Jake Via
Learning, Teaching, Empathetically Humanizing.
- Role
- Organizing Director at American Humanist Association
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jake Via
I\'m building impact. I am a playful professional, community architect, writer, and systems builder focused on creating spaces where people feel they belong. My work is about turning philosophy into action and ideas into impact.My \"how\" is forged from two decades of diverse experience. I pair a deep-seated foundation in mission-driven leadership from my time at the YMCA and Playworks with a results-oriented toolkit in sales strategy, partner enablement, and revenue growth honed in the tech world.Whether I\'m launching a national organizing campaign or coaching a team, I use empathy to connect, strategy to build, and storytelling to mobilize.Operating System: ADHD. It\'s a feature, not a bug, driving my creativity and ability to connect disparate ideas.Current Projects: Writing fiction that flips the script on neurodivergence and working to make humanism feel less like a philosophy and more like a home.Let’s connect if you\'re into bold ideas, strategic rebellion, or just need a fresh take on what’s possible.
Experience
Organizing Director
Feb 2025 — Present · US
Spearheading the national strategy to grow and empower the humanist movement across the United States. My work focuses on building sustainable, scalable infrastructure to support our chapters, leaders, and the broader community of reason.This role synthesizes my dual-track career by uniting my experience in scaling high-growth partnership programs in the tech sector with a deep-seated passion for the grassroots, mission-driven community development that defined my previous work with several non-profit organizations.Key Responsibilities & Accomplishments:Architecting National Growth Strategy: Designing and implementing a data-informed national organizing plan to increase visibility, member engagement, launch new chapters, and amplify our collective impact.Empowering Volunteer Leadership: Developing robust training, resources, and communication systems to equip a nationwide network of volunteer leaders, drawing on extensive experience creating successful partner and staff enablement programs.Building Scalable Systems: Translating successful models from the tech world to a non-profit context, creating efficient and effective systems for chapter support, communication, and resource deployment.Fostering Strategic Partnerships: Identifying and cultivating relationships with like-minded organizations to advance shared goals and broaden the reach of humanist values.
Education
Thomas Edison State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration and Management
University of Utah
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, Lean Green Belt
Skills
- Customer Service
- Hospitality
- Team Building
- Research
- Event Planning
- Teaching
- Budgets
- Volunteer Management
- Public Relations
- Social Media
- Leadership Development
- Nonprofits
- Fundraising
- Staff Development
- Fitness
- Community Outreach
- Public Speaking
- Leadership
- Powerpoint
- Event Management
- Program Development
- Training
- Management
- Marketing
- Microsoft Office
- Strategic Planning
- Program Management
- Coaching
- Grant Writing
- Social Networking
- Grants
- Social Media Marketing
- Community Development
- Project Management
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