Jared is a Chicago-based consultant specializing in strategic planning in the education and nonprofit sectors with a focus on implementing systems of continuous quality improvement. He utilizes proven project management tactics and design thinking strategies to support school district and nonprofit leaders to plan, improve, and develop concrete steps to achieve the goals of their mission-driven organizations. 

Jared holds a B.A. with Honors in Psychology from Boston University and an M.A. in Politics and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University where he first gained consulting experience working for the Center for Public Research and Leadership. There, he advised a national policy advocacy organization on the development of a state education data comparison tool. Jared continued consulting with the Sperling Center for Research and Innovation working remotely with multiple public education districts in their strategic planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of after-school and summer programming across Texas. Jared is currently freelance consulting in the Chicagoland area with a local nonprofit providing service language development support.