About Us
〰️
About Us 〰️
Breana Jacques and Shannon Finnegan are the dynamic duo you didn’t know you needed—but definitely do. They first crossed paths in January 2022, when they joined forces to co-design and launch a new school side by side with students. The spark was immediate: shared values, big dreams, and an unshakable drive.
Fueled by a deep belief in collective brilliance and a refusal to accept business-as-usual, they took a bold leap in May 2023 and launched The Loop Consulting Collective—a bold, heart-forward firm that disrupts harmful practices, reimagines possibilities, and builds pathways for sustainable change.
Breana Jacques
Breana Jacques is a powerhouse educator and unapologetic disruptor of the status quo. With 12 years of experience in the Twin Cities and Wichita, KS, she’s built a reputation for flipping the script on traditional education—amplifying learner voice, sharing power, and helping people define their own brilliance rather than waiting for systems to do it for them. She loves baking a new recipe, biking, and reading a good memoir. Her love for growth, challenge, and creativity shows up in everything she does.
Breana currently brings her passion and purpose to life as a Graduate student in Education Policy and Leadership at the University of Minnesota and serves on the Board of Directors at Partnership Academy. Breana is leveling up her impact—digging deeper into the systems she’s determined to transform and reimagining what’s possible for organizations across industry.
Whether she's in the classroom, at the board table, or in the community, Breana shows up with heart, strategy, and vision as she leads with justice, joy, and humanity.
Shannon Finnegan
With 17 years of classroom experience spanning from the lakes of Minnesota to Brooklyn, NY, Shannon brings heart, humor, and deep conviction to her work. A top ten finalist for Minnesota Teacher of the Year in 2020, she is known for dreaming big, advocating fiercely, and relentlessly centering humanity in education.
Now a doctoral student in Education Policy and Leadership at the University of Minnesota, Shannon is deepening her commitment to systems-level change. Her research and leadership focus on advancing restorative and humanizing approaches in schools.
Shannon continues to influence statewide arts and education policy as a Governor Tim Walz–appointed member of the Perpich Center for Arts Education Board of Directors. Outside of her professional work, she’s a history buff with a serious presidential library passport (9 of 14 visited and counting) and a baseball fan working her way through all 30 MLB stadiums (17 down!).
Whether she’s facilitating brave conversations, co-creating bold new visions, or championing liberatory practices, Shannon is guided by a deep belief that education’s future can be just, humane, and filled with possibility for every learner.
