Conference Sessions
Who Will you Choose to Be?
Transformational Leadership in Times of Chaos
We are leading during a time of great complexity that challenges us to cope and make choices simultaneously. This session will focus on what it means to lead through an intersectional feminist framework to build a culture of care, engage in collective decision making and practice transformational leadership. We encourage individuals at all points of their leadership journey to join us.
Presenters
Jessica Mole Heilman (she/her) joined the Center for Women’s Leadership team in 2020. As a first generation college graduate, born and raised in Cherry Grove Oregon, Jessica has dedicated her career to tenacious, student centric problem solving in complex organizations. Jessica is committed to organization culture and systems change work that utilizes strategies of co-creation, collective power, and non-extractive collaboration.
Prior to joining the CWL Team, Jessica worked with the Center for Public Service managing the Executive MPA program and Interim Coordination of The Executive Seminar Program in Natural Resource Management. In addition, Jessica has over a decade of experience in program development, collaborating on experiential learning for adult learners, and navigating chaotic programming environments.
Jessica holds an MS in Education: Education Leadership and Policy, specialization: Post-Secondary, Adult and Continuing Education concentration, certified in Teaching Adult Learners, and completed her B.S. in Health Studies all from Portland State University.
She is an outdoor enthusiast who spends most weekends on her motorcycle, backpacking, kayaking, camping or exploring Oregon grape varietals.
Jessica Mole Heilman (she/her)
Vicki Reitenauer is a faculty member in the department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Portland State University, the inaugural faculty in residence in Portland State's Center for Women's Leadership, and past presiding officer of the Faculty Senate. Before her arrival at PSU, she worked as an advocate in the domestic violence field, a counselor and medical assistant in women's reproductive health clinics, and a sexuality and community health educator. In addition to her scholarly work, Vicki also writes and publishes poetry and creative nonfiction, serves as a writing and creativity coach, and works as a freelance editor.
Vicki Reitenauer