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Mo Dailey presenting “Exclusive Spaces: Managing Inherent Risks to Traveling as a Visibly Marginalized Group” at the Wilderness Risk Management Conference.
Testimonials
“I've had the privilege to have worked with Monique in many capacities over the past 20 years. At SCA Monique served as a crew member, intern, seasonal staff, and then Program Manager under me and then as a peer as a Director on the program leadership team. At City Kids I've had the honor of serving on the board and working with the program team that Mo leads. Over the years I've seen Mo grow as a leader as she took on new roles and challenges, excelling in every one. She has been an amazing role model to so many young people, as well as to her co-workers and peers. She is a diligent and hard worker and skilled at developing and implementing programs while ensuring that the systems, operations, and policies behind them are well thought out. She is well respected as a supervisor, always advocating for her staff and the participants served in her programs. Mo is also an excellent facilitator, who has a natural ability to lead a group, making participants feel at ease and comfortable sharing in trainings. I often look to Monique for advice and have great respect for her opinions and feedback.”
— Rachel Lettre, Chief Program Officer at MobilizeGreen
“I am pleased to know and recommend Monique. She is solutions-oriented, a systems thinker, a natural mentor, and a creative problem solver. Monique brought passion, purpose, and a deep commitment to equity and inclusion to her work and our organization.”
— Jaime B. Matyas, Social Impact Executive
“I had the privilege of being supervised by Monique while at the Student Conservation Association. she was a thoughtful team leader who advocated for her staff and led by example. Monique was great at giving feedback and was always supportive of new and creative ideas. At the time that I was working with her, she was managing a team of seven staff in several time zones and always found a way to make us feel connected to each other and SCA's mission.
— Alycia Chuney, Program Manager at Latin American Youth Center
“Monique is a leader. I worked with her for 2 years while we were both at the Student Conservation Association (SCA). She was the head of my department, and she was empowering, supportive, and led with integrity. Monique is straightforward, honest, and does not shy away from addressing problems and delivering hard truths to people, including both those she supervises and those to whom she reports. While delivering these hard truths and addressing problems she also provides solutions to and leads thought on how to solve those problems. After leaving the SCA, I got to know Monique as a friend. The characteristics she exemplified as a supervisor and leader are the same that make her a great friend. Monique works hard at everything she does, and she improves every organization of which she is a member.”
— Tim Evans, Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State
“Monique was my supervisor from 2013- 2016 at the Student Conservation Association. During this period I was not the only individual reporting to Monique. Depending on the season she had upwards of 20 direct reports. Monique led her team by clearly communicating expectations of performance, program outcomes, and deadlines. Even though she was managing many individuals she always made time to address any challenges or concerns that her staff had. I felt heard, understood, and supported while working with Monique. She gave me the space to take on new challenges or areas of interest, allowing me to grow as a young professional and leader. She is driven, well organized, thorough, direct, dedicated, and passionate. Monique made an excellent supervisor and leader within our organization.”
— Abby Brokaw, Program Manager at Student Conservation Association
“Monique Dailey was my supervisor for SCA in my days of recruiting. She helped mentor my ability to speak truth to power in the realm of JEDI work. Her Character traits and leadership style naturally command respect. I paid close attention to this and have adopted some of her techniques as I have worked up the chain of command in my career path. Monique is a great leader in the industry and is always ahead of the curve when it comes to the work of diversity equity and inclusion. Anyone that is placed on a team or gets to collaborate with her should feel very blessed, she is the type of leader who always advocates for marginalized communities and individuals and I hope I can work with her in the future doing similar collaborations.”
— Moleek Busby, Field Operations Senior Manager at Washington Trails Association
“I had the opportunity to manage Monique from 2014-2016 when she was the DC Area Programs Manager at the Student Conservation Association. But honestly, the word "managing" doesn't feel right as she was incredibly independent. By the time I started as her supervisor she had every detail dialed in to be able to successfully implement a number of different complex program models with ease. The amount of logistics she balanced alone was impressive, but she was dogged in her pursuit of making iterative adjustments as she found new ways of improving things to apply to the future. She is a driver and needs no micro-managing. Consider Monique to be an excellent candidate for a position that requires reliability, problem-solving, and gaining internal buy-in as key qualifications.”
— Toby Bukum-Fauth, Vice President, Partnerships at Student Conservation Association
“I worked with Mo at The Wilderness Society for two and a half years as a peer and a direct report to her. She is experienced and knowledgeable with organizational structures and management systems, and deeply committed to driving systemic change to make organizations more equitable and inclusive. Mo supported my professional development as a colleague and as my supervisor, sharpening my management skills with her direct communication style. I appreciated we worked well together, even on issues where we had different views.”
— Chase Huntley, Vice President for Strategy and Policy at The Wilderness Society
Talk to D.C. native Monique Dailey for an hour, and you’ll find that she has endless stories to tell. She’s led a life chock-full of experiences, from volunteering with the Peace Corps to living in the Philippines. Now, she provides opportunities for D.C. youth to explore the outdoors through nonprofit City Kids Wilderness Project. She recently spoke with District Fray about her work, how she’s adjusted to life during the pandemic and what makes her tick via some rapid-fire questions.