Jessica Kohnen

Before founding hyve, Jessica worked in the non-profit sector, with a consistent focus on improving the health and well-being of people living in under-resourced communities.

In addition to roles at the Family League of Baltimore and the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Jessica led two non-profit organizations, Evergreen Health Care and Playworks Baltimore, in the role of Executive Director. She has also served as an Interim Executive Director for non-profit organizations facing leadership transitions, most recently Reading Partners Baltimore.

Jessica has a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Vassar College, a Master of Public Administration in Nonprofit Management from the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University and is a Standards for Excellence Institute® Licensed Consultant. She actively participates in volunteer fundraising each year via a 100-mile bike ride on the Eastern Shore of Maryland for Moveable Feast.

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Jennifer Meder

Over her 25 years in the field, Jennifer has worked with both nonprofit and for-profit organizations to set strategy and develop leadership to accomplish organizational goals. Jennifer has led large-scale projects in organizational strategy, leadership development, succession planning and employee engagement.

Prior to founding hyve, Jennifer held senior roles at two large consulting firms and worked as the Vice President of Learning & Organizational Development at a Fortune 500 company.

Jennifer graduated cum laude from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York and received a Master of Science in Organizational Psychology from Northwestern University. She is certified in Korn Ferry’s Leadership Architect™, a comprehensive approach to identifying competencies critical for leadership success, coaching leaders to develop leadership skills and building leadership development programs.

Jennifer lives in Arlington, Virginia with her family and is actively involved volunteering as a Girl Scouts troop leader helping to empower girls to become strong, independent leaders.

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 Courage

• We strive to be brave, stay curious and ask questions of ourselves and those we work with in order to dig deeper and understand the “why” of the challenges at hand.

• We don’t shy away from difficult, courageous and crucial conversations.

Compassion

• We do this work because we’re driven to move great missions forward faster.

• We believe in the power of compassion to change people and organizations.

Determination

• We hold ourselves to high standards, and our clients expect excellence from us.

• We are dependable, dedicated and determined to make a valuable contribution.

Balance

• We balance thoughtfulness and practicality. We slow down enough to think strategically and analyze situations while also maintaining a healthy bias toward informed action.

• We embrace “both/and” over “either/or” and believe in progress over perfection.

Vibrance

• Our love of meaningful work energizes us and those around us.

• Clients know us for our positive energy and the joyful attitude we bring to our work.