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KIMI IRENE GINN (Formerly Kimi (Ginn) Rabun) Website: www. imikenterprises.com Phone: (253) 273-2999 Email: KimisJoy2014@gmail.com PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Self-initiating professional with high-level administrative experiences in diversity-focused educational training, program development/implementation and management/assessment. Specialized expertise in the establishment and retention of inclusive school/business/community partnerships. Productive career readiness and college preparation skills. Innovative resource development, sales/marketing and fundraising skills. Cross-cultural competency in effective written and verbal communication processes. Effective strategies for the consistent delivery of productive community relations. Creative African American Storyteller. EXPERTISE: Diversity Services - Training, Equity and Inclusion Assessment and Program Development School/Business/Community Partnership Collaboration Career Readiness/College Preparation Sales/Marketing and Public Relations Fundraising and Special Events Community Outreach, Volunteer Recruitment, Networking and Mobilization Cross-Cultural Communication Competencies Performing Arts Talents EXPERIENCE: Owner-Consultant 1990 - Present IMIK Enterprises Owns and operates a company that develops/provides DEI programs/services including diversity plan development, educational, corporate and governmental employee diversity/cultural competency workshops, conflict resolution/mediation services, community building seminars, school/business internships, motivational keynote addresses and cultural arts performances and activities. * Current and Past IMIK Enterprises Projects and Contractual Services Certified Corporate/Governmental Diversity Trainer 1997 - 2002 Conducted The Boeing Company and Pierce County Government in Washington State corporate and governmental level diversity/cultural competency focused workshops that assist with the sustainability of a hostile free work environment. Soft Skills Facilitator 2001 – 2022 Arnold Services of Tacoma, Washington Career Preparation/Resume Writing Workshops, Leadership Seminars, Teambuilding Retreats Consultant 2010 - 2015 Learning Dynamics, Inc. Wallingford, Connecticut Conducts workshops that assist organizations to improve performance, maintain compliance, create and sustain hostile free work environments and enhance customer services.
* Current and Past IMIK Enterprises Projects and Contractual Services Continued Hampton University Kiddie Kamp Hampton, VA Summer 2014 Kelly Professional Services 2011 – 2012 Provided substitute teaching services in greater Hartford, CT area schools. Faith Summer Arts Program – Faith Congregational Church Hartford, CT Summer 2011 Developed/presented African American history focused arts curriculum for a youth ages 7 – 17. Joe Jordan Ragtime/Jazz Collection Donation and Project 2006 - Present Hampton University Contracted Coordinator 2002 - 2003 Communities in Schools of Puyallup Puyallup, Washington Developed the infrastructure for a sustainable process to identify and deploy the appropriate community resources that can support student success in Puyallup schools. Consultant 1999 - 2001 High School Career Internship Coordinator and Careers Class Instructor Seattle Public Schools – Middle College High School Coordinated internships and taught career classes for high school students. Area Development Director 1998 – 1999 (one year campaign) The College Fund/UNCF - Seattle Area Office Developed/managed 1998-99 fundraising campaign. Raised 1.2 million dollars. * Positions and Areas of Responsibility CEO and President 2017 – Present (consultant status to this non-profit organization) Vibrant Schools of Puget Sound Tacoma, Washington Manage the operational aspects of the organization’s school focused equity focused advocacy activities to ensure anti- racist, equitable educational policies and procedures in local school districts Multicultural Analyst 2016 – 2017 University of Washington/Tacoma Substitute Teacher (part time and on call) 2015 – Present Federal Way School Districts Membership and Marketing Manager 2012 – 2014 Girl Scouts of Connecticut – Hartford, Connecticut Managed the membership and marketing activities in the greater Hartford area. Senior Program Officer 2008 – 2009 (grant funded) College Success Foundation – Issaquah, Washington Managed the day-to-day operational and transitional activities for the mentorship and scholarship programs.
