Alanna Taylor Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

As an OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow, Taylor will lead her program which is called the Bronze Girl Collective© Bronze Girl Collective© is an innovative concept that will address past trauma, financial setbacks, and other risk factors among Black women over the age of 40; and enhance their strengths and natural skills. The goal is to diminish the projected disproportionate number of Black women that could end up with housing insecurity or living below the poverty line with untreated mental and physical health conditions in their elder years.

Client List (Partial):Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Inc.•Secured over two million dollars in grant awards within 18 months for workforce development opportunities to serve marginalized and vulnerable communities•Wrote two workforce development initiatives for high school students and young adults and secured funding•Won two grant awards funded by the American Rescue Plan Act to create a comprehensive workforce development initiative for marginalized and vulnerable impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic BTST Cares, Inc.•Secured $200,000 in grant awards within eight months•Created an initiative and received funding to educate mental health providers and community leaders about sex trafficking in Baltimore, MD, and give survivors a voice in a storytelling video project•Created an afterschool program based in a Baltimore City elementary/middle school that offers social-emotional learning, STEAM enrichment, and wellness/physical activities in addition to offering academic tutoring in language arts and math

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

•Developed initiatives and workshops that empower others to create a holistic, healthy lifestyle, and community spaces.•Facilitated workshops where participants are educated on the link between nutrition and mental health.•Assisted organizations in submitting grant proposals related to health and wellness.•Mentored other professionals in the industry on developing initiatives and promotional campaigns.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

•Implemented engaging marketing projects to fund planned giving campaigns.•Raised over $300,000 for the organization by connecting with influential followers on social media and writing winning grant proposals that outline innovative programming and initiatives.•Vets credible information and presents the content in an engaging manner on social media which has led Vogue Magazine to recognize the organization as one of 12 Black Mental Health organizations to follow on Instagram for Black mental health resources.•Assisted specialists in different marketing areas such as graphic design, web design, and public relations, and hires them as collaborators on promotional campaigns.•Skillfully developed departmental goals, objectives, standards of performance, policies, and procedures concerning digital communications.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

•Closely worked with the Executive director in communications, event planning, fundraising, and grant writing.•Responsible for creating and implementing community development initiatives.•Communicated project/program plan and status to management and the rest of the teams.•Assisted Executive Director in coordinating six panel discussions following the 2015 Baltimore Uprising to address the connection between behavioral health issues and socio-economic challenges in the Black community.•Promoted two panel discussions in 2017 that addressed intergenerational trauma; and a conference with speakers and 150 attendees in Spring 2017 regarding trauma and children.•Instrumental role in raising $150,000 in less than two years, assisting the Executive Director in completing grant applications.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

•Scheduled 17 speaking engagements and workshops for an executive director of a social-change organization in 7 months to promote and sell his books.•Organized and managed calendar of events for the upcoming year for one of the largest churches in Maryland by contacting 65 ministry leaders, gathering information for approximately 100 events, and resolving scheduling conflicts.•Prepared a panel discussion on Capitol Hill for an emerging STEM non-profit organization, coordinated logistics for three large-scale events and performances at one of the oldest AME churches in the DC metropolitan with attendance of political representatives and diplomatic officials.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

•Assisted in negotiating the joint venture agreements, including the asset management agreement/fee structure, in ensuring alignment of interests.•Fostered relationships with brokers, lenders, banks, mortgage servicing companies, and business owners to generate leads.•Assisted developers in getting awarded 12 development projects and managed the projects based on financing requirements.•Received recognition from the Department of the Army for successfully managing 22 repair/replacement projects on budget and schedule for the first time in five years at a military bio-medical research facility.

Bachelor'S Degree, History

Education record

Transferred to University of Maryland, College Park

Architecture

Post-Graduate Studies (Non-Degree Work)