{"id":52681,"date":"2025-01-14T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T19:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpstartinc.org\/?page_id=52681"},"modified":"2025-01-20T12:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:24:08","slug":"kimalon-dixon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jumpstartinc.org\/about\/team\/kimalon-dixon","title":{"rendered":"Kimalon Dixon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1200px + 120px );margin-left: calc(-120px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-120px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:60px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:60px;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:60px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:60px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:60px;--awb-spacing-left-small:60px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kimalon recently served as Senior Project Director of Cleveland (CLE) Purpose Built Communities, a partnership between the Cleveland and Saint Luke's Foundations. In this role, she led a community revitalization initiative, working at the neighborhood and systems levels to transform education, housing, and community health. Prior to this role, she was a Program Officer at the Cleveland Foundation and held various leadership positions at the City of Cleveland's Department of Public Health.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kimalon earned her Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from The Ohio State University and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Management & Labor Relations from Cleveland State University. She has been recognized by local, state, and national organizations for her accomplishments in public health and philanthropy. Kimalon serves on the Board of Trustees of P.A.L.S For Healing and the HealthComp Foundation. She is also an alumnus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders Program.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Also, entrepreneurial, she recently developed and launched her own lifestyle blog, www.grownwomanish.com, and is pursuing her Executive Coach certification from the Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 awb-sticky awb-sticky-large fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:40%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:60px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:60px;--awb-width-medium:40%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:60px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:60px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:60px;--awb-spacing-left-small:60px;--awb-sticky-offset:120px;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-five\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_23);\"><h5 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Role<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Vice President, Strategic Partnerships<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: flex-start;margin-right:auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:30px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-five\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_23);\"><h5 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Line of Business<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Operations<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: flex-start;margin-right:auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:30px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-five\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_23);\"><h5 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Connect<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"fusion-social-links fusion-social-links-1\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-right:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-left:0px;--awb-box-border-top:0px;--awb-box-border-right:0px;--awb-box-border-bottom:0px;--awb-box-border-left:0px;--awb-icon-colors-hover:var(--awb-custom_color_7);--awb-box-colors-hover:var(--awb-color1);--awb-box-border-color:var(--awb-color3);--awb-box-border-color-hover:var(--awb-color4);\"><div class=\"fusion-social-networks color-type-custom\"><div class=\"fusion-social-networks-wrapper\"><a class=\"fusion-social-network-icon fusion-tooltip fusion-linkedin fa-linkedin fab\" style=\"color:var(--awb-color3);font-size:16px;\" title=\"LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kimalonmeriweather\/\"><\/a><a class=\"fusion-social-network-icon fusion-tooltip fusion-mail awb-icon-mail\" style=\"color:var(--awb-color3);font-size:16px;\" title=\"Email\" aria-label=\"mail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"mailto:&#107;i&#109;al&#111;n&#046;&#100;ix&#111;&#110;&#064;jumpst&#097;r&#116;inc&#046;org\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49908,"parent":25873,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52681","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - 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