Gina Warner is the President and CEO of the National Afterschool Association. Before joining NAA, she served as the Executive Director of the Partnership for Youth Development in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she helped existing and new after school programs as they sought to serve children and families in post-Katrina New Orleans. Gina is also devoted to issues of women’s leadership and female empowerment. She has transformed that passion into establishing the Badass Women’s Book Club, an international resource for book discussions, online coaching and personal development resources. She loves to challenge women to live their best badass lives through book discussions, online coaching, and personal development resources.

Gina started her career as a special education teacher. Two years later, she went to law school and took that experience to do policy work for a US Senator in Washington, DC. From there, she moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and worked as a lobbyist. Then, Hurricane Katrina hit the region. Shortly thereafter, she was hired to serve as the Executive Director of the Partnership for Youth Development. While there, Gina helped existing and new after school programs as they sought to reach and serve children and families in post-Katrina New Orleans.

In this episode we discuss:

• Gina’s education and career journey that allowed her the opportunity for many life-changing experiences.
• Her belief in the importance of teaching young people, and especially young women, the vast array of career choices they have so they can realize their calling.
• Gina values experiences that have kept her mind open to new professional and personal opportunities.
• Her experience in surviving Hurricane Katrina and how that propelled her into running a youth development intermediary.
• Gina’s struggle with Imposter Syndrome after having been through an amazing leadership program, and how she bought a book in the airport on her way home that transformed her life.
• How she launched the Badass Women’s Book Club and its growth in the last two years.

Links:

• Gina Warner on LinkedIn and Instagram
• www.badasswomensbookclub.com/
• National Afterschool Association

Books mentioned in this episode:

• “You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life” by Jen Sincero



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