- United States
- France
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Canada
- Spain
- India
About
Wenonah Echelard is a strategic leader with experience designing, scaling, and evaluating initiatives across the nonprofit, education, and corporate sectors. As Director of Learning & Impact at Cultural Vistas, she leads the organization-wide strategy for program design, impact measurement, and learning across a global portfolio of programs.
Her approach combines deep experience in education and social impact with the operational discipline of the private sector. Wenonah began her career as an educator, teaching in Minneapolis Public Schools, French secondary schools through TAPIF, and at Concordia Language Villages. She later moved into high-growth technology and consumer businesses, leading international strategy at Tictail (now Shopify) and Glossier.
She brings an expertise in designing global initiatives that ensure investments deliver meaningful outcomes for participants, partners, and communities worldwide.
Based in Los Angeles, Wenonah has lived and worked internationally and speaks five languages. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, hiking, and spending time with her husband, daughter, and Australian Shepherd, Daphne.
Experience
Director of Learning & Impact ● CURRENT
Cultural Vistas · Remote
- Developed and implemented evaluation and impact measurement frameworks that deliver strategic, data-driven insights to inform stakeholders, strengthen thought leadership, and drive evidence-based decision-making across the organization
- Designed and scaled international learning programs that drive transformational, global impact, meeting the unique needs of diverse communities while advancing organizational learning outcomes and generating new revenue streams through innovative funding models
- Forged and strengthened high-impact partnerships with government agencies, foundations, funders, and community organizations, securing funding, expanding program reach, and positioning initiatives for sustainable growth
- Led, mentored, and empowered cross-functional teams and senior managers through organizational growth and a complex merger, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and innovation to enhance team effectiveness and leadership development
Senior Manager, Global Talent Development Programs
Cultural Vistas · Remote
- Led realignment and standardization of organization-wide impact data collection, review, and analysis to promote a culture of collective learning, data-driven decision-making, and results-focused program design and administration
- Leveraged experiential learning theories, instructional design methods, and needs-based approaches to deliver high-impact learning programming supporting organizational impact goals and stakeholder objectives
- Facilitated a 3-year strategic planning process for all Cultural Vistas programs, using strategic analysis of programmatic data and results frameworks to shape the organization's international priorities, programmatic vision, and operational goals
Program Manager, Train USA
Cultural Vistas · New York, NY
- Oversaw client relationships with 250+ major corporations — including the world's largest tech companies, universities, attorneys, and international organizations — to promote the mission and maintain compliance with implementing partners
- Evaluated J-1 visa applications for regulatory and statutory compliance as an Alternate Responsible Officer (ARO), maintaining participants' SEVIS records and monitoring Exchange Visitor Programs for compliance and mission alignment
Program Analyst, Design & Assessment
Notre Dame International · South Bend, IN
- Collaborated in a team of three with NDI's Associate Director of Study Abroad to deliver a holistic program proposal aimed at increasing student learning outcomes in intercultural competency during summer programs abroad
- Designed a comprehensive program model using Theory of Change and Program Logic Models to align stakeholders around explicit learning objectives and expand formative assessment of global competencies across 17 programs
International Marketing Manager
Glossier · New York, NY
- Developed and implemented an expansion playbook against the President and CMO's directives and corporate revenue goals, executing 6 new market expansions: UK, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, France, and Canada
- Supervised local community engagement strategies, event programming and production, and strategic corporate partnerships to grow the customer base and scale global engagement and revenue
- Obtained, analyzed, and presented consumer and market data (qualitative surveys, Google Analytics, Looker) to inform business decisions and strategic planning
- Strategized business cases for new market entry and achieved localized brand positioning through extensive consumer and market research
- Led marketing strategy across Europe from ideation through execution of product launches and brand campaigns
Trilingual Customer Success Manager
Tictail — acquired by Shopify · New York, NY
- Designed and executed relationship management and retention strategies supporting 10,000+ entrepreneurs on the marketplace, using email marketing campaigns to increase engagement and incentivize repeat behavior
- Managed cross-functional international community engagement, strategic brand and community partnerships, and local networks in all new markets
- Leveraged consumer and market data to set strategic direction for global web content, retail calendars, and digital campaigns across five international markets
- Directed localization in collaboration with product and marketing teams, developing company-wide translation processes and tone-of-voice guidelines in 10 languages
Bilingual Associate Educator
Minneapolis Public Schools · Minneapolis, MN
- Facilitated communication and collaboration between administration and the Spanish-speaking community, advocating for ELL students and families
- Reinforced classroom learning and supplemental education programs to foster a safe, inclusive, productive learning environment for the ELL community
Assistante de langue vivante
Lycée Bertran de Born — TAPIF · Périgueux, FR
- Planned and instructed interactive English courses for native French speakers in middle school, high school, and post-baccalaureate programs
- Lectured on topics from English grammar to American politics and literature in a citizen-diplomat capacity
- Monitored and recorded academic data to track students' linguistic and socio-emotional development
Monitrice
Concordia Language Villages — Lac du Bois · Bemidji, MN
- Developed and instructed inductive curriculum in a French language and cultural immersion summer camp for middle and high school students
- Evaluated student progress in foreign language and intercultural competence through holistic, formative assessment