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Jessica Minhas

Jessica Minhas

Communications Officer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder & CEO | Educator, Advocate for Mental Health & Gender-Based Violence Prevention

  • Education

    • William Esper Studios

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      Two Year Acting Technique

    • General Assembly

      2016 - 2016
      Product Management

    • University of Central Florida

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      B.A. Interpersonal Communication

      Activities and Societies: NCAA DI Rowing Team, Lambda Pi Eta National Communications Association Honor Society

    • NYU School of Professional Studies

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      Graduate Certificate Journalism and Newswriting

    • Harvard Medical School

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      Graduate Certificate Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery

      The Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery program at Harvard Medical School provides training to address the health and mental health sequelae of trauma. The mission is to maximize a scientific and cultural approach and methodology to reduce suffering, minimize disability and increase resiliency for survivors of violence worldwide.

    • Columbia University in the City of New York

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      Certificate Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program

      Activities and Societies: Awarded STEM Bridge Scholarship for Underrepresented in Medicine Founded The Elders, a community for pre-med post-baccs over the age of 30 Earned Student Leadership in Community Award Awarded Change Agent for Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion

    • Daytona State College

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      A.A. Communication

      Activities and Societies: Honor Society, PBS

    • The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology

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      Graduate Certificate Narrative Focused Trauma Care

      Graduate certificate on The Allender Theory. An in-depth counseling program focused on trauma-focused narrative therapy, abuse and intervention, group therapy, and experiential personal story work.

  • Experience

    • Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
      Communications Officer

      - Communication Strategy: Developed and executed comprehensive internal and external communication strategies during the height of the War in Iraq for FRRE, the only Western-based NGO engaged in negotiating between Coalition Forces and representing Sunni and Shiite religious leaders.- Media Campaigns: Significantly enhanced FRRE’s global media presence by spearheading international media campaigns across Arab, European, and US press.- Media Relations: Played a key consulting role in optimizing media relationships with a wide range of entities including U.S. Coalition media departments in Iraq, the Iraqi Parliament, the England Iraqi Embassy, the House of Commons, various NGOs, and FRRE constituents.- Event Management: Directed media support for the pivotal Iraqi Inter-Religious Conference, collaborating with Iraqi religious tribal leaders and Coalition Forces.- Information Briefing: Provided senior leadership with daily actionable Middle Eastern news briefs, focusing on the status of Coalition Forces and developments in the Iraq War.- Crisis Management: Demonstrated adeptness in crisis management by successfully identifying and mitigating potential public relations crises. Show less

    • SAG-AFTRA

      Jan 2005 - now
      Journalist, Host & Actor / SAG-AFTRA

    • Chat the Planet

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
      Media and Communications Assistant

      - Media: Supported development of brand awareness through management of global press and communications.- Campaign Development: Assisted in developing the grassroots media campaign for “Hometown Baghdad”, an award-winning documentary web series that tells the stories of three Iraqi college students struggling to survive in Baghdad. Winner of three Webby Awards for the categories of Public Service and Activism, Best Reality and News, and Politics in 2008, and was nominated for four Webby Awards in 2009, reaching three million web viewers, airing on Sundance Channel and National Geographic International. Show less

    • Events of the Heart

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
      Media Director

      Responsible for building and managing all communications including the promotion and relationship of EOH to the media and the development of all press materials. Drove profile raising for media appearances and speaking opportunities for senior leadership at heart disease/health related conferences and press outlets.

    • Freelance (Self employed)

      Jan 2007 - now
      Consultant on Gender Based Violence, Exploitation and Trauma Recovery

    • The Blind Project

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2013
      Media Director

      The Blind Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering survivors of the commericial sex trade with economic opportunities through our partner organization, NightLight. I served as the media director through our online awareness and fundraising campaigns. I also acted as the media liaison with digital, print and TV press and our celebrity advocates.

    • Press Play Production

      May 2008 - Jan 2011
      Associate Producer

      - Strategic Communications: Acted as a key liaison between MTV Networks and various stakeholder NGOs, including the United Nations. Managed these partnerships with a strategic focus, contributing to the success of the documentary series, “Exiled! 1," one of MTV’s hit TV shows, ‘Exiled!’ which took privileged American teenagers to live with indigenous cultures around the world.- Content Production: Supported creation and research of show outlines and engaging episodic content for “Exiled! 2”.- Partnership Management: Supported the development and production of strategic TV/Film content and interactive consumer campaigns. These initiatives focused on critical issues such as indigenous peoples' rights, interreligious reconciliation, and climate change. Collaborated with prestigious organizations like KIND Bars, International Labor Organization, Aproquen, Foundation Rwanda, Seeds of Peace, Ubuntu Education Fund, and Glo Good. Show less

    • Freelance

      Jan 2012 - now
      Educator & Inspirational Speaker: Mental Health, Gender Based Violence Prevention & Patient Advocacy

    • TEDxFiDi Women

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2013
      Speaker - “Enslaved: From Victim to Victor”

      A conversation on overcoming trauma and abuse for a trafficking survivors.

