Meredith E. Fox, CEO & Founder
Organizational Transformation Consultant & Leadership Coach
M.P.P., PMP, CPCC, ACC
Meredith is the founder and lead consultant for Portage Partners Consulting, LLC based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her passion is to support and empower people and organizations that are making the world a better place. She has a degree in political science and women’s studies from The American University in Washington D.C. and a Master of Public Policy degree from the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota where she focused on public finance and administration. She's held leadership positions in Minnesota state government, the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Public Schools, always seeking ways to improve the functioning and culture of large civic-sector organizations. She is a lifelong learner with professional skills in strategic planning, design thinking, process improvement, community engagement, organizational change management, group facilitation, organizational design, project management and executive decision-making, but her real talent is around making things happen for people and organizations. She is a Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through the Coaches Training Institute, Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coach Federation and is certified in IDEO design thinking, the Balanced Scorecard, ADKAR organizational change management, Hogan Leadership Assessment and LEAN/Six Sigma for the public sector.
Meredith is highly skilled at achieving transformational results under the public spotlight and in partnership with a diverse array of stakeholders. Her whole career has been focused on translating and successfully implementing performance excellence business practices in the public sector and education space. She recently supported the University of Minnesota's effort to create a system-/state-wide strategic plan, the Pohlad Family Foundation's development of a new strategic focus on ending homelessness and led a refresh of AchieveMpls' strategic plan (non-profit/foundation partner of Minneapolis Public Schools). Last year she helped the City of Brooklyn Park in Minnesota, St. Louis Public School District in Missouri and Pinellas County School District in Florida put structures in place to successfully implement their strategic plans, facilitated the creation of a new strategic plan and installed an implementation management system for Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis and led major calendar overhauls for the Minneapolis Public Schools and Richfield Public Schools in Minnesota. She was also at the helm for the creation of a new long-range strategic plan for Minneapolis Public Schools (Acceleration 2020) which included a district five-year action plan, cascaded plans for all district departments, biannual metric and project progress reviews, a public accountability website and integration with budget decision-making and employee performance management. Meredith is a systems thinker who delivers results in complex situations.
Meredith lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband, a large English Setter and a rambunctious preschooler. She is a trained yoga instructor who tries to incorporate mindfulness practice into her daily life, even if she doesn’t always get to the meditation cushion as often as she’d like. She offers 1:1 coaching services for women through her company, Ladyboss Coaching. She named Portage Partners after the journey from one lake to another in her beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota.
Organizational Transformation Consultant & Leadership Coach
M.P.P., PMP, CPCC, ACC
Meredith is the founder and lead consultant for Portage Partners Consulting, LLC based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her passion is to support and empower people and organizations that are making the world a better place. She has a degree in political science and women’s studies from The American University in Washington D.C. and a Master of Public Policy degree from the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota where she focused on public finance and administration. She's held leadership positions in Minnesota state government, the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Public Schools, always seeking ways to improve the functioning and culture of large civic-sector organizations. She is a lifelong learner with professional skills in strategic planning, design thinking, process improvement, community engagement, organizational change management, group facilitation, organizational design, project management and executive decision-making, but her real talent is around making things happen for people and organizations. She is a Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through the Coaches Training Institute, Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coach Federation and is certified in IDEO design thinking, the Balanced Scorecard, ADKAR organizational change management, Hogan Leadership Assessment and LEAN/Six Sigma for the public sector.
Meredith is highly skilled at achieving transformational results under the public spotlight and in partnership with a diverse array of stakeholders. Her whole career has been focused on translating and successfully implementing performance excellence business practices in the public sector and education space. She recently supported the University of Minnesota's effort to create a system-/state-wide strategic plan, the Pohlad Family Foundation's development of a new strategic focus on ending homelessness and led a refresh of AchieveMpls' strategic plan (non-profit/foundation partner of Minneapolis Public Schools). Last year she helped the City of Brooklyn Park in Minnesota, St. Louis Public School District in Missouri and Pinellas County School District in Florida put structures in place to successfully implement their strategic plans, facilitated the creation of a new strategic plan and installed an implementation management system for Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis and led major calendar overhauls for the Minneapolis Public Schools and Richfield Public Schools in Minnesota. She was also at the helm for the creation of a new long-range strategic plan for Minneapolis Public Schools (Acceleration 2020) which included a district five-year action plan, cascaded plans for all district departments, biannual metric and project progress reviews, a public accountability website and integration with budget decision-making and employee performance management. Meredith is a systems thinker who delivers results in complex situations.
Meredith lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband, a large English Setter and a rambunctious preschooler. She is a trained yoga instructor who tries to incorporate mindfulness practice into her daily life, even if she doesn’t always get to the meditation cushion as often as she’d like. She offers 1:1 coaching services for women through her company, Ladyboss Coaching. She named Portage Partners after the journey from one lake to another in her beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota.
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Contact Meredith |
Email: mfox@portagepartnersconsulting.com
Phone: 612.859.8812 |
