Eileen Gwin Director and Co-Founder /MindFood Operations

Eileen  has a real passion for learning and had to travel far and wide to find classes and workshops to meet her needs.  She co-founded the MindFood Learning Exchange to be a single place where people could come and access a wide array of classes to improve the quality of their lives and today is responsible for the operations of the MindFood Center.

Eileen started her career as a paralegal and moved into corporate sales working for a fortune 500 company.  Her last 12 years were spent in the Hi-Tech industry and more recently as Director of Marketing for an Internet Security company establishing them as an international entity in Asia, Europe, and North America. Eileen’s diverse range of experiences have given her a depth of knowledge that makes the MindFood Learning Exchange a vibrant part of Baltimore.     

To contact Eileen - eileen@mindfood.net

Umar Hameed - Co-Founder/ Corporate Trainer

Umar is an international speaker and consultant who specializes in empowering companies and individuals to realize their full potential.  Umar Co- Founded the MindFood Learning Exchange and focuses his attention in their Corporate division.  Umar has been a consultant to the governments of Singapore and South Korea help their high-tech companies gain traction in North America .

Umar says ”Success and Personal Growth are just a matter of the right attitude, right resources, and strategies”. Umar brings a rich background to his work as a Master Practitioner and Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), With more than 20 years experience providing consulting services and steering companies as VP of Sales & Marketing, at several Hi-Tech Firms in Silicon Valley, Umar Understands what it takes to drive and motivate successful teams while increasing revenues. 

Find Out More About Trainings

to contact Umar - umar@mindfood.net

Jodi Hume - Catalog Designer

Driven by a desire to deeply connect with others and to never allow them to sell themselves short. Coach, photographer, mother and aspiring blues singer, Jodi is  passionate about music and that verve in someone's voice when they are talking about something that gets their juices flowing. Jodi in a passionate, joyous coach and person who finds time to help us with the design, layout,  and details for all the MindFood Learning Exchange  catalogs that lists all our exciting new classes and you that you look forward to each quarter.

After a stint in psychological research, Jodi joined GWWO, Inc./Architects, where for the nearly a decade she has been blessed with the space and support to routinely reinvent herself. In 2003, she discovered that her life's passion was personal empowerment. She decided to use her gifts and skills to help people and groups discover and then step into their full potential. Life's too short to live it at half-mast. As a self-exploration junky, she was drawn to coaching after experiencing the power it had in my own life and the lives of those around me.

With a degree in Psychology from Loyola College in Baltimore and a Certificate in Skilled Facilitation from Johns Hopkins University. she has completed the Co-Active Coaching training program through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and is currently completing Certification.
Find Out More about Coaching

to contact Jodi-  jodi@mindfood.net

Cherry-Lee Ward- Open House Coordinator

Cherry-Lee Ward, B.S.B.A., M.Ed. She is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner with a practice in Hunt Valley.  For the past 18 years she has been studying ways to improve and heal her life. Cherry-Lee brings passion and enthusiasm to both her healing work and the job of open house coordination.

To contact Cherry-Lee  - Cherry-lee@mindfood.net