Women in Leadership Program

Jessica Barile

Active Term: 08/2024 - 08/2025

Areas of Expertise

• Pillars of Positivity
  
• Inspiring Emotional Intelligence
  
• Improving Communication Habits
  
• Advocacy, Actions & Accountability
  
• Skills for Contracts & Negotiations
  
• Driving Ideas, Intellectual Growth & Transformation
  
• Transformational Vs. Transactional Leadership
  

VP of Specialty Sales

Designworks Collective

I am so lucky to love the wholesale gift industry, which I've been part of for over 25 years.  Currently I am heading up all North American specialty sales for Designworks Collective, a group of gift companies based in Nashville, TN.  Prior to moving to Nashville, I lived and worked in both Connecticut and Boston, where I had various positions, always in sales and sales management. 

I like to say I am a Northern by birth, but a Southern by choice!  I believe it's important to continue to learn, grow and give back, and am on a number of Boards and serve in an advisory capacity to a handful of organizations related to the industry I am in. I'm excited to continue that learning and sharing here at the University of Tennessee Center for Professional Education & Lifelong Learning. When I'm not working, I live in and love Nashville, am a very proud Step-Mom of an Army Lieutenant, and a dog mom of two rescue pups.

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