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Bio RayePage 2of 2 Work with Foundations Barbara's record with foundations includes her tenure as Director of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation's Training and Consulting Group which worked with scores of nonprofit and public sector organizations throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Barbara led one Wilder initiative as part of a strategic decision to re-focus on the urban core issues and to streamline several departments to be more effective, efficient, and synergistic. Barbara was also an early member of the Development Committee of the Women's Foundation of Minnesota. Work in the Education Sector In the education sector, Barbara has served at Hamline University as an adjunct instructor in the Masters Degree Program in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management. She has led courses in Outcomes and Performance Measurement, Governance and Planning for Nonprofit Organizations, and Research and Program Evaluation for Managers. She also provides training and consulting through the College of St. Catherine in Leadership Development,Mediation, and Being an Effective Change Agent. Private Consulting Practice Throughout her career Barbara has cultivated and maintained a private consulting practice in the area of nonprofit board governance and management. It was this practice that eventually led to the formation of the Center. Education and Training Barbara has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. She also has specialized training in Minnesota Quality Award Criteria, the Peter F. Drucker Foundation National Training Team Self-Assessment Tool, the Carver Policy Governance Model for Boards of Directors and Governing Bodies, the Myers-Briggs Qualification, Asset-Based Community Development (McKnight/Kreitzman Northwestern University), the National Futurists "Shared Participation" group process leadership training, Fellowship of Reconciliation "Children's Creative Response to Conflict," and mediation by CDR in Boulder, Colorado. (Links to many of these organizations are available in the links page of our library.) Barbara Today Barbara's passions include restorative justice, large group/citizen engagement processes, and the elimination of systemic discrimination based on race, gender, physical disability, age, class, and affectional orientation. These passions lead to and inform Barbara's current work as Executive Director of the Center for Policy, Planning, and Performance. Barbara travels frequently in North America, Africa, and Europe and makes her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Home|About Us|Programs|SiteMap|Contact Copyright 1999-2007, Center for Policy, Planning, and Performance. All rights reserved. 2233 University Av W • Suite 300 • St Paul, MN 55114 • 612-874-0535 "To empower the leaders of today; to cultivate the leaders of tomorrow." htt://www.effective.or/about/team/bios/biorae.html01/10/2012 pg_y