Marci Cornell-Feist
Serial
100,000 Lives Improved
I have developed a knack for plucking an idea out of thin air and turning it into a thriving multi-million dollar business.
Serial Entrepreneur
Since 1988 I have been compelled to take creative solutions to an array of problems and turn them into successful organizations. I can’t help it!
It’s in my DNA.
My Journey
These ventures have been wide ranging.
Charter School Governance Expert
I have coached and trained more charter school boards than anyone on the planet.
Custom Coaching & Training Programs
I help charter school boards, philanthropies, incubators and charter support organizations nationwide by developing custom coaching and training programs that produce measurable results.
Often these programs include:
- CEO coaching
- Board leadership coaching
- Transforming board committees
- CEO evaluation
- Resolving governance-management tussles
- Board retreats
- Finding, recruiting and retaining board members
- Succession planning
- Board assessments
Looking for Some Governance Expertise?
I’ve helped transform hundreds of boards, let’s chat about what your board needs.
What Makes Me Tick?
I have a Master’s Degree in education reform in developing countries. Thinking it would be wise to apply these skills to my own country, I jumped right in to the early days of launching charter public schools.
I am a serial entrepreneur. I can’t help but see a need and put the team together to solve it. I am also fascinated by organizational development. How do you pluck something out of thin air, get traction and scale? So, charter schools were perfect for me.
I quickly became obsessed with the volunteer board part of the charter school equation. Afterall, the founders were going to come and go, but the board would be there in perpetuity.
- How were busy volunteers going to effectively steward these organizations?
- How were their CEOs going to support them when they already had so much on their plates?
- How were they going to rapidly scale to meet community demand?
- Would they make it from launch to thriving?
Since 1995 I have been building and providing tools, supports and programs to help the charter school movement address these mission critical questions.
Other Relevant Things About Me…
Education
Harvard University
Harvard Graduate School of Education (EdM)
Bowdoin College
BA, Asian Studies
Kansai Gaidai University
Osaka, Japan
Languages
Thai
Fluent
Lao
Fluent
Japanese
Working Knowledge
Interests
Crazy about Cornish Pilot Gig Rowing
Voracious Reader
Family
Travel
Cooking