*Positions and Areas of Responsibility Continued Partnership Coordinator and Recruiter 2005 – 2007 (grant funded) Big Brothers Big Sisters of King, Pierce and Jefferson Counties in Washington Provided recruitment and outreach services for the purpose of increasing the number of mentors representing diverse populations. Conducted fundraising and public relations. Director 1992 – 1997 (grant funded) Seattle Community College District: Seattle Coalition for Education Equity Project. Managed/assessed a five (5) million-dollar multi-year Ford Foundation project to create enduring, city-wide partnerships to effect systemic change in the equitable delivery of K-16 educational services. Monitored equity compliance and equal opportunity accessibility for college transfer activities. Provided assessment to assist with equity and inclusion practices in delivering of higher education services. Facilitated the institutionalization of students of color programs at the university, community college and high school levels. Grant writing and major fund development. Business internship co-ordination. Project Manager and Community Relations Coordinator 1987 - 1991 Seattle Public Schools Seattle, Washington Developed/implemented strategies for the reduction of disproportionality. Coordinated district-wide school/business partnership activities that supported academic success. Facilitated community outreach/mobilization activities, monitored volunteer services, mentorships and school-to-work initiatives for southwest regional schools. Served as the district-wide liaison to the Partnership in Public Education (PIPE) and Communities in Schools (CIS) business and community programs EDUCATION: Wilson High School Honor Graduate and ASB President Tacoma, Washington Bachelor of Arts Degree Major: Elementary Education Minor: Library Science Antioch College/Prometheus Campus: Tacoma, Washington Graduate Studies in Human Development/Multicultural Education Pacific Oaks College: Pasadena, California

MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATIONS:

Member, Allen A.M.E. Church - Tacoma, WA Member and Past Officer, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Member, Black Collective of Tacoma and Pierce County Member, Black Education Strategy Roundtable (BESR) Past Co-Chair and Member, Board of Directors, Communities in Schools (CIS) of Seattle, WA City of Lakewood, Beloved Community Campaign Initiator and Program Developer Past Member, KNKX Radio Station Community Advisory Council Past Member, Lakewood African American Police Advisory Council (LAAPAC) Board Member, Lakewood Multicultural Council (LMCC) Member, NAACP Education Committee - Tacoma, WA Founding Community Member, University of Puget Sound Race and Pedagogy Institute - Tacoma, WA Planning Member/Presenter University of Washington/Tacoma “Power of One” LGBTQ Conferences 2006 and 2016 Storyteller/Developer for YWCA/ Pierce County 2015,16,17 Domestic Violence Fundraiser “Voices of Courage”

REFERENCES UPON REQUEST

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Biographical Information for Kimi Irene Ginn (formerly Kimi (Ginn) Rabun www.imikenterprises.com Professional: For over 25 years, Kimi Irene Ginn has designed/presented diversity focused educational programs/services to thousands of youth, families, educators, community organizations/agencies and businesses. Through upbeat keynote addresses and workshops, she couples this passion with motivational and empowerment related work and life skill enhancements that assist both students and adults in reaching their fullest potential while promoting the message and practices of respecting diversity, both personally and professionally. Kimi owns and operates a multicultural educational service consulting company called IMIK Enterprises and has received a variety of accolades for her outstanding work in the field of diversity (including cultural competency training, focus group facilitation, teambuilding retreats, leadership conferences and school to work internships). She is a gifted storyteller who promotes the theme “Celebrating Our Differences”. She has developed an innovative DEI workshop series entitled S.P.I.R.I.T. © 2001 (Successful Practices for the Implementation of Respect, Integrity and Teamwork). She serves local corporations, educational institutions, governmental agencies and non-profit organizations by conducting corporate and school level diversity workshops designed to maintain hostile free/culturally competent workplaces and culturally responsive learning environments. In 2007, Kimi co-founded the Rites of Passage Program, an African American culturally based self empowerment, college readiness mentoring program for African American males. Additionally, Kimi assumed the leadership role as the Senior School Programs Officer with the College Success Foundation (CSF) and assisted in providing college readiness skills, mentors and scholarships to low income, high potential students throughout the state of Washington. Diversity Plans completed for Washington State Department of Child Care and Early Learning and local school districts. Multicultural analysis work for University of Washington/Tacoma. Her other major professional positions include serving as the Area Development Director for the northwest office of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and was responsible