Megan Bird

Senior Vice President of National Program Operations

Megan has more than a decade of operational leadership at entrepreneurial, multi-site organizations during periods of expansion and strategic evolution. She is passionate about adult learning and development, loves building and improving systems, and is deeply committed to the power of data and evaluation to enhance program outcomes and generate external support.

She brings these skills to the Institute as it expands its national footprint, bolstering the codification and development of systems to support the scaling of programming to new sites.

Megan has extensive experience in instructional design, facilitation, training, and strategic planning. She served as the first Executive Director in Citizen Schools’ history to enter Citizen Schools as an AmeriCorps member and progress to senior leadership. She also served as Senior Consultant at Positively Partners, a social enterprise committed to helping organizations achieve exceptional performance from their employees.

Megan is bilingual in Spanish and English. She lives in Dublin, NH with her husband and two daughters.

Megan is an alum of the Institute, and holds a BA from Wellesley College and Masters degree in Education from Lesley University. She is certified as a Senior Human Resources Professional by the Society for Human Resources Management.