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Move2Learn

Move2Learn is an award-winning 501(c)(3) that works to level the learning field for traditionally underserved and overlooked students.

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Our Vision
We use movement to transform learning so all students can reach their highest potential.
Our Mission
We provide simple yet revolutionary tools that inspire movement in the classroom and throughout the day to prime students’ brains for learning.

Our Commitment to Equity

To us, equity is the lens through which we view our work to ensure traditionally overlooked students have the opportunity to reach their highest potential.

We acknowledge the uneven starting place, that barriers and advantages exist, and will intentionally act, through programming and leadership, to correct the imbalance.

We will always strive to level the learning field by meeting students where they are – so everyone can learn their best, despite their starting place.

Our Team

Strong. Dedicated. Passionate.
Brooke Sydnor Curran

President and CEO

Danielle Seiger

Director of Operations

Polly Shannon

Director of Communications

Jen Wiser

Director of Programs

Rebeca Gore

Community Engagement Manager

Our Board of Directors

A diverse board of directors makes better long-term decisions that result in the best outcomes for students and teachers.
  • Julie Beaver
  • Gaynelle Bowden-Diaz
  • Hon. Bill Euille
  • Nicole P. Jones
  • Louise Kenny
  • Emilia Labrada
  • Nicole McGrew
  • Marc E. Miller
  • Bryan Montgomery
  • Lucresha Murphy-Tate
  • Ashley O’Connor
  • Mike Porterfield
  • Melissa Riddy
  • Suzie Sullivan
  • Chris Suarez

    • Move2Learn is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The M2L Board of Directors provides the strategic direction and oversight necessary to sustain the organization, ensures the organization has adequate resources to advance our mission and advocates for our cause at every opportunity. Our Form 990 is available upon request.

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    Brooke Sydnor Curran

    President and CEO

    Brooke Sydnor Curran is the President and CEO of Move2Learn. In her role, she provides the roadmap for the organization, expanding programming and impact to help our Alexandria public school students feel and learn their best. 

    Brooke founded the organization as RunningBrooke in 2009 to serve at-risk children.. In 2022, the organization underwent a total rebranding to update its look and name—Move2Learn—to truly reflect its vision of using movement to transform learning so students can reach their highest potential.

    Today, Move2Learn focuses on three main pillars of work: Inside the classroom, outside the classroom, and social, emotional and academic learning lessons that incorporate the key component of movement to help students understand the body-mind connection.

    An elite athlete with asthma and exercise-induced asthma, Brooke has run more than 180 marathons, including the six World Marathon Majors, on all seven continents and in each of the 50 states. She has also completed two Ironman competitions, two 100-mile bike races and run a 100-mile trail race in aptly named Hell, Michigan. In 2019, Brooke survived a near-fatal brain aneurysm; less than six months later, she ran the Marine Corps Marathon.. 

    Brooke lives in the city of Alexandria with her husband and dog and has launched three amazing daughters.

    2020: Champion for Children by the Center for Alexandria’s Children

    2019: Living Legend of Alexandria for her exemplary and lasting impact in the community.

    2018: the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce’s Best in Business Nonprofit of the Year

    2018-present: School Health Advisory Board

    2010-2018: Board member of ACT for Alexandria

    2012-2015 Marathon Charity Cooperation

    Danielle Seiger

    Director of Operations

    As director of operations, Danielle provides administrative and logistical support, ensuring a professional, proactive organization focused on fulfilling its mission and vision. She works closely with the president and CEO on fundraising, donor activities and promoting a donor-centric culture. She also works with the Board of Directors to ensure they’re well prepared to serve as ambassadors and advocates for Move2Learn.

    Prior to joining Move2Learn in 2017, Danielle spent 20 years as a Forensic Document Examiner for the FBI. She conducted forensic examinations of evidentiary material and provided testimony as an expert witness in federal, state and local courts. She brings the same diligence and attention to detail to Move2Learn.

    Danielle grew up in Conshohocken, PA, and is a long-suffering Philly sports fan. She now lives in Springfield, VA with her husband, two very active almost-grown sons and two dogs.

