Nora Flood is the Thriving Youth Initiative Lead for Zephyr Impact, a social impact fund focusing on youth mental health and wellbeing and advocacy for policies and funding that support learner centered education. Before joining Zephyr Impact, Nora served as the Education Lead for the Wend Collective for eight years. Nora spent more than nine years with the Colorado League of Charter Schools where she served as president for the last three and a half years of her tenure. Previously in her career, she was the director of Sonoma Charter School in northern California, served as head of school at Madison Country Day School, taught middle and high school special education in both traditional public schools and private schools, and taught internationally in Brazil and the Netherlands. Nora also co-founded a private, non-profit K-12 school in Minneapolis. Nora has a Masters of Science in education degree from the University of Wisconsin. She serves on several national and international boards and advisory boards and sits on the leadership team of Grantmakers for Thriving Youth.