Illumine Ventures, LLC

Founder

Whole Foods Market

- Defined the leadership development strategy and roadmap for the organization.
- Enabled Whole Foods Market leader’s growth, happiness and performance through the successful design, implementation, facilitation and sustainability of unified leadership development programs.
- Responsible for all facets of leadership development for Store, Regional, and Global Support leaders.

Global Director of Leadership Development

• Defined the regional learning & development strategy and led cross-functional efforts to build impactful leadership development programs to enable the growth of leaders of all levels.
• Collaborated with global leaders to champion the “Success Profile” tool that will be foundational to all aspects of talent management at Whole Foods Market. Outputs: EC & RVP Success Profiles.
• Led the Unified Leadership Development working group through multiple strategic iterations. Outputs: virtual TL development workshops and defined competencies for four levels of leaders.
• Partnered with senior regional leaders to define regional strategic priorities as they related to talent management. Outputs: high-potential development strategy & programs, “Leading through Change” strategy, “Speed-to-Floor” & “Always-On-Hiring” mechanisms.
• Led cross-regional effort to build the TL Cross-Training program that was adopted company-wide.

Regional Director of Learning & Development

•	Responsible for developing and implementing the vision and strategy for the following programs: Team Educator, In-Store Educator, NM Onboarding Path, Certified Purchaser.
•	Created a comprehensive training and communication strategy to support the transition of the Team Educator program from a role to an official position with its own wage guideline.
•	Led the region’s Envisioning initiative; developing and facilitating an Envisioning Day for each Regional Support team and overseeing the execution of the Metro Envisioning Days.

Regional Learning & Development Associate Director

•	Demonstrated ability to increase store support for training through effective communication of training benefits, relationship building, and proven leadership development results.
•	Developed Restaurant Venue Orientation in collaboration with store and regional leadership. 
•	Created Metro Educator Guidebook to support new Metro Educator onboarding.
•	Served as a mentor to fellow Metro Educators and ISEs to maximize their effectiveness.

Metro Educator

•	Contributed to a successful new store opening through effective training, leadership, and communication with department team members.  Our department nearly tripled our opening sales projections.
•	Improved team performance through strategic merchandising, diligent inventory management, and by motivating our team to stay focused under the rigorous demands of a new store opening.
•	Focused on training team members to deliver an excellent customer service experience through role playing, recognition, and leading by example.
•	Developed a firm understanding of department operations and financials.

Specialty Associate Team Leader

•	Successfully completed leadership development program designed to prepare Team Members for team leadership.
•	Challenged to execute new product strategies to support regional objectives and increase department sales.

Leadership Development Candidate

Compass, Inc.

•	Responsible for leading all field training efforts; including creating the learning roadmap, content, and systems to support the field in achieving sales objectives.   
•	Increased monthly recurring revenue by 126% in one year by revisiting and adjusting the business system training; then followed through by increasing field awareness of both online and weekly training courses.

Director of Field Development

Ok, let's be real. What comes up for you when you hear the words "spiritual awakening?" 

If you're like I was, the idea of spiritual awakening probably seems like a fringe concept. Something for saints or monks, but not for you. 

It's probably not even on your radar, or if it is, it probably feels completely out of reach. 

I get it. That was me. But, what if I told you that awakening is not the "woo-woo" stuff you think it is?

When you take away all the mental labels, awakening is just about understanding that there is another way to live. A way of living connected to your Creator. You can call it God, Source, Consciousness, Universe, or whatever language feels right. It's not about what you call it; it’s about learning to call on it. Making the effort to get still and learn the truth.
 
Why would you want to do this? Well, it's pretty simple. It is the only way to find lasting peace, joy, and fulfillment in your life. 

How do I know? Because I had to learn this the hard way. By the age of 45, I had achieved all my dreams and reached the pinnacle of my success. I had the dream job, the dream partner, and the dream house.  Then, the bottom began to fall out. 

I was experiencing a sort of quiet misery on a regular basis that began to seep into every area of my life. I couldn't escape the feeling that something was still missing. I looked at my life and wondered "Is this all there is?" 

Let me tell you, it's a rude awakening when you have achieved everything you set out to achieve and you still feel unfulfilled.

Instead of accepting that this was just how life my life was going to be, I decided to discover the source of my discontent.

You see, the problem wasn't my life. The problem was how I was approaching my life. 
•	I was approaching my life from the outside in, rather than the inside it.
•	I saw my life as a grind, rather than a gift.
•	I thought my answers were out there, rather than within.

Everything changed when I learned to do the REAL work of my life. I learned to listen to my inner voice, and it guided me to the truth of who I am, and why I'm here. This was my "awakening," and it's how I was able to finally release the quiet misery and experience the joy, peace and fulfillment I had always been seeking.

Awakening is for all of us: the rebels, the skeptics, the never-settlers, the non-conformists, and even the recovering perfectionists. 

I am here to share what I have learned so that we all may awaken to the truth. I am here to help you do the REAL work of your life.

Ready? Go to my website to get started: www.jencarew.com

Jen Carew

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University of Cambridge

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RJS Solicitors

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Vacation Scheme Student

NEWNHAM COLLEGE, Cambridge 

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JCR IT and Communications Officer

Vacation Student

I'm shining a light on the climate crisis because some people still seem to be in the dark (you know who you are).

I'm advocating for global change that will move us away from the climatic and environmental danger zone that we have been flung into by the chubby hands of capitalism, and guiding you towards living a more wholesome, grounded and sustainable life. 

I grow lots of plants, from organic seeds using organic compost or compost that I've composted myself. I grow plants not just because I'm livin' it up as a Cumbrian farmer gal with a feather in my hat, but because I refuse to contribute financially to a broken food system. 

I choose to grow, forage and preserve my own food throughout the year to reduce demand and prevent my money from lining the pockets of the corrupt and greedy.

I view environmentalism through an intersectional lens so that I can see, and I can help others to see, that systems of oppression have caused the climate crisis. Only through advocating for social justice in its entirety can we achieve true environmental justice on home soil and across the globe. 

That means I am on a life long journey towards antiracism in which I am learning and unpacking my own racism as a white woman to ensure that I acknowledge the privilege I have been granted by the colour of my skin and use this privilege to amplify the voices of BIPOC, all whilst doing what I can to dismantle systemic racism. 

I'm a pansexual woman and I alternate between using "Pan" and "Queer" to describe my sexuality, depending on my mood. I'm not 100% sold on being a "woman" and all that identity carries with it, because in many ways I don't feel like a "woman" - think work trousers, steel toe cap boots and dysfunctional ovaries - so gender queer might also be on the table. Right now, I'm comfortable with you using woman and the pronouns she / her to describe me, but equally happy for you to say she / they is / are gender queer!

Intersectional environmentalism also reminds us that indigenous cultures have recognised non-binary genders and homosexuality for hundreds of years prior to colonialism, and that much of modern-day homophobia derived from colonialist thinking (e.g. the Karma Sutra has a whole chapter dedicated to homosexual sex positions...).

As an ADHDer and ASDer, I also recognise that the capitalist system is incompatible with my brain, that was not designed to hustle hustle hustle behind a desk in a box with no window. I honour my brain and the brain of other neurodivergents by redefining "work.

Lucy 👸

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