Joline Godfrey is an author, clinical social worker and founder and Chief Creative Officer for The Unexpected Table.

Education

Godfrey is a native of

Bangor, Maine Bangor ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's List of municipalities in Maine, third-most populous city, behind Portland, Maine, Portland ...

, and a graduate of the

University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine, United States. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universitie ...

and

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

, where she received an MSW.

Career

Godfrey began her career as a

clinical social work Clinical social work is a specialty within the broader profession of social work. The American Board of Clinical Social Work (ABCSW) defines clinical social work as "a healthcare profession based on theories and methods of prevention and treatment ...

er. She then became an executive of the

Polaroid Corporation Polaroid Corporation was an American company that made instant film and cameras, which survives as a brand for consumer electronics. The company was founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land, to exploit his Polaroid (polarizer), Polaroid polarizing polyme ...

, where she provided in-house family and therapeutic services to officers and employees. Around 1985, after leaving Polaroid, she launched Odysseum, a creativity training company, which she later sold. In 1992, an article she wrote for ''Inc.'' led her to launch An Income of Her Own, a non-profit offering financial education for girls. Godfrey organized a seminar also titled ''An Income of Her Own'' to show girls that business ownership is an option to them as well as familiarize them with basic concepts and language and concepts and provide business role models. In 1994 she began ''Camp Start Up'', a camp for girls ages 13-18 to learn skills needed for business from how to create a company and build a network to playing golf. She later founded Independent Means (IMI) in 1996 based in Santa Barbara, CA.

Books

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References

External links

Joline Godfrey's blog
WorldCat Identities VIAF: 94058123 SUDOC: 163574553 {{DEFAULTSORT:Godfrey, Joline 1950 births 21st-century American women American women chief executives American women non-fiction writers Boston University School of Social Work alumni Living people University of Maine alumni