Kimberly Warner
Lecturer
iLEAD Professional Development Program
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Contact
Building & Room:
2524 UH
Address:
601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607
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About
(BS Kinesiology, Indiana State University/MBA University of Illinois at Chicago)
Kimmie is a Lecturer for the Student Professional Development Program & Institute for Leadership Excellence and Development (iLEAD) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She teaches within and helped to develop the current curriculums used in the Beginning Improv A-E program and Harold Ramis Film School at The Second City Chicago. She also teaches Improv for Anxiety within their Wellness program. Kimmie also taught improv to Tom Yorton, one of the guys who wrote the bestselling book Yes, And - Lessons from The Second City as well as motivational speaker Judi Holler, who also wrote a bestselling book Fear is my Homeboy: How to Slay Doubt, Boss Up, and Succeed on Your Own Terms. Additionally, she was voted Second City’s 2018 Teacher of the Year. She also is advisor for and helped to start the first Improv Club at UIC. Other places she has taught improv, improv therapy, medical improv, improv for actors, dramatic improv and acting are: Act One Studios, Emerald City Theatre, The Chicago Public School System (where she also served as a mentor) and Linden Oaks Hospital at Edward-Arabella House where she trained staff and worked with patients. Kimmie also is the Public Speaking Club Coach for The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She owns her own corporate improv training business called WorkPlayImprov. Her clients include: Starcom, Catepillar, Basecamp, Ingredion, CDW, PwC, EMC, and Taste of Chicago/City of Chicago, UIC Medical Executive Board, and countless others. She also is a graduate of The Second City Conservatory, iO, and The Annoyance Theatres. Additionally, she has 16 years of sales and management experience in the beverage industry.
Notable Honors
2021, Yes, And...Award Winner for Authenticity, Second City
2018, Teacher of the Year, Second City
Education
BS Kinesiology, Indiana State University, 1994
MBA University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019