for raising the much needed dollars to provide scholarships for deserving yet financially disadvantaged students. Under her leadership, the 1998-99 Fundraising Campaign yielded 1.2 million dollars. In June 2006 she opened the Joe Jordan Ragtime Jazz 600+ item Historical Collection (appraised and valued at one-million dollars) at Hampton University’s Peabody Scholar Library. Her unique style of facilitating productive school/business/community collaboration and networking resulted in the development of the Seattle Coalition for Educational Equity (SCEE), a Seattle Community Colleges/Ford Foundation Partnership that deployed the strategies to endure city-wide partnerships to effect systemic change in the equitable and diversity focused delivery of K-16 educational services. For five years as the SCEE Director, Kimi managed/assessed the five (5) million-dollar project. Became Gramma K in 2009 and moved to Hartford, CT. While living in the Hartford area Kimi provided diversity related consulting services to Learning Dynamics in Wallingford, CT, developed and presented educational and cultural arts programs including African American Storytelling for the Faith Initiatives/Faith Congregational Church’s Arts Program and the Amistad Center for Culture at the Wadsworth Museum. Served March 2012-September 2014 as the Membership and Marketing Manager for Girl Scouts of Connecticut. She currently serves in a consultant capacity as the President and CEO of the Vibrant Schools of Puget Sound, where she initiated in partnership with the City of Lakewood, Washington the 2025 Beloved Community Campaign. She occasionally performs substitute teaching services for the Federal Way, Washington School District. In addition, she maintains her consulting business and continually provides numerous diversity focused services including storytelling, diversity workshops, teambuilding and leadership seminars. Personal: Proud Mother of a Favorite Daughter and a Favorite Son. Also, a Proud Grandmother! FAMILY IS HER J O Y!!! Currently residing in Kent, Washington, Kimi is a community-oriented person who serves unconditionally. She is committed to “Opening the Doors to Positive Diversity”.
IMIK ENTERPRISES
KIMI IRENE GINN (Formerly Kimi (Ginn) Rabun) Website: www. imikenterprises.com Phone: (253) 273-2999 Email: KimisJoy2014@gmail.com PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Self-initiating professional with high-level administrative experiences in diversity-focused educational training, program development/implementation and management/assessment. Specialized expertise in the establishment and retention of inclusive school/business/community partnerships. Productive career readiness and college preparation skills. Innovative resource development, sales/marketing and fundraising skills. Cross-cultural competency in effective written and verbal communication processes. Effective strategies for the consistent delivery of productive community relations. Creative African American Storyteller. EXPERTISE: Diversity Services - Training, Equity and Inclusion Assessment and Program Development School/Business/Community Partnership Collaboration Career Readiness/College Preparation Sales/Marketing and Public Relations Fundraising and Special Events Community Outreach, Volunteer Recruitment, Networking and Mobilization Cross-Cultural Communication Competencies Performing Arts Talents EXPERIENCE: Owner-Consultant 1990 - Present IMIK Enterprises Owns and operates a company that develops/provides DEI programs/services including diversity plan development, educational, corporate and governmental employee diversity/cultural competency workshops, conflict resolution/mediation services, community building seminars, school/business internships, motivational keynote addresses and cultural arts performances and activities. * Current and Past IMIK Enterprises Projects and Contractual Services Certified Corporate/Governmental Diversity Trainer 1997 - 2002 Conducted The Boeing Company and Pierce County Government in Washington State corporate and governmental level diversity/cultural competency focused workshops that assist with the sustainability of a hostile free work environment. Soft Skills Facilitator 2001 – 2022 Arnold Services of Tacoma, Washington Career Preparation/Resume Writing Workshops, Leadership Seminars, Teambuilding Retreats Consultant 2010 - 2015 Learning Dynamics, Inc. Wallingford, Connecticut Conducts workshops that assist organizations to improve performance, maintain compliance, create and sustain hostile free work environments and enhance customer services. * Current and Past IMIK Enterprises Projects and Contractual Services Certified Corporate/Governmental Diversity Trainer 1997 - Present Conducting The Boeing Company and Pierce County Government in Washington State corporate and governmental level diversity/cultural competency focused workshops that assist with the sustainability of a hostile free work environment. Soft Skills Facilitator 2001 – Present Arnold Services of Tacoma, Washington Career Preparation/Resume Writing Workshops, Leadership Seminars, Teambuilding Retreats Consultant 2010 - 2015 Learning Dynamics, Inc. Wallingford, Connecticut Conducts workshops that assist organizations to improve performance, maintain compliance, create and sustain hostile free work environments and enhance customer services.