    • TEDxGunnHighSchool

      Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
      Speaker - “Healing is Possible”

      TEDxGunnHighSchool- "Healing is Possible" - Conversation on going first in your own mental health and trauma recovery.

    • I'll Go First

      Nov 2015 - now
      Founder & CEO

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Nonprofit Management and Leadership

      Institute for Nonprofit Practice
      May 2023

    • Drama Therapy and Complex Trauma: Working with Children and Adolescents

      Creative Alternatives of New York
      Jan 2016

    • Abuse Helpers Training

      The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology
      Jan 2013

    • Lenox Hill Neurosurgery BRAINtern

      Lenox Hill Neurosurgery
      Jul 2021

    • The Allender Theory: Trauma-Focused Narrative Therapies

      The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology
      Jan 2014

    • Trauma Healing Facilitator

      International Trauma-Healing Institute

    • Vital Voices Visionary Leader

      Vital Voices Global Partnership
      Nov 2023

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      Vital Voices Visionary Fellow VItal Voices & the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund (ELELF), Nov 2023 The VV Visionaries program in partnership with the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund (ELELF), the charitable fund of Estée Lauder, was created to support the next generation of emerging leaders who are redefining leadership in their everyday lives. The VV Visionaries program invests in trailblazing women by increasing their access to leadership training and the networks that sustain them. Together with the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund, this signature program will champion women… Show more The VV Visionaries program in partnership with the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund (ELELF), the charitable fund of Estée Lauder, was created to support the next generation of emerging leaders who are redefining leadership in their everyday lives. The VV Visionaries program invests in trailblazing women by increasing their access to leadership training and the networks that sustain them. Together with the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund, this signature program will champion women leaders across diverse sectors, industries, and experiences who want to create positive social impact in their communities and beyond. Three cohorts of 50 women visionaries over the age of 18 will participate in a 7-week immersive virtual experience built on the proven leadership model of Vital Voices, incorporating lessons in leadership from Estée Lauder executives and Vital Voices Global Network leaders. Participants from all three cohorts will have the chance to be selected for one annual in-person experience that provides deeper training and investment in their personal leadership journeys. Following completion of the cohort, participants will join the Vital Voices community of over 20,000 changemakers across 185 countries, each of whom are daring to reimagine a more equitable world for all. Show less
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      UN Women UK Participant to the Commission on the Status of Women 2023 UN Women UK Mar 2023
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      UN Women UK Participant to the Commission on the Status of Women 2021 UN Women UK Mar 2021
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      Miracle Messages Good Neighbor Award Miracle Messages Sep 2020 The Good Neighbor Awards is Miracle Messages' annual celebration of the unsung heroes in our community who embrace our unhoused neighbors not as problems to be solved, but as people to be loved.
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      Ashoka and American Express Emerging Innovator Ashoka Foundation Oct 2018 Twenty-five chosen innovators gather in each of the five locations to receive expert guidance and peer support and to reflect on the inner growth and wellbeing necessary to be a strong leader.Graduates become a part of the 2,000+ member strong American Express Leadership Academy Alumni Network and have gone on to win prestigious social innovation awards, including the Ashoka Fellowship, and honors from organizations like Echoing Green, Skoll, StartingBloc and Unreasonable Institute… Show more Twenty-five chosen innovators gather in each of the five locations to receive expert guidance and peer support and to reflect on the inner growth and wellbeing necessary to be a strong leader.Graduates become a part of the 2,000+ member strong American Express Leadership Academy Alumni Network and have gone on to win prestigious social innovation awards, including the Ashoka Fellowship, and honors from organizations like Echoing Green, Skoll, StartingBloc and Unreasonable Institute. They have also been included in the Forbes “30 Under 30” list.Since 2013, the American Express Leadership Academy Emerging Innovators Bootcamps have supported a total of 409 entrepreneurs in Mexico, Canada, Europe, the United States and throughout Africa. It is through these kinds of collaborative efforts that American Express and Ashoka continually seek to boost entrepreneurial talent. Show less
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      Reality Shusterman Foundation Fellow Reality Shusterman Foundation 2017 REALITY brings inspiring changemakers from around the globe on a transformative journey that uses Israel as a prism to reignite their passion and potential for repairing the world.
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      Empowered Leader Women’s Impact Alliance 2016 The Women’s Impact Alliance nurtures and brings together the world’s most extraordinary young women leaders of impact.We believe through the combination of coaching and fellowship; young women leaders will at a crucial point in their career manifest the change they want to be, and see in the world – faster and at an exponentially greater scale.
