Jen Walper Roberts (MPA, CTACC), CEO & Lead Coach
In 2011 Jen reinvented her career and trained to be a career and leadership coach and founded Conspire Coaching. She committed to serving social and environmental change-making women both individually and through the development of deeply connected coaching communities. Her coaching work holds a space for individual, organizational and communal transformation -- unleashing the potential of communities of women to change the world. Jen works with a range of clients privately on career transition and leadership development. In addition, she coaches social work leaders across the North of England through the Frontline Organisation's Firstline programme, and school leaders through with GatenbySanderson.
Jen came to coaching background in nonprofit management and nonprofit management consulting. As a leader at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity in New York and in London, and as a Senior Project Manager at Dare Mighty Things, Inc, the common link throughout her career has been her commitment to developing others as professionals, leaders and the human beings and to help open new educational and career opportunities for underrepresented populations. Jen believes that we are in a moment of transforming the way we work, live and lead so that the best ideas for solving social problems, and the best leaders to implement these ideas, can emerge. Her coaching practice, Conspire Coaching, is devoted to being part of this mission.
As Senior Project Manager and Senior Consultant at Dare Mighty Things, Inc., Jen led teams to build the capacity of hundreds of nonprofit organizations across the country. Jen and her team provided coaching to executives and project leaders at these organizations to improve management and execution of critical projects serving low-income communities. Jen also spearheaded virtual affinity networks of nonprofit professionals across the country providing resource sharing, coaching, and collaboration. To do this work, Jen drew on her extensive nonprofit leadership experience designing mentoring and volunteerism programs.
Through her work at SEO-London and SEO-USA Jen coached hundreds of young people of color and women to leverage internships to secure competitive positions in fields including investment banking, corporate law, philanthropy and information technology. Jen is an expert in developing professional mentoring and sponsor relationships, as well as robust peer networks, that are critical to obtaining offers and advancing careers. Jen also led initiatives to support young people of color from NYC to graduate from high school and successfully complete college.
Jen completed a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from the City University of New York and a BA from the University of Maryland. She completed an intensive year of service and communal living through AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps. Jen received her coaching certification through the Coach Training Alliance. Jen is the proud mother of four kids - a 11 year old boy and twin 9-year old girls and one 4-year old daughter. She is committed to fulfillment and success as a professional and as a mom. Jen grew up in Sharon, MA and Rockville, MD. Her career has taken her from Manhattan, to Park Slope in Brooklyn, NY, to Washington, D.C. to London, UK, to Arlington and Alexandria, VA and she is currently in Leeds, UK. Jen continues to work with clients in all of these places and around the world.
For more on Jen's professional background, please see her LinkedIn profile.
Jen came to coaching background in nonprofit management and nonprofit management consulting. As a leader at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity in New York and in London, and as a Senior Project Manager at Dare Mighty Things, Inc, the common link throughout her career has been her commitment to developing others as professionals, leaders and the human beings and to help open new educational and career opportunities for underrepresented populations. Jen believes that we are in a moment of transforming the way we work, live and lead so that the best ideas for solving social problems, and the best leaders to implement these ideas, can emerge. Her coaching practice, Conspire Coaching, is devoted to being part of this mission.
As Senior Project Manager and Senior Consultant at Dare Mighty Things, Inc., Jen led teams to build the capacity of hundreds of nonprofit organizations across the country. Jen and her team provided coaching to executives and project leaders at these organizations to improve management and execution of critical projects serving low-income communities. Jen also spearheaded virtual affinity networks of nonprofit professionals across the country providing resource sharing, coaching, and collaboration. To do this work, Jen drew on her extensive nonprofit leadership experience designing mentoring and volunteerism programs.
Through her work at SEO-London and SEO-USA Jen coached hundreds of young people of color and women to leverage internships to secure competitive positions in fields including investment banking, corporate law, philanthropy and information technology. Jen is an expert in developing professional mentoring and sponsor relationships, as well as robust peer networks, that are critical to obtaining offers and advancing careers. Jen also led initiatives to support young people of color from NYC to graduate from high school and successfully complete college.
Jen completed a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from the City University of New York and a BA from the University of Maryland. She completed an intensive year of service and communal living through AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps. Jen received her coaching certification through the Coach Training Alliance. Jen is the proud mother of four kids - a 11 year old boy and twin 9-year old girls and one 4-year old daughter. She is committed to fulfillment and success as a professional and as a mom. Jen grew up in Sharon, MA and Rockville, MD. Her career has taken her from Manhattan, to Park Slope in Brooklyn, NY, to Washington, D.C. to London, UK, to Arlington and Alexandria, VA and she is currently in Leeds, UK. Jen continues to work with clients in all of these places and around the world.
For more on Jen's professional background, please see her LinkedIn profile.
