When the Job, the Kids, and the Identity All Hit at Once
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When the Job, the Kids, and the Identity All Hit at Once
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What happens when a promotion, a pregnancy, and a full identity reckoning all land in the same year?
That's where Misty Avila was when this conversation was recorded. VP and Chief Strategy Officer at the James B. McClatchy Foundation. Interim executive director at the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, brought on to stabilize it through a transition. And expecting her third daughter - right in the middle of realizing, by her own admission, that she didn't feel successful. Not despite the titles - while holding them.
That daughter has since arrived. I can't wait for round two so we can hear what has evolved!
What You'll Learn
⭐ Why Misty built her own "curriculum" instead of following a traditional path
⭐ What it means to lead a foundation designed to disappear
⭐ The moment she realized she didn't feel successful, even holding two major leadership roles at once
⭐ How motherhood is reshaping her sense of identity, in real time
⭐ Why funding local news by who it reaches matters more than what beat it covers
Key Insights
The Moment "Successful" Stopped Fitting
VP title. Interim ED role. Third child on the way. Misty's own read on herself: not successful. She sits in that, without rushing to fix it.
People Are Her Library
Not a formal program. Not a degree. Misty's education came from travel, real skills, and real people - a philosophy that still shapes how she leads.
A Foundation Built to Disappear
The James B. McClatchy Foundation is on a Sunrise plan, intentionally spending down by 2030. Misty on what it takes to trust the work continues without owning it.
Resources and Links
Find host Kristin Belden on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinbelden/
or at https://www.BeldenStrategies.com
Book a Clarity Consult: https://www.BeldenStrategies.com/clarityconsult
Sign up for Kristin's newsletter Big Deal Energy: https://www.BeldenStrategies.com/newsletter
Connect with Misty on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mistavila/
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