Valerie Ehrlich
Principal, Mission Bloom | Responsible AI for Nonprofits & Foundations | Available for Fractional Leadership (AI, Learning & OD) | 20 Years in Evaluation + Learning | Let’s Use AI to Create Impact You Feel Good About!
- Role
- Founder & Principal Consultant at Mission Bloom
- Location
- Hillsborough, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Valerie Ehrlich
I help mission-driven leaders, teams, organizations, and consultants use AI in ways that are responsible, strategic, and deeply aligned with their values.(Yes, I think it\'s possible to do this!)As the founder of Mission Bloom, I sit at the intersection of AI, learning, and leadership. I guide leaders and organizations to experiment wisely, learn continuously, and grow with integrity in an AI-augmented world. Ultimately, you know you want to create impact, and I want you to be able to use AI to do that in a way you feel good about. With 20+ years of experience across teaching, evaluation, technology, organizational learning, and leadership development, I’m passionate about building human capability alongside technological capacity. Whether you’re hesitant, curious, or ready to dive in, I serve as a thought partner to help you move from exploration to confident, aligned action. What I bring to my clients:• Trusted advisor for leaders navigating the ethical integration of AI• Strategic facilitator of learning journeys that lead to actionable insight• Coaching that blends developmental rigor with deep systems thinking• Frameworks and tools for AI readiness, evaluation, and transformation Mission Bloom offerings:• AI Lab Days: personalized consulting to responsibly apply AI to your work• Team capability-building: AI workshops and learning journeys for aligned adoption and increased collaboration• AI Speaking and Workshops: Covering a range of topics for nonprofits and philanthropy to meet you where you are in your AI adoption journey• Emergent learning strategy: combining data, reflection, and adaptive actionI believe responsible AI is an adaptive leadership challenge, not just a tech decision. And I love working with people who are thinking critically, holding complexity, and ultimately asking, “What if we get this right?”Let\'s explore, together!
Experience
Founder & Principal Consultant
Oct 2023 — Present · NC, US
Mission Bloom is where human-centered values meet AI possibility in mission-driven work. I partner with nonprofits and foundations through strategic consulting, capability development, governance design, and fractional leadership to build AI confidence grounded in equity and intention.
Education
City University of New York Graduate Center
PhD
2004 — 2011
Stetson University
Bachelor of Science (BS)
1999 — 2002
Skills
- Teaching
- Public Speaking
- Mentoring
- Presentations
- Nonprofits
- Higher Education
- Research Design
- Pedagogy
- Training
- Program Evaluation
- Leadership Development
- College Teaching
- Youth Development
- Community Outreach
- Program Development
- Emerging Adulthood
- Personalities
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Academic Writing
- Writing
- Social Sciences
- Editing
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Qualitative Research
- Student Affairs
- Instructional Technology
- Education
- Data Analysis
- Academic Advising
- Communication
- Lecturing
- University Teaching
- Research
- Personality Psychology
- Student Development
- Data Collection
- Developmental Psychology
- Spss
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