Hello! welcome to Shine Brighter LLC. I’m happy to have you here!

I’m Jeannie, the Creator and Leader of Shine Brighter LLC. I provide wholistic, heart-based career and leadership development to emerging, new, and mid-level leaders in higher education across the United States. My approach emphasizes the importance of healthy, joyful, heart-centered, consciously aware, and inclusive leadership with an emphasis on mind/body and heart/spiriit.

I’ve combined the expertise and skills developed from my extensive background in higher education, my academic background in psychology, counseling, student development, and higher education administration, my knowledge of holistic well-being, and my own career, leadership, and healing journeys to create Shine Brighter LLC!

During my 20+ years of experience in higher education, I dedicated myself to empowering students and staff to recognize their true potential, unique talents, qualities, strengths, and purpose. My experience included first-year experience initiatives, academic advising, career services, curriculum development, instruction, counseling, coaching, mentorship, supervision, administration, leadership, advocacy, and research while actively promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice.

I'm proud to be an alumna of Hamline University, where I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology! My academic journey continued at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where I achieved my Master of Science in Counseling and Student Personnel. I also enhanced my skills through PhD level coursework in Higher Education Administration at the University of Minnesota.