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Work History
Education
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Jenny Cook

Executive Director/Communications Coach
OAKLAND,CA

Summary

Professional Communications Coach and Executive Director with 32 years of experience in coaching students of all ages (10-75 years of age) in public speaking and debate. Excellent reputation for creating and developing effective communication strategies persuading all types of audiences, including authoring speeches, press releases and marketing materials for educational, political and business clients. .

Overview

64
64
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Communications Strategist

Summit Debate Enterprises/Final Focus Group
Oakland, CA
11.2010 - Current
  • Coached communication strategies, created content and unified messaging for clients in Arizona, California, Florida, Washington D.C., India, Dubai, Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo, and Uganda.
  • Used research and analytics to identify and capitalize on communications opportunities and guide message development for political campaigns and existing messaging strategies for political stakeholders in Florida and Washington, D.C.

President, CEO

Summit Debate Enterprises
OAKLAND, United States
06.1995 - Current

Founder, Owner, and Executive Director of a company that runs online and in person summer camps for for high school debate and speech students.


Develop ongoing training and curriculum for middle and high school teachers/coaches in speech and debate events. Clients located in California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas.




Director of Arts

Nova Southeastern University, University School
Davie, FL
08.2005 - 07.2015
  • Collaborated with elementary, middle school and high school teachers in the visual and performing arts to achieve target results.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help all stakeholders at the Epstein Center for the Performing Arts
  • Lead collaborative events to enhance working relationships within the University. (2015 NCFL National Speech and Debate Tournament Host)

Director of Speech and Debate

North Broward Preparatory School
Coconut Creek, FL
08.2004 - 07.2005

Designed and taught competitive high school Speech and Debate curriculum to high school students to prepare them for local, state and national competitions.


Host of the 2005 Florida State Novice Speech and Debate Tournament with over 1500 participants in attendance.


Directed a program of 50 students in competitive speech and debate events and traveled to 28 speech and debate competitions.

Director of Speech and Debate

Milton Academy, Milton
Milton, MA
08.1999 - 06.2004

Developed curriculum and taught competitive speech and debate to a team of 100 students.


Students garnered five state titles, four national championship titles and the team was recognized as one of the top ten programs in the country.


Hosted local, state and national high school speech and debate tournaments. (2004 NCFL National Tournament in Boston)



Social Studies Teacher and Director of Debate

Hopkins High School
Hopkins, MN
08.1994 - 07.1999
  • Maintained awareness of relevant current events and quickly incorporated study into curriculum.
  • Educated students regarding national and global social issues and influencing factors.
  • Attended department meetings to develop and update course curricula.
  • Met or exceeded course and student performance goals with students achieving titles at state and national tournaments, including a 2nd place national final round performance in Lincoln-Douglas Debate.

Speech and Debate Coach

Apple Valley High School
Apple Valley, MN
01.1990 - 07.1994

Coached students in a variety of competitive high school speech and debate events.

Coach of a National Champion in Extemporaneous Speaking 1992 and 1993.


Education

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science And Communications

Hamline University
Saint Paul, MN
09.1989 - 05.1993

Post Baccalaureate Degree - Social Studies Teacher Education

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
06.1993 - 07.1994

Master of Science - Management Administration Education Programming

Nova Southeastern University
Davie, FL
08.2006 - 05.2008

Skills

    Excellent Communication

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Accomplishments

    1992 NFL National Champion Coach Extemporaneous Speaking

    1993 NFL National Champion Coach Extemporaneous Speaking

    2002 Massachusetts State Speech and Debate Coach of the Year

    2003 CFL National Coach Lincoln-Douglas Debate

    2008 Florida State Speech and Debate Coach of the Year

    1991-2015 Coach of 16 National Finalists at NSDA and NCFL National High School Speech and Debate Tournaments.

    2020 National Debate and Speech Association Hall of Fame Inductee



Affiliations

National Speech and Debate Association (Hall of Fame, Current Coach, Alumni and Sponsor)

California High School Speech Association (Current Coach and Sponsor)

Timeline

Communications Strategist

Summit Debate Enterprises/Final Focus Group
11.2010 - Current

Master of Science - Management Administration Education Programming

Nova Southeastern University
08.2006 - 05.2008

Director of Arts

Nova Southeastern University, University School
08.2005 - 07.2015

Director of Speech and Debate

North Broward Preparatory School
08.2004 - 07.2005

Director of Speech and Debate

Milton Academy, Milton
08.1999 - 06.2004

President, CEO

Summit Debate Enterprises
06.1995 - Current

Social Studies Teacher and Director of Debate

Hopkins High School
08.1994 - 07.1999

Post Baccalaureate Degree - Social Studies Teacher Education

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
06.1993 - 07.1994

Speech and Debate Coach

Apple Valley High School
01.1990 - 07.1994

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science And Communications

Hamline University
09.1989 - 05.1993
Jenny CookExecutive Director/Communications Coach