Long time entrepreneur Genevieve has decades of business building and over 25 years experience in education. She majored in Environmental Journalism and received her CDA credentials as well as her Preschool Teaching Certification, then founded and ran Advantage Academic Preschool on the Flathead Reservation from 2002-2008.
Genevieve then accepted a position as the Executive Director of the non-profit Sustainable Business Council where she advanced the vision of helping her city become a prosperous, collaborative community that fulfills the promise of the triple bottom line: a healthy society, economy, and environment by promoting a vibrant local economy built on sustainable practices. She was among the first fellowship cohort with the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, a two-year program designed for leaders who are advancing the development of healthy, equitable local economies. Local Economy Fellows are selected based on their vision, their leadership, and their role as strategic connectors, supporters, and influencers of local entrepreneurs and their businesses. Whether leading entrepreneur networks, community business incubators, or regional economic development initiatives, they are practical champions of new ways of doing business and organizing economies that work for all.
After 4 years at the helm of SBC, Genevieve decided to combine her passion for teaching children with her expertise in the principles of sustainability with the opening of Origins Education in 2011 and Origins now has 4 brick and mortar locations with the 5th on the way. By supporting children in fostering a solid intellectual, emotional, social and physical connection to the earth, Genevieve believes that we develop an understanding of our place in the eco-systems of life as well as gaining a love for life-long learning. She created a eco-literacy and mindfulness curriculum that is both play-based and place-based and is honored to teach young children about the earth, it’s fascinating cycles and how to respect and care for it and all of its inhabitants.
In 2020 Genevieve founded Origins Curriculum LLC to share her work with the world. Our B2B & B2C nature-based, mindfulness-infused and eco-conscious curriculum for kids ages prek-12th grade provides a virtual global education for schools, classroom educators and homeschool families who want to leave the broken public education system through our scalable, digital platform providing a one of a kind combination of ecoliteracy & mindfulness mixed with academics… Think Masterclass for kids and unlike other curriculum companies out there we have over 11 years of in-classroom testing and a team of professionals with years of expertise in the field.
Genevieve is passionate about the environment, organic food, gardening, photography, mindfulness and music as well as deep self inquiry. When not watching over the magic happening at Origins she is spending time with her family enjoying all the beauty that western Montana offers and traveling with loved ones.