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Meet our team
Susan Lubar is the President and Founder of Growing Minds. Susan is a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based practices to Milwaukee area schools and businesses. Her vision is to facilitate the cultivation of innate skills that increase your own wellbeing and have a more positive impact on your relationships, through self-awareness, compassion and reflection. She has trained with the most established programs, including Mindfulness in Schools Project .b and .b Foundations, Mindful Schools, Learning to Breathe, UCSD Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training and Mindful Self-Compassion with Kristen Neff to develop the programs that would be useful to Milwaukee area schools.
Andréa has over 15 years of corporate, entrepreneurial, and leadership experience. She is driven by a desire to succeed and excel and is committed to providing a safe and supportive space for everyone. Her core values are integrity, respect, empathy, inclusivity, and compassion. She believes there is one value that encompasses all of these: safety. She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and is pursuing a Ph.D. in developmental psychology with a focus on childhood and adolescence. Andréa is also an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified trauma-sensitive coach, master certified life coach, and certified professional coach. She is a seasoned marathon runner who enjoys learning new things.
Becky has been working with children and families in the Milwaukee area for over 15 years. Becky has a heartfelt passion for weaving mindfulness and brain-based concepts into everyday life because she has seen, firsthand, the beautiful power these skills have to strengthen relationships and enhance well-being. Having been a classroom educator, job coach for individuals with special needs, and parenting consultant, she has gained valuable experience and insight across diverse fields within the community. Becky has a bachelor’s degree in Middle Childhood Early Adolescent Education and has trained under Mark Nunberg in Vipassana meditation and under Steve Hickman and Beth Mulligan in Mindful Self-Compassion.
Jennifer has over 20 years of leadership, training and coaching experience. Her passion for healing is magnetic, and her deep love for humanity is almost as contagious as her joyful laugh. Her undergraduate and graduate work is in the field of Gender and Women’s Studies, with an emphasis in Political Science and Reproductive Health. A lifelong learner, Jennifer has extensive training in teaching mindfulness for all ages, therapeutic yoga for children, trauma sensitive yoga, change management, sales and leadership. Her work has served clients in health care, social services and government and her heart for improving outcomes for those affected by trauma has guided work as an ACEs Trainer in trauma-informed care and resilience. She is also a certified trainer for the Center for Nonviolent Communication, and a certified facilitator of Trauma Art Narrative Therapy. Jennifer values connection within the community and is an active participant in advancing the science and skill of teaching mindfulness-based practices. Her core values include wisdom, kindness, respectful inclusivity, humility and courage, with love as her superpower.
As an executive assistant with 25 years of experience in all areas of office administration, Tiffany has been with Growing Minds since the beginning, managing the behind-the-scenes operations including client care, marketing, technical support, accounting, and human resources. She holds a bachelor's degree with a double major in International Relations and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and has enjoyed working for a wide variety of companies throughout her career but has found the work of Growing Minds particularly fulfilling. “I love knowing that the social-emotional skills training we provide can have such a profound impact on the lives of people in our community, especially children" A creator at heart, she enjoys designing the many graphics we use in our sessions to provide a visual emphasis for our narratives. Her favorite mindfulness practice is gratitude, as she finds it really helps her remain grounded in appreciating the good all around us.
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