    Polly Shannon

    Director, Marketing & Communications

    As director of communications, Polly works to crystalize Move2Learn’s messaging for the website, supporter emails, direct mail pieces, social media and generally all communications. She also manages the website, produces emails and social media assets and makes sure the organization is always on brand.

    Before joining Move2Learn in May 2020, Polly led the marketing team, both digital and direct mail, for Humane Society International. Over her 14 years working on behalf of all animals with HSI and its parent affiliate, the Humane Society of the United States, she held a variety of roles, including senior director, digital fundraising manager and director of public relations.

    The native Arlingtonian has two grown daughters and now lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her partner and their adorable mutt, Bel.

    Jen Wiser

    Director of Programs

    Our director of programs, Jen, is passionate about bringing movement to ACPS schools. Teachers across the district rely on her to support them as they transform their classrooms with active seating, brain boosting movement videos, Move2Learn SEAL Lessons and outside the classroom movement programs. She loves to collaborate with teachers and staff to cultivate new movement ideas or to improve upon existing programming.

    Prior to joining Move2Learn in the spring of 2021, Jen worked for ACPS, primarily at Charles Barret and then as the Safe Routes to School Coordinator where she collaborated with PE Teachers to support biking and pedestrian safety. Jen spent most of her early professional life in the health care setting as both a social worker and registered nurse. She is most proud of founding a 501(c)3 non-profit in coastal North Carolina for families who have a child with Down syndrome.

    Jen is originally from Wisconsin and lives in Alexandria with her husband, two teenagers, and dog, Larry.

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    Brooke Sydnor Curran, president and CEO of Move2Learn and the former “runner” of RunningBrooke, shares the story behind our new name and look.

    Hecho de la diversión

    Tararea tres notas de la mayoría de las canciones de rock/pop en la radio entre 1965 y 1983 y ¡lo nombraré!

    Brooke Sydnor Curran

    Presidenta y CEO

    Empecé a correr cuando era padre de tres niños pequeños para pasar un tiempo a solas. Todavía corro porque es una buena carrera y es una excelente manera de comenzar mi día: pienso mucho durante esas primeras horas de la mañana. Cuando termino, me siento concentrado y listo para enfrentar el mundo.

    Hoy en día, la ciencia respalda la evidencia de que correr y el ejercicio en general mejoran no solo la salud emocional, sino también el flujo de sangre al cerebro, lo que facilita concentrarse en la tarea y aprender mejor. Esto es especialmente cierto para los niños en edad escolar, que pasan gran parte de su tiempo en las aulas y se espera que presten atención y hagan su trabajo.

    Sin una salida para dirigir positivamente la energía y aumentar el flujo sanguíneo para apoyar la función cerebral, la concentración se resiente, lo que puede ser desastroso para muchos niños.

    Mis años de primaria y secundaria

    Sé lo que es ser el estudiante que no puede quedarse quieto, tiene dificultades para concentrarse y escuchar al maestro. Ese era yo de niño. Siempre me llamaban por interrumpir el salón de clases. No fue hasta que fui adulto que entendí la relación positiva entre el movimiento y el aprendizaje.

    Miro hacia atrás a esos años y los efectos persistentes con empatía por esa niña, pero sé que no estaba, y no está, sola.

    Rebeca Gore

    Community Engagement Manager.

    Rebeca Gore is Move2Learn’s Community Engagement Manager. She develops our partnerships and programs with ACPS and community partners to ensure more young people have the opportunity to be their fully healthy selves. 

    Prior to joining Move2Learn in the fall of 2024, Rebeca worked for Casa Chirilagua as their director of youth leadership where she collaborated with different partners and volunteers to lead the youth programs and events.

    She is a College of William and Mary graduate, with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology Health Sciences with a concentration in Public Health. Early in her professional life, she taught nutrition education at a District of Columbia public school for three years and Health and Family Life Education internationally with the Peace Corps in Guyana.

    Rebeca, who now lives in Alexandria, is a community advocate, an athlete and a Washington, DC native who loves getting to serve and be across the river from where she grew up.