Website was designed and developed by Verticalbay.com all rights reserved 2025. All art worked is designed and owned by Verticalbay.com any duplication in part or whole is a direct violation of artistic ownership. (253) 858-4980. All rights reserved.
* Current and Past IMIK Enterprises Projects and Contractual Services Continued Hampton University Kiddie Kamp Hampton, VA Summer 2014 Kelly Professional Services 2011 – 2012 Provided substitute teaching services in greater Hartford, CT area schools. Faith Summer Arts Program – Faith Congregational Church Hartford, CT Summer 2011 Developed/presented African American history focused arts curriculum for a youth ages 7 – 17. Joe Jordan Ragtime/Jazz Collection Donation and Project 2006 - Present Hampton University Contracted Coordinator 2002 - 2003 Communities in Schools of Puyallup Puyallup, Washington Developed the infrastructure for a sustainable process to identify and deploy the appropriate community resources that can support student success in Puyallup schools. Consultant 1999 - 2001 High School Career Internship Coordinator and Careers Class Instructor Seattle Public Schools – Middle College High School Coordinated internships and taught career classes for high school students. Area Development Director 1998 – 1999 (one year campaign) The College Fund/UNCF - Seattle Area Office Developed/managed 1998-99 fundraising campaign. Raised 1.2 million dollars. * Positions and Areas of Responsibility CEO and President 2017 – Present (consultant status to this non-profit organization) Vibrant Schools of Puget Sound Tacoma, Washington Manage the operational aspects of the organization’s school focused equity focused advocacy activities to ensure anti-racist, equitable educational policies and procedures in local school districts Multicultural Analyst 2016 – 2017 University of Washington/Tacoma Substitute Teacher (part time and on call) 2015 – Present Federal Way School Districts Membership and Marketing Manager 2012 – 2014 Girl Scouts of Connecticut – Hartford, Connecticut Managed the membership and marketing activities in the greater Hartford area. Senior Program Officer 2008 – 2009 (grant funded) College Success Foundation – Issaquah, Washington Managed the day-to-day operational and transitional activities for the mentorship and scholarship programs.
*Positions and Areas of Responsibility Continued Partnership Coordinator and Recruiter 2005 – 2007 (grant funded) Big Brothers Big Sisters of King, Pierce and Jefferson Counties in Washington Provided recruitment and outreach services for the purpose of increasing the number of mentors representing diverse populations. Conducted fundraising and public relations. Director 1992 – 1997 (grant funded) Seattle Community College District: Seattle Coalition for Education Equity Project. Managed/assessed a five (5) million-dollar multi-year Ford Foundation project to create enduring, city-wide partnerships to effect systemic change in the equitable delivery of K-16 educational services. Monitored equity compliance and equal opportunity accessibility for college transfer activities. Provided assessment to assist with equity and inclusion practices in delivering of higher education services. Facilitated the institutionalization of students of color programs at the university, community college and high school levels. Grant writing and major fund development. Business internship co-ordination. Project Manager and Community Relations Coordinator 1987 - 1991 Seattle Public Schools Seattle, Washington Developed/implemented strategies for the reduction of disproportionality. Coordinated district-wide school/business partnership activities that supported academic success. Facilitated community outreach/mobilization activities, monitored volunteer services, mentorships and school-to-work initiatives for southwest regional schools. Served as the district- wide liaison to the Partnership in Public Education (PIPE) and Communities in Schools (CIS) business and community programs EDUCATION: Wilson High School Honor Graduate and ASB President Tacoma, Washington Bachelor of Arts Degree Major: Elementary Education Minor: Library Science Antioch College/Prometheus Campus: Tacoma, Washington Graduate Studies in Human Development/Multicultural Education Pacific Oaks College: Pasadena, California

MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATIONS:

Member, Allen A.M.E. Church - Tacoma, WA Member and Past Officer, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Member, Black Collective of Tacoma and Pierce County Member, Black Education Strategy Roundtable (BESR) Past Co-Chair and Member, Board of Directors, Communities in Schools (CIS) of Seattle, WA City of Lakewood, Beloved Community Campaign Initiator and Program Developer Past Member, KNKX Radio Station Community Advisory Council Past Member, Lakewood African American Police Advisory Council (LAAPAC) Board Member, Lakewood Multicultural Council (LMCC) Member, NAACP Education Committee - Tacoma, WA Founding Community Member, University of Puget Sound Race and Pedagogy Institute - Tacoma, WA Planning Member/Presenter University of Washington/Tacoma “Power of One” LGBTQ Conferences 2006 and 2016 Storyteller/Developer for YWCA/ Pierce County 2015,16,17 Domestic Violence Fundraiser “Voices of Courage” REFERENCES UPON REQUEST
