Team

Kodi Romero is a purpose-driven professional with a passion for advancing social and environmental causes. Leveraging her expertise in complex change management, facilitation, and collaboration, Kodi builds high-trust, diverse, and inclusive teams to develop innovative solutions to complex problems.

Kodi holds a Master of Health Sciences, Health Service Leadership degree from Boise State University, a Bachelor of Science and minor in Business Administration from Colorado State University, and a certificate in negotiation and influence from UC Berkeley. 

Notable professional accomplishments include raising the level of impact of the annual DEI Summit, including doubling the number of attendees and seeing more than a 130% increase in both sponsorship and total revenue dollars. Kodi was also instrumental in launching Boise State’s first-ever crisis housing programs for students experiencing short-term housing insecurity, and stewarding the inaugural sustainability report for the College of Health Sciences, and managing three college reports.

Kodi has an eye for strategy, with a keen ability to find the thread between seemingly complex, disconnected, and messy projects or situations. Her naturally curious mindset has helped her foster meaningful and authentic partnerships and build bridges that result in successful collaborations with a diverse array of stakeholders. She firmly believes in the power of relationships, collective impact, and negotiating across differences to align efforts toward a shared vision.

In her free time, you can find her searching for high-alpine lakes and mountain views while boondocking and getting cozy in their teardrop trailer with her husband, two-year-old daughter, and German Shepherd.

Jackie Dierdorff has been part of the Blue Sky team since 2020. She served as an AmeriCorps member with the Student Basic Needs Collaborative for two years, managing and advancing multiple projects that supported students. Jackie then joined Blue Sky as a full-time team member in 2022. 

Jackie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Leadership from the University of Puget Sound as well as a minor in Sociology and Anthropology. She is currently working towards earning her Masters of Public Administration from Boise State University. 

Jackie’s interest in connecting her leadership skills with purpose-driven work has led her to this role at Boise State University. She’s passionate about developing programming to support students in achieving their academic goals as well as bringing together diverse stakeholders to develop creative solutions to complex problems. Jackie is engaged in managing the various projects the Blue Sky Institute tackles in the areas of student basic needs and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

In her free time, Jackie can be found baking or cooking with friends, mountain biking in the Boise foothills, listening to podcasts, and exploring new trails across the Pacific Northwest.