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Anastasia NortonBoard Member
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Anastasia Norton is the Executive Director of HR for Down to Earth, a successful $100M+ commercial landscaping and golf company based in Orlando, FL. She is also the President of Active Strategy Partners, a small business/non-profit consultancy based in the southwest US, that focuses on strategic planning and organizational development. For the past 20+ years, she has developed a successful career, with various roles of increasing responsibility, focused on helping companies develop their long-term strategic plan, create comprehensive strategic workforce planning programs, and implement best-in-class organizational development initiatives. Her career has spanned multiple industries on a global scale, and she has supported businesses and non-profits on nearly every continent.
Besides her civilian career, she also served with distinction for 3 years in the Army, with an additional 2 years in ROTC. During her time in the military, and for 2 years after, she volunteered for workforce development programs through her battalion, focusing on assist her fellow service members in translating military experience into civilian terms for future employment, and coordinating recruiting and outplacement initiatives.
Besides her military and civilian professional experience, she has also served in a variety of non-profit and volunteer capacities across multiple types of organizations, including Friends for Life, Texas Great Pyrenees Rescue, Houston Pets Alive!, CAPS (Citizens for Animal Protection), and the West and Scottie Rescue of Houston. As a volunteer, she has focused on helping non-profits with such efforts as long range planning, budgeting and financial planning, social media outreach, strategic planning, and business development, along with organizational alignment, and branding.
Most recently, she has focused on non-profits in SciFi and Technology endeavors, including helping to create non-profit SciFi interest groups in central Florida. She is an avid SciFi/Space aficionado that loves creative solutions and engaging the younger generation. As the mother of two children who actively participate in Space, Science, and Technology programs, she enjoys engaging with both her kids and fellow volunteers to create opportunities to spread enthusiasm and joy in science.
She is a graduate of the University of Houston Master’s Program, and in the process of completing her second Master’s, an MBA through the prestigious Kenan-Flagler School of Business in North Carolina.
Besides her civilian career, she also served with distinction for 3 years in the Army, with an additional 2 years in ROTC. During her time in the military, and for 2 years after, she volunteered for workforce development programs through her battalion, focusing on assist her fellow service members in translating military experience into civilian terms for future employment, and coordinating recruiting and outplacement initiatives.
Besides her military and civilian professional experience, she has also served in a variety of non-profit and volunteer capacities across multiple types of organizations, including Friends for Life, Texas Great Pyrenees Rescue, Houston Pets Alive!, CAPS (Citizens for Animal Protection), and the West and Scottie Rescue of Houston. As a volunteer, she has focused on helping non-profits with such efforts as long range planning, budgeting and financial planning, social media outreach, strategic planning, and business development, along with organizational alignment, and branding.
Most recently, she has focused on non-profits in SciFi and Technology endeavors, including helping to create non-profit SciFi interest groups in central Florida. She is an avid SciFi/Space aficionado that loves creative solutions and engaging the younger generation. As the mother of two children who actively participate in Space, Science, and Technology programs, she enjoys engaging with both her kids and fellow volunteers to create opportunities to spread enthusiasm and joy in science.
She is a graduate of the University of Houston Master’s Program, and in the process of completing her second Master’s, an MBA through the prestigious Kenan-Flagler School of Business in North Carolina.