Biographical Information for Kimi Irene Ginn (formerly Kimi (Ginn) Rabun www.imikenterprises.com Professional: For over 25 years, Kimi Irene Ginn has designed/presented diversity focused educational programs/services to thousands of youth, families, educators, community organizations/agencies and businesses. Through upbeat keynote addresses and workshops, she couples this passion with motivational and empowerment related work and life skill enhancements that assist both students and adults in reaching their fullest potential while promoting the message and practices of respecting diversity, both personally and professionally. Kimi owns and operates a multicultural educational service consulting company called IMIK Enterprises and has received a variety of accolades for her outstanding work in the field of diversity (including cultural competency training, focus group facilitation, teambuilding retreats, leadership conferences and school to work internships). She is a gifted storyteller who promotes the theme “Celebrating Our Differences”. She has developed an innovative DEI workshop series entitled S.P.I.R.I.T. © 2001 (Successful Practices for the Implementation of Respect, Integrity and Teamwork). She serves local corporations, educational institutions, governmental agencies and non-profit organizations by conducting corporate and school level diversity workshops designed to maintain hostile free/culturally competent workplaces and culturally responsive learning environments. In 2007, Kimi co-founded the Rites of Passage Program, an African American culturally based self empowerment, college readiness mentoring program for African American males. Additionally, Kimi assumed the leadership role as the Senior School Programs Officer with the College Success Foundation (CSF) and assisted in providing college readiness skills, mentors and scholarships to low income, high potential students throughout the state of Washington. Diversity Plans completed for Washington State Department of Child Care and Early Learning and local school districts. Multicultural analysis work for University of Washington/Tacoma. Her other major professional positions include serving as the Area Development Director for the northwest office of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and was responsible for raising the much needed dollars to provide scholarships for deserving yet financially disadvantaged students. Under her leadership, the 1998-99 Fundraising Campaign yielded 1.2 million dollars. In June 2006 she opened the Joe Jordan Ragtime Jazz 600+ item Historical Collection (appraised and valued at one-million dollars) at Hampton University’s Peabody Scholar Library. Her unique style of facilitating productive school/business/community collaboration and networking resulted in the development of the Seattle Coalition for Educational Equity (SCEE), a Seattle Community Colleges/Ford Foundation Partnership that deployed the strategies to endure city- wide partnerships to effect systemic change in the equitable and diversity focused delivery of K-16 educational services. For five years as the SCEE Director, Kimi managed/assessed the five (5) million- dollar project. Became Gramma K in 2009 and moved to Hartford, CT. While living in the Hartford area Kimi provided diversity related consulting services to Learning Dynamics in Wallingford, CT, developed and presented educational and cultural arts programs including African American Storytelling for the Faith Initiatives/Faith Congregational Church’s Arts Program and the Amistad Center for Culture at the Wadsworth Museum. Served March 2012-September 2014 as the Membership and Marketing Manager for Girl Scouts of Connecticut. She currently serves in a consultant capacity as the President and CEO of the Vibrant Schools of Puget Sound, where she initiated in partnership with the City of Lakewood, Washington the 2025 Beloved Community Campaign. She occasionally performs substitute teaching services for the Federal Way, Washington School District. In addition, she maintains her consulting business and continually provides numerous diversity focused services including storytelling, diversity workshops, teambuilding and leadership seminars. Personal: Proud Mother of a Favorite Daughter and a Favorite Son. Also, a Proud Grandmother! FAMILY IS HER J O Y!!! Currently residing in Kent, Washington, Kimi is a community-oriented person who serves unconditionally. She is committed to “Opening the Doors to Positive Diversity”.