing the opportunity divide by connecting Opportunity Youth to career pathways with living wages. Meredith has extensive experience leading and managing large teams to achieve consistent, high-quality results with a focus on people development. She spent much of her early career doing crisis intervention and intensive therapy with children and families in Chicago, where she could implement holistic interventions with multi-disciplinary teams. Meredith received her Masters in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago with a specialization in nonprofit Leadership and Management and a Bachelor's in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame, where she was a member of the women's lacrosse team. Meredith is based in Chicago, where she lives with her two young sons, who are 9 and 10 years old.