Soren Larsen-Ravenfeather is the Director of Learning & Performance for READI Chicago. He guides READI Chicago's staff development strategy and also helps steer program design, implementation, and quality monitoring. Soren is currently co-leading a five-year research project funded by the National Institute of Health, and in collaboration with Northwestern University, to develop, implement, and evaluate a staff wellness intervention to better support direct service workers in community violence interventions. Soren has 14 years of experience designing and implementing a variety of social service programs, including street outreach and drop-in services, mentoring and after-school programming, workforce development, and community violence interventions. Soren holds a bachelor's degree in communication science from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a master's degree in social services administration from the University of Chicago. Soren is a Fellow of salzburg Global Seminar.