
Meredith Fox, CEO & Founder
Organizational Transformation Consultant & Leadership Coach
She/Her/Hers
Meredith Fox is the founder and managing director of Portage Partners Consulting based in Minneapolis & Lutsen, Minnesota. Her passion is to support and empower the people and organizations making Minnesota a better and more equitable place. She has a degree in political science 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, organized community-based racial justice efforts in the Twin Cities and provided professional consulting services to a vast array of civic sector organizations in Minnesota and beyond. She is a lifelong learner with professional skills in facilitating social and system change, strategic planning, intercultural competency, design thinking, process improvement, community engagement, organizational change management, group facilitation, organizational design, project management and leadership coaching and is frequently an invited speaker on these topics. She is a Qualified Administrator (QA) of the Intercultural Developmental Inventory (IDI), 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, LEAN/Six Sigma for the public sector and is a member of the Facilitating Cultural Change National Community of Practice.
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 focused on translating and successfully applying performance excellence business practices in the public/non-profit sector and education space. Meredith is a systems thinker who delivers results in complex situations, all with a lens of social and racial equity. Portage Partners is named after the journey from one lake to another in her beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota.
Organizational Transformation Consultant & Leadership Coach
She/Her/Hers
Meredith Fox is the founder and managing director of Portage Partners Consulting based in Minneapolis & Lutsen, Minnesota. Her passion is to support and empower the people and organizations making Minnesota a better and more equitable place. She has a degree in political science 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, organized community-based racial justice efforts in the Twin Cities and provided professional consulting services to a vast array of civic sector organizations in Minnesota and beyond. She is a lifelong learner with professional skills in facilitating social and system change, strategic planning, intercultural competency, design thinking, process improvement, community engagement, organizational change management, group facilitation, organizational design, project management and leadership coaching and is frequently an invited speaker on these topics. She is a Qualified Administrator (QA) of the Intercultural Developmental Inventory (IDI), 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, LEAN/Six Sigma for the public sector and is a member of the Facilitating Cultural Change National Community of Practice.
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 focused on translating and successfully applying performance excellence business practices in the public/non-profit sector and education space. Meredith is a systems thinker who delivers results in complex situations, all with a lens of social and racial equity. Portage Partners is named after the journey from one lake to another in her beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota.
Contact Meredith |
Email: mfox@portagepartnersconsulting.com
Phone: 612.859.8812 |