World Savvy
Linda Ireland boasts extensive experience in nonprofit governance and leadership, currently serving as an Independent Board Director for CaringBridge and Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare. Linda is also involved with Social Venture Partners Minnesota and World Savvy, contributing as an Investing Partner, Immediate Past Chair, and Board Chair, respectively. Previous roles include Independent Director and Immediate Past Chair of the Board at Braun Intertec Corporation, as well as co-founding the consulting firm Aveus. An advocate for the arts and community health, Linda held leadership positions at Hennepin Theatre Trust and CHC: Creating Healthier Communities. Academic credentials include an MBA from the University of St. Thomas and dual bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota.
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World Savvy
World Savvy prepares the next generation of leaders to learn, work and thrive as responsible global citizens in the 21st century. We support systemic change in K-12 education to provide every student in every classroom with the content knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to be leaders and changemakers in their diverse communities, locally and globally. World Savvy was founded in 2002 by Dana Mortenson and Madiha Murshed in response to a critical need for youth to acquire global knowledge and 21st century skills within the conspicuous absence of global education programs in K-12 education in the United States. Since that time, we have grown from serving 90 students and 20 teachers in our first year, to reaching nearly 700,000 youth and 5,000 teachers. This growing need for true global competency in our increasingly diverse and interconnected local & global communities has helped to propel World Savvy into a national leader in global education. Our dynamic programs and services help youth in middle and high school learn how to think rather than what to think about critical global and community issues, which are often complex and not addressed in school, and have enormous implications for their local community. Watch Dana's TED talk on global competence here -- http://bit.ly/1DDR5qP.