Valerie Uccellani is Senior Partner and Co-Owner of Global Learning Partners (GLP). She is also a shareholder and an original member of the Board of Directors. For over 35 years, Val has brought her expertise in learning assessment, design, and facilitation to organizations around the U.S. and in 19 countries of Latin America, Africa and Asia. Val has focused her work in the arenas of animal welfare, international development, family health, financial freedom, racial equity, and workforce development. She is highly skilled at fostering collaboration within and across organizations. She has had many opportunities to mentor others. Val has co-authored a number of GLP’s core offerings including Foundations of Dialogue Education, Evaluation by Design, Meetings Re-Imagined and Equity Begins with Us: Communication Skills for a Thriving Workplace. Val is adept at helping others stay true to the core principles of a learning-centered approach, while encouraging creativity to fit each unique context.
Val is a co-founder of NOW, LOVE (New Orleans Women, Living our Values Everyday). She enjoys dancing with the Disco Amigos – and singing with Shades of Praise. Each summer for 25 years, Val has volunteered at the Augusta Heritage Center of West Virginia.
Education & Training
FORMAL
- School of Public Health and School of International Studies
M.S. Columbia University - B.A.
University of Virginia
CONTINUING EDUCATION
- Certified Dialogue Education Teacher (CDET)
Global Learning Partners
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Val’s Work
Renovating an Entrepreneurial Readiness Program
El Pájaro Community Development Corporation (EPCDC) is a Community Development Financial Institution and a trusted resource in the Central California community. Their mission is to promote equal access to economic opportunity and transform people’s lives through entrepreneurship.
Translating a Two-Day In-Person Event to a Series of Virtual Gatherings
Administration for Children & Families, Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation (ACF/OPRE) has worked with GLP over the last 5 years, allowing us to facilitate bi-annual gatherings of a national network of scholars who focus on research related to poverty and family stability in the U.S.
Co-Designing and Facilitating High-Level Meetings
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) invited Global Learning Partners, (GLP) Inc. to support and fortify meetings among leadership and front-line staff for many years.
VAL’s Resources
Episode 207: Stepping Back to Light the Way – Featuring New Moms
New Moms positioned themselves as a leader in the field of workforce development through their science-informed social enterprise, Bright Endeavors. In 2019 GLP had the opportunity to document insights from their work through a learning-centered case study....
10 Tips for Making Decisions in the Workplace
Increasingly, organizations and companies see the value of having a thoughtful approach to making decisions.
6 Core Principles, Virtually!
Respect. Safety. Engagement. Inclusion. Relevance. Immediacy. These six core principles drive our work at Global Learning Partners (GLP).