1. Jodie Zisow-McClean
603 E 30th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. 410-375-8591. jzisow@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Repair the World Baltimore October 2013- July 2015
City Director
 Oversaw year of service, learning and organizing on food and education justice.
 Supervised 9 fellows and a part time office administrator. Implemented local
leadership development for 9 fellows, in a train the trainer style of education.
 Fostered and managed relationships with 9 nonprofit community partners.
 Managed budget and operations of our local office.
 Lead local programmatic work including media and social media.
 Represented organization locally with Jewish community partners and developed
strategic partnerships.
 Conducted site visits with funders and lead local development efforts.
Planned Parenthood of Maryland October 2012- October 2013
Project Coordinator, Power Through Choices
 Coordinated program delivery and data collection for a federally funded program
to evaluate a comprehensive sexuality education for youth in out-of-home care.
 Chaired committee of five staff member. Facilitated collaboration and helped
train and support new staff.
 Tracked and managed budget.
 Recruited group homes and agencies, set up and lead meetings with agencies and
community partners. Developed and maintained these relationships.
 Facilitated sexuality education classes with youth in foster care group homes.
 Lead staff trainings on sexuality topics with foster parents and group home staff,
including working with sexually diverse youth.
Planned Parenthood of Maryland February- October 2012
Health Educator/ Trainer/ Lead Facilitator, Power Through Choices
 Provided education on sexuality and reproductive health for adolescents in schools, and group
homes, as well as parent groups and trainings for professionals internally at PPM.
Baltimore City Public Schools, Patterson High School August 2009- Jan. 2011
Spanish Teacher
 Developed curriculum and taught Spanish I to 9th
grade students
 Completed and passed Baltimore City Teaching Residency coursework in the con0tent
area of World and Classical Languages, and literacy education.
Baltimore City Teaching Residency Baltimore, MD June 2009 Resident
 Certified to teach secondary education under the Resident Teacher Certificate
 Summer school teaching at Baltimore Talent Development High School
Planned Parenthood of Maryland May 2006- August 2008
Bilingual Community Health Educator
 Provided education on sexuality for adolescents and adults in English and Spanish.
 Conducted outreach with the Latino community.
 Supervised a full time graduate student intern.
 Established partnerships between PPM and community based organizations.
 Created inter-departmental committee to improve services for Spanish-speakers.
Open Society Institute Nov 2004- March 2006
Community Fellow

2. Jodie Ellyn Zisow
 Developed the Theater Action Group, a collective of artists using Agosto Boal
Theater of the Oppressed techniques to support social justice work in Baltimore.
 Created projects with Students Sharing Coalition and Kids on the Hill.
 Planned and co-facilitated a 5 week course on Theater for Dialogue and Change at
the Creative Alliance.
Center for Political Research for Community Action, Chiapas 2002-2003
Bilingual Team Member
 Fundraised, responsible for obtaining more than $50,000 through grant-writing,
a major percentage of the organizational budget.
 Interpreted talks (Spanish to English) to visiting student groups and delegations
on the political, economic and social context of local indigenous movements.
 Developed and taught a popular education series on globalization and
development with high school teachers in a refugee camp. Managed website.
 Designed lessons and taught ESOL classes to children and young adults.
Baltimore Action for Justice in the Americas (BAJA) 1998-2000
Co-coordinator.
 Managed volunteers, facilitated meetings, chaired Steering Committee.
 Fundraised, budget tracking and improved financial record keeping system.
EDUCATION
Goucher College, Towson, MD 1998
BA with honors
Major: International Studies, focus on Latin American Studies, and Spanish minor.
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Fall semester 1997
Semester abroad. Passed to highest level of Spanish language study and earned
certificate of fluency in Spanish from UNAM in 1997.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Jews United for Justice 2014- Present
Advisory Committee member and volunteer
Providing strategic support in the launching of JUFJ in Baltimore. Helping design local
campaign supporting Right to Housing Alliance rent court reform campaign. Building
our local base, facilitating meetings, and assisting with local fundraising.
Red Clover Collective January 2013- Present
Collective member. Urban gardening, fruit tree care, collective house co-owner.
Moveable Feast 2005-Present
Ride for the Feast organizing committee. Ninth year as rider.
 Recruit riders and organize fundraising events. Help coordinate logistics.
New American Freedom Summer Summer 2004
Volunteer organizer. Organized voter registration drive with immigrant communities in
Douglas, AZ. Organized educational events about an anti-immigrant ballot initiative.
PUBLICATIONS
Translated 2 chapters of Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina, Marina
Sitren, ed, AK Press, 2006.
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
 Completed various trainings at Planned Parenthood of Maryland and online at
Planned Parenthood University on topics of sexuality, working with groups,
leading trainings, youth culture, etc.
 Passed 40 hour medical interpreters training course through Cross Cultural
Communications in Fall of 2007.