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Mandy Moody, MNA

Executive Director of Green City Market | Deepening support for sustainable farmers | Educating our community | Expanding access to locally-grown food

Mandy Moody, MNA, is a purpose-driven and people-focused leader renowned for her ability to turn ideas into action and provide the leadership necessary to achieve organizational visions and missions.

With a strong track record of delivering record-breaking growth, Mandy excels in combining visionary strategic thinking with innovative execution.

Her decisiveness and highly-organized nature enable her to bring order to chaos and inspire confidence with her calm demeanor, fostering stability and team commitment towards long-term strategies for success.

Mandy's educational background includes a Master's in Nonprofit Administration, a Certificate in Nonprofit Marketing Management from North Park University, a BA in Communication Studies and French Language and Literature from Loyola University Chicago, and a Certificate in Spanish Language and Culture from the International Education of Students.

Throughout her career, Mandy has held key positions such as Executive Director, Interim Executive Director, Director of Development at Chicago's Green City Market, Director of Advancement at Alphonsus Academy & Center for the Arts, Development Manager at LUNGevity Foundation, and Clerical Assistant at McGaw YMCA.

Highlights

Aug 26 · linkedin

Sara and Dario of 77 Flavors of Chicago are joy personified. Speaking with them last week about the history of Chicago's Green City Market, as well as it's current and future impact, gave me goosebumps (𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 - 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦!). Their enthusiasm for spotlighting the history and culture of Chicago paired with their love for all things #local just lights me up!

When I get to talk about the incredible work our community powers through Green City's programs - I am met with a physical rush of gratitude. I feel lighter, happier, more confident that the community and world I'm working to leave my kids is brighter. I am reminded that the collective work we are accomplishing - often invisible - matters. It makes a difference in the lives of so, so many people and that is such a beautiful thing.

During our convo - which touched on Chef BBQ - I was able to share more deeply something I don't often get to cover in a 60-second news spot; I spoke to what our guests are really accomplishing when joining us for the event.

"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 [𝘣𝘶𝘺] 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 - 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 - 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺..."

Listen to the full episode (𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵) and hear about what people like you power when they come out to the BBQ.

Big thank you to Sara and Dario for sharing time with me - I'm excited to see them (and you, reader!!) at the BBQ on the 5th.

Aug 13 · linkedin

To watch Chelsea Hammersmith's career blossom over the last ~5 years has been such an incredible source of gratitude and joy for me!

Supporting strong staff throughout their time (and beyond!) with your organization is an oft overlooked critical measure of an organization's success.

I am so fortunate to work with such a stellar team at Green City Market - cultivating our culture has taken much intentional effort. Our collective impact on local farmers and a more sustainable future of food is evidence of how together, we make a greater difference on our communities.

Wishing you the very, very best, Chelsea!

Mandy Moody, MNA
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Chicago, Illinois, United States