Samantha Funk

Samantha Funk is a Maine-based artist, podcast host, and Program Manager with over a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector. She holds a Master's degree in Leadership and is the creator and host of Burnout & Breakthroughs, a podcast that explores the human cost of mission-driven work and the path to sustainable leadership and healing.

Samantha’s expertise spans Creativity, Play, Game-Based Learning, Team Development, Transformational and Adaptive Leadership, Change Management, Consciousness, Emotional Intelligence, and Social Competence. Her nonprofit work has focused on community development, workforce programming, refugee resettlement, and systems-level advocacy — navigating the complexities of policy, funding, and human-centered service delivery.

Through her nonprofit leadership and podcast work, Samantha invites others to reclaim rest, rediscover purpose, and resist burnout culture, one breakthrough at a time.