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      New York Abolitionists World Without Exploitation 2016 The New Abolitionists Campaign is much more than a collection of photographs. It is a campaign that teaches that slavery is neither a historical artifact nor something confined to distant lands. Sex and labor slavery happens in our midst to our girls and boys, to our women and men. Some of the victims are brought here from other parts of the world. Often lacking English and immigration status, they are at the mercy of the criminals who buy and sell them. Many more, however, are born and raised… Show more The New Abolitionists Campaign is much more than a collection of photographs. It is a campaign that teaches that slavery is neither a historical artifact nor something confined to distant lands. Sex and labor slavery happens in our midst to our girls and boys, to our women and men. Some of the victims are brought here from other parts of the world. Often lacking English and immigration status, they are at the mercy of the criminals who buy and sell them. Many more, however, are born and raised in our communities and enslaved by traffickers from our communities, usually for sexual exploitation that typically starts when the victims are children or young teens. Show less
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      United Nations NOVUS Summit Participant NOVUS Summit UN DESA 2016 The Novus Summit is an annual speaker summit held at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City. NOVUS Summit unites the science, technology and innovation community around the world and channels their brain power towards the much-needed actionable changes and scalable solutions. NOVUS 2016 showcased 17 voices of positive change at the United Nations General Assembly Hall as an intergenerational platform to inspire all to unite in action and be the change the world needs to see.
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      Roadmap Scholar Andrew Weinreich Roadmap Scholars Mar 2015 The Roadmap Scholars program welcomes the most driven & innovative early-stage startup founders to apply for acceptance into our next Roadmap to Entrepreneurship course, a weekend of strategic entrepreneurial education taught by Andrew Weinreich. The program is competitive, merit-based, & free.
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      Hive Global Leader & Host Hive Global Leaders 2015 Hive is the global community for leaders and entrepreneurs committed to creating a better world.
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      Global Accelerator Delegate for the United Nations United Nations Foundation 2014 Bringing together leading Entrepreneurs and the United Nations to accelerate global solutions. Delegates engage in interactive, solutions-based sessions to discuss innovation on job creation, and applied access to technology to accelerate progress on gender equality, water and sanitation and youth employment, globally.
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      Susan Stuatberg Leadership Fellow Susan Shiffer Stuatberg Leadership Fellowship 2014 The Susan Shiffer Stuatberg Fellowship Leadership Foundation identifies high potential young women and facilitates their ability to make a difference in their communities, their chosen fields and the world at large.
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      World Economic Forum Global Shaper World Economic Forum 2012 In 2011, Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, founded the Global Shapers Community to empower young people to play an active role in shaping local, regional and global agendas.The Global Shapers Community is a non-profit organization registered in Geneva, Switzerland, housed at the World Economic Forum and is an initiative of the World Economic Forum.
    • Awarded to Jessica Minhas
      Noble Awards Award Recipient The Noble Awards 2010 The Noble Awards was established to honor the work of humanitarians for the positive impact that they have made on our world. The annual awards ceremony is produced on behalf of the 501 C3 non-profit Celebrity Charity Awards Corporation and it is their hope to inspire more people to become involved in the NOBLE act of giving. The mission of the Noble Awards is to provide the needed awareness for the many organizations and unify the efforts of celebrities, philanthropists, media outlets, and… Show more The Noble Awards was established to honor the work of humanitarians for the positive impact that they have made on our world. The annual awards ceremony is produced on behalf of the 501 C3 non-profit Celebrity Charity Awards Corporation and it is their hope to inspire more people to become involved in the NOBLE act of giving. The mission of the Noble Awards is to provide the needed awareness for the many organizations and unify the efforts of celebrities, philanthropists, media outlets, and everyday citizens to coalesce around social change, becoming a catalyst for peace and service. "Every person has the capacity to change the world and affect the lives of those around them, but it takes a truly NOBLE heart to do so" Show less

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Mentor

      Issued by Global Health Corps on Jan 2015
      Global Health CorpsAssociated with Jessica Minhas

    • Palliative Care Doula

      Issued by Mount Sinai Health System on Oct 2023
      Mount Sinai Health SystemAssociated with Jessica Minhas

    • Volunteer Detective

      Issued by Miracle Messages on Jan 2020
      Miracle MessagesAssociated with Jessica Minhas

    • Advising Leader

      Issued by FLIK - Female Laboratory of Innovative Knowledge on Jan 2020
      FLIK - Female Laboratory of Innovative KnowledgeAssociated with Jessica Minhas