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tashonna douglas
Senior Specialist, Cross Functional Initiatives
Tashonna Douglas joined StriveTogether in 2021 and currently works as the senior specialist of cross-functional initiatives in the Training Hub. In this role, Tashonna connects external vendors with Training Hub courses and content to support leaders across sectors through the scaling of Training Hub courses, content and competencies. Tashonna also project manages internal initiatives for the Training Hub, playing a key role in ensuring team alignment.
Prior to this role, Tashonna provided project management capacity across the StriveTogether team on the former Network Impact and Coaching teams. In addition to more than four years of experience working with StriveTogether, Tashonna also brings over seven years of expertise in program, project and event management from her previous roles in Chicago’s After School Matters program and St. Olaf’s Taylor Center for Equity and Inclusion. In these roles, she supported over 500 students with event planning, yearly budgeting and high school and postsecondary completion.
Tashonna holds a bachelor’s degree in English, business management and race and ethnic studies from St. Olaf College. She is a Posse Chicago scholar and, most recently, she was selected to be a part of the Annie E. Casey’s inaugural class of the Rising Leaders for Results fellowship. Tashonna currently resides in Chicago, Illinois, with her cat, Quan.