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Ready to Feel Empowered? Showing Up and Leading with Empathy - with Keri Jones-Fonnesbeck
In this heavy and noisy world, there ARE ways to show up and lead with empathy!
This episode and conversation with the beautiful Keri Jones-Fonnesbeck is an absolute gift as she shares stories of this kind of presence through her life’s work and her work with the wonderFULL organization: YWCA.
Her example and those she shares of others, is an inspiration that will lead you to feel less heavy and more empowered to take even the smallest of steps to building a better and more together world.
Be sure to listen all the way through to hear all of Keri's meaningful stories including one that takes place in Nairobi, Kenya and to hear her important call-to-action at the end.
To learn more and/or to support the YWCA: www.ywca.org
A little more about Keri: Keri Jones-Fonnesbeck, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), has dedicated the majority of her career to the mission of Eliminating Racism and Empowering Women through work at the YWCA, both locally and nationally. She currently serves as the Senior Director of Member Services at YWCA USA and has since 2019. In that capacity, she oversees a team of directors implementing a variety of technical assistance and training needs for over 200 YWCA’s across the US. Before joining YWCA USA, she worked in many different roles at the front line and management teams for YWCA Utah. During her 17 years of service there, her work focused primarily on serving families who have been impacted by domestic violence, providing oversight for emergency and transitional housing, early education, and YWCA Utah’s Family Justice Center; and in the operational side of the organization through oversight of facilities, administration, IT, and human resources. In addition, Keri brought and led implementation of the Sanctuary Model — an evidence-based organizational change model rooted in trauma-informed care — to YWCA Utah.
Before starting her journey with YWCA, Keri worked with cancer survivors, youth from war-torn areas around the world, and within hospital social work. She has served on the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission, and on several nonprofit governing boards. In 2014, she was honored as a “Rising Star: 40 under 40” by Utah Business Magazine, and in 2016, she was given the “ACE: Advocacy, Collaboration and Education” award from the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition. Keri has a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University in Social Work and Management, and a Master of Social Work from the University of Denver. She lives in Centerville, Utah, with her husband and two children. Finally, if you’d like to support the production of Podcast WonderFULL and the work of Project WonderFULL, head on over to www.projectwonderfull.com/patreon Thank you for listening and for all of your support in making this world a better place!
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In this heavy and noisy world, there ARE ways to show up and lead with empathy!
This episode and conversation with the beautiful Keri Jones-Fonnesbeck is an absolute gift as she shares stories of this kind of presence through her life’s work and her work with the wonderFULL organization: YWCA.
Her example and those she shares of others, is an inspiration that will lead you to feel less heavy and more empowered to take even the smallest of steps to building a better and more together world.
Be sure to listen all the way through to hear all of Keri's meaningful stories including one that takes place in Nairobi, Kenya and to hear her important call-to-action at the end.
To learn more and/or to support the YWCA: www.ywca.org
A little more about Keri: Keri Jones-Fonnesbeck, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), has dedicated the majority of her career to the mission of Eliminating Racism and Empowering Women through work at the YWCA, both locally and nationally. She currently serves as the Senior Director of Member Services at YWCA USA and has since 2019. In that capacity, she oversees a team of directors implementing a variety of technical assistance and training needs for over 200 YWCA’s across the US. Before joining YWCA USA, she worked in many different roles at the front line and management teams for YWCA Utah. During her 17 years of service there, her work focused primarily on serving families who have been impacted by domestic violence, providing oversight for emergency and transitional housing, early education, and YWCA Utah’s Family Justice Center; and in the operational side of the organization through oversight of facilities, administration, IT, and human resources. In addition, Keri brought and led implementation of the Sanctuary Model — an evidence-based organizational change model rooted in trauma-informed care — to YWCA Utah.
Before starting her journey with YWCA, Keri worked with cancer survivors, youth from war-torn areas around the world, and within hospital social work. She has served on the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission, and on several nonprofit governing boards. In 2014, she was honored as a “Rising Star: 40 under 40” by Utah Business Magazine, and in 2016, she was given the “ACE: Advocacy, Collaboration and Education” award from the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition. Keri has a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University in Social Work and Management, and a Master of Social Work from the University of Denver. She lives in Centerville, Utah, with her husband and two children. Finally, if you’d like to support the production of Podcast WonderFULL and the work of Project WonderFULL, head on over to www.projectwonderfull.com/patreon Thank you for listening and for all of your support in making this world a better place!