Davidoff Strategy

Jacki Davidoff is a management and people professional. Davidoff consults with national and local organizations to facilitate their growth, including identifying internal barriers that limit their effectiveness. Jacki develops and facilitates spaces for teams and Boards to discuss organizational and cultural challenges that block effectiveness and mission.

Client organizations include American Library Association, American Public Health Association, BlueCross Blue Shield, Guerrero Media, Manufacturers Alliance, Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants, and the Smithsonian.

Jacki is also an executive leadership coach, trainer, and facilitator, supporting executive leaders and teams to develop their leadership capacities and create learning cultures in their organizations. Davidoff’s work creates higher functioning, lower drama cultures in which each person is intentionally developing their potential in service of their organization’s mission

Jacki is a frequent national speaker and moderator. She designs leads leadership trainings and retreats that tap organizational potential by facilitating conversations that surface and resolve issues often swept under the table.

Additionally, Jacki is founder of the Leadership Forum, a monthly convening for diverse CEO’s and Executive Directors; and the Women’s Leadership Intensive, supporting women at all levels of leadership. She is also co-founder and co-facilitator, with Jessyca Dudley of Bold Ventures, of “The Self-Aware Leader: Understanding How Race Affects Your Leadership.” She also leads groups of employees in companies to leverage their capacities and create cultures in which their strengths are fully leveraged within the organization. 

Jacki bridges both corporate and nonprofit sectors. Her background includes 30 years in leading national advertising agencies and senior executive positions in Chicago nonprofits. Prior to joining Davidoff, Jacki completed nine years at the Chicago Botanic Garden where she worked in leadership roles in marketing and corporate/foundation fundraising, increasing the organization’s national and regional presence and growing its corporate support to record levels. 

Jacki has been actively involved in racial justice training nationally and locally. She is Board Co-Chair of Chicago Women in Philanthropy and is former Co-Chair of the Racial Equity &amp; Social Justice committee. She is participating in the inaugural cohort of Dismantling White Supremacy, a program of Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy.

Jacki is from Houston, Texas and earned her BS in Advertising with highest honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed her Masters in Transformational Leadership and Coaching at Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential in 2017.

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