Kim Zablud helps organizations create sustainable visions and action plans for the future.
With more than 15 years of experience in public service, Kim is an expert (............). She shares her skills with mission-based organizations to support them in creating meaningful change and supportive systems for their communities, staff, and stakeholders.
Masters Degree
Library Information Science
Rutgers University
Master Certificate
Nonprofit Management
American University
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute
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Kim sharing her vision for the MLK Jr. Library restoration project.
Before launching Advancing With Purpose in 2022, Kim served as a leader in DC Public Library for 11 years. While acting as Chief of Public Services, she oversaw 25 neighborhood libraries, oversaw 400 staff members, and supported the $210 million modernization project for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, DC. The building opened to award and acclaim in September 2020.
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In 2018, Kim added Public Safety and the library’s Special Police Officers to her portfolio of departments. The unit began a rigorous reinvention process that culminated in new leadership, a community-based approach, and training in restorative justice practices for staff across the agency who serve the public.
Kim sponsored and led a host of projects during her time at DCPL that garnered local and national attention including the Memory Lab Network - a five-year federal grant to provide digital preservation training through libraries; Dig DC - the library’s first digital local history repository with 5,000 items and counting; and the DC Oral History Collaborative - where the city documents stories and memories of community organizations and residents in their own words.
Kim is a proud member of the Seeding Disruption education leaders fellowship (Cohort 2), which helps youth-facing professionals in DC solve problems with equity-driven design thinking. Kim parlayed this experience into an internal talent management initiative at DCPL and exploring a new lens for youth programs.
Prior to DCPL, Kim worked as a librarian at the New York Public Library and as a project manager at Kadix Systems, a management consulting firm serving government clients. She is currently an adjunct professor at Catholic Unversity teaching the Public Libraries course and was an adjunct instructor at DUOC community college in Santiago, Chile, where she honed her Spanish.
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KIM ZABLUD
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Before starting Advancing With Purpose, Kim worked in leadership roles at the DC Public Library for 11 years. As Chief of Public Services, she oversaw 25 neighborhood libraries, 400 staff, and helped lead a $210 million modernization project for the MLK Central Library in downtown Washington DC. The building opened to award and acclaim in September 2020.
In 2018, Kim added Public Safety and the library’s Special Police Officers to her portfolio of departments. The unit began a rigorous reinvention process that culminated in new leadership, a community-based approach, and training in restorative justice practices for staff across the agency who serve the public.
Kim sponsored and led a host of projects during her time at DCPL that garnered local and national attention including the Memory Lab Network - a five-year federal grant to provide digital preservation training through libraries; Dig DC - the library’s first digital local history repository with 5,000 items and counting; and the DC Oral History Collaborative - where the city documents stories and memories of community organizations and residents in their own words.
Kim is a proud member of the Seeding Disruption education leaders fellowship (Cohort 2), which helps youth-facing professionals in DC solve problems with equity-driven design thinking. Kim parlayed this experience into an internal talent management initiative at DCPL and exploring a new lens for youth programs.
Prior to DCPL, Kim worked as a librarian at the New York Public Library and as a project manager at Kadix Systems, a management consulting firm serving government clients. She is currently an adjunct professor at Catholic Unversity teaching the Public Libraries course and was an adjunct instructor at DUOC community college in Santiago, Chile, where she honed her Spanish. She has an MLIS from Rutgers University, a Master Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the American University, a BA from Carleton College and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
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