Meryl Cole

Meryl Cole is an experienced operations manager currently serving at The Big Yard Foundation, where responsibilities include implementing operational processes, building community relationships, and developing educational programming for BIPOC youth in N/NE Portland. Meryl's prior roles include specialist in curation and operations at Degreed, where Meryl focused on curating learning pathways and collaborating with engineering and sales teams, as well as a learning and communication strategy consultant at Masterminds Strategic Research, working with notable clients like Learn In and RedThread Research. Meryl's background also includes extensive experience as a reference librarian at Clark College and Washington State University Vancouver, and as a manager of corporate communications at Howard S. Wright, where Meryl originated and developed the corporate communications role. Meryl holds a Master of Library Science from Emporia State University and multiple degrees in English and TESOL from California Polytechnic State University and Binghamton University.