ENERGY. EXPERTISE. SOLUTIONS. My name is Kristy Venne and I am the founder and CEO of Jade Strategies. I have served k-12 public education for over twenty years as a classroom teacher, school principal, and district administrator for two premier districts in central Ohio. You are invited to check out my portfolio if you would like to learn more about my past work.These experiences shaped my belief that every person deserves quality opportunities and support to reach their highest potential. 

The Classroom-to-Career approach includes developing partnerships and programming to maximize outcomes for all involved. It begins with a human-centered, collaborative, design-thinking process to holistically tackle challenges and turn them into opportunities. Our team at Jade Strategies works with key stakeholders to create custom plans, programs, professional development, pathways and more based on an organization's unique needs, resources, and goals.

The origin of the name Jade Strategies comes from a plant, but it is really so much more than that. When my grandparents passed, I was able to select an item from their house to bring home with me to remember them by and I chose their Jade plant. 

My grandparents, Franz and Johanna, were immigrants from Austria who came to America (Cleveland, Ohio, more specifically) with their children and only the clothes on their backs to start a better life. They were generous, caring, hardworking people who started their own business that is still running to this day. They created a life that they loved and took care of everyone around them, took nothing for granted, and set an example of what could be with effort, gratitude and intentionality. 

My Jade plant and the company named after it is an ode to my amazing grandparents. I grow new Jade plants from their original plant to share with others and to keep their memory alive. I strive to pay forward the positive impact they had on me with my friends, family, and clients.