Ana Sanjuan
Red Hook
Summary
Seasoned leader and producer of large-scale educational events including conferences, symposia, trainings, retreats, workshops and seminars, live and online.
Specialize in personal growth, leadership and capacity building for social justice leaders of women’s empowerment, climate justice, and gender equity movements.
25-year career leading impact driven organizations, while also serving as Director of Programs. Deep understanding of requisite concept-through-delivery, cross functional efforts that include programming, speaker management, marketing & communication, production (video, stage), finance, administration and customer service.
Delivered thousands of events to innumerable participants, focused on fostering self-knowledge that leads to inner peace, to create outer peace for the world.
In recent years my attention is directed on mobilizing the Global Feminine Rising by designing and delivering transformational leadership programs to support women’s leadership, economic empowerment and self-knowledge, helping us access and deploy our innate capacities and leadership wisdom.
Trusted relationships with hundreds of subject matter experts, authors, scientists, civic and interfaith leaders committed to creating a just, equitable, sustainable earth family, whom I can leverage toward Women Deliver.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Owner, Principal Consultant
ASA Evolve
01.2010 - Current
- Trusted partner in executive development providing program delivery, facilitation, and one-on-one coaching.
- Specialize in delivering programs focused on ‘Transforming Leaders From Within’, to help leaders access their innate wisdom, ways of knowing, purpose and resilience in order to empathically and intelligently respond to intersectional global crisis.
- Produce and deliver self-development events, symposia, retreats, and trainings that integrate personal growth, positive psychology, contemplative wisdom, and leadership science.
Co-Founder
Thinking Partners
01.2010 - 01.2022
- Led cooperative of seasoned professionals of program administration specializing in personal growth, leadership, social activism and contemplative practices.
- Services included leadership, program curation, curriculum design, business planning, production, and full-service marketing (creative direction, website design, branding, and editorial oversight).
- Advised subject matter experts, authors and thought leaders on business and program development; branding and positioning.
- Clients included Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Art of Living Center, Sivananda International Yoga Ashram, and New York Open Center.
Director of Education and Events
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams & Centres
01.2013 - 05.2020
- Advise International Board of Directors, the Executive Team, while serving as Director of Programming of this classical Yoga Vedanta Ashram, retreat center, and school.
- Established administrative systems and led cross-functional teams in marketing, finance, production, and guest services
- Curated and designed over 300 annual programs in science, spirituality, and holistic health, serving an international audience. Worked with hundred of thought leaders, spiritual teachers, scientists, and civic leaders committed to social justice and peace studies.
Director of Programming and Production
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Served on the executive team responsible for strategic initiatives and organizational management
- Oversaw programming and production departments, curating and producing over 300 interdisciplinary retreats, trainings, and workshops annually
- Advised thought leaders in contemplative practice, holistic health, and wellness on program design, marketing, production, and business planning
Founder/Director, Humanities Program
University of Denver, School of Professional and Continuing Studies
01.2001 - 01.2008
- Designed and launched public humanities program offering seminars, lectures, and experiential workshops to intellectually discerning public.
- Creating a successful private and public partnership that celebrates its 22 year anniversary in 2025.
- Collaborated with university professors, cultural institutions, community based-organizations, local government to design hundreds of seminars in art, literature, women’s studies, history, and public policy.
- Led cross functional teams in curriculum design, production, marketing and customer service.
Manager of Special Projects
University of Denver, Women's College
01.1998 - 01.2003
- Provided organizational development support to two deans, facilitating the reorganization of The Women's College and initiatives to support the advancement of women through higher education
- Led curriculum teams in designing special educational initiatives
Education
Master of Science - Management
University of Denver
Denver, CO06-2007
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Lafayette College
Easton, PA 05-1993
Skills
- Event Design and Production
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Marketing and Communication
- Transformational Learning Design
- Presenting Skills Coaching
- Women's Leadership Development
Certification
- Executive Coaching
- Purpose Guiding
- Positive Intelligence
- Trauma-Informed Coaching
- Extensive modalities in contemplative practices and holistic health
Personal - Description
First-generation immigrant and child of refugees, bringing firsthand insight into the unique challenges and opportunities faced by emerging leaders from diverse backgrounds.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Director of Education and Events
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams & Centres
01.2013 - 05.2020
Owner, Principal Consultant
ASA Evolve
01.2010 - Current
Co-Founder
Thinking Partners
01.2010 - 01.2022
Director of Programming and Production
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies
01.2007 - 01.2010
Founder/Director, Humanities Program
University of Denver, School of Professional and Continuing Studies
01.2001 - 01.2008
Manager of Special Projects
University of Denver, Women's College
01.1998 - 01.2003
Master of Science - Management
University of Denver
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Lafayette College