Alexandra Sevett Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Assisted the Research & Evaluation department with special projects, analyzed participant data, and provided targeted information to other departments and staff. Coordinated and implemented a pilot project that included the testing and evaluation of a new youth outcomes survey. Also planned and executed a match event for 15+ community-based matches including providing high-quality service to matches during the event while representing BBBS as an organization.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Partnered with Global Rights for Women to research and compile a report on the need and feasibility of a new international treaty on violence against women. The project consisted of formulating a research design, methodology, and work plan with team members. Conducted expert interviews with academic researchers, practitioners, and advocates locally and globally working on issues of violence against women. Assisted with the identification, synthesis, and evaluation of all information gleaned from our research to develop recommendations for Global Rights for Women and assisted with all aspects of writing, editing, and organizing information for the final report.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As the Teaching Assistant for a graduate level class on the management of organizations in the public/nonprofit sector, I provided senior-level logistical and administrative support to the professor and class. This included including editing class materials, maintaining online resources and website, and managing logistics for each class and final exams. I also served as the first point of contact for all questions and concerns regarding class assignment details and materials, group project dynamics, and feedback, and I facilitated communication between students and the Professor as needed.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

During my time as the Policy Fellow in CVT's Washinton Office, I completed three self-directed research projects on topics relevant to torture, rehabilitation, and NGO networks resulting in the production of synthesized fact sheets and reports for use by staff. I also managed a database of invitees and other logistics for an annual award ceremony and reception event attended by over 100 prominent academics and policymakers in the DC area. I provided administrative and logistics support for a Board of Directors and National Advisory Council meeting and assisted with day to day operations and tasks as needed.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As the government and communications intern, I assisted the legislative affairs department with the daily monitoring of legislation, legislative committee hearings, and floor sessions, taking notes and synthesizing information. I researched and analyzed human rights policy, legislative advocacy efforts, policy proposals, and bills resulting in the development of short briefs and content to inform stakeholders on relevant issues. I also researched and wrote first drafts of content for the department website and blog and tracked media coverage and supported the Communications team by providing a daily scan of news stories for use on social media sites.

Denver, Co

I assisted in the development of the 2014 – 2015 school year strategic plan focusing on establishing school-wide priorities, common goals for students and staff, and student academic outcomes; actively participated in all steps of strategic plan implementation through the creation of techniques and procedures to accomplish goals and objectives as part of a collaborative teaching staff. As the English Language Development teacher, I was responsible for the coordination and administration of the English Language Development curriculum serving nine students. I implemented the ELD curriculum and created and administered assessments to monitor student’s achievement of objectives and targets. I also served as a classroom teacher for a Crew Seminar class including teaching curriculum, leading classroom discussions on sensitive topics, building rapport with students and families from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, and fostering a positive and collaborative school culture and community.

Denver, Co

Los Angeles, California

As an Americorps member, I served over 2,000 students at two urban elementary schools through a program that used conflict resolution and civic engagement skills to integrate peacemaking into school culture. Each week, I modified, developed and delivered engaging, age-appropriate weekly lessons in seventeen classrooms for students in grades K – 3 as well as students in special education programs. I also managed all aspects of ten student-driven community service learning projects for 450 students across two elementary schools in collaboration with peers, classroom teachers, and school administrators. As part of this management, I conducted outreach to community organizations to secure resources as well as developed and coordinated partnership efforts. Lastly, I coordinated and oversaw the survey and evaluation process of 800 students twice during the 2011-2012 school year resulting in the collection of data from students to measure the efficacy of Peace First lessons and school programming.

Minneapolis, Mn

Position included performing extensive research on possible major donor prospects for the Major Gifts department resulting in the addition of several new prospects to organization database. In addition, I maintained detailed information on prospective donors in database used by all staff and volunteers in organization as well as performed Target Analytics on major donor prospects, analyzed gathered information, and summarized in organization database.

Provided administrative and research support to all Human Rights Education Program Staff assisting on several types of projects.One project involved performing extensive research on issues of immigration and human rights education in the US and resulted in the writing and editing to final draft the information into fact sheets for general use by the organization. In addition, projects included reviewing and editing chapter(s) of the Human Rights Education Teacher Training Manual on integrating service learning and civic engagement into the classroom. Lastly, provided assistance for several projects regarding the One Voice Minnesota Network, connecting with other human rights organizations around Minnesota

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Supervised a committee of seven student employees; provided primary guidance and assistance, served as first resource for all questions and concerns, created and facilitated trainings and workshops focused on leadership skills training, and provided feedback and evaluations twice throughout the year to assist with personal growth and skills development. This included planning and facilitating weekly Organization Development Consultants meetings. Served as a first level advisor for the Center for Leadership and Involvement constituents; lead the efforts to register over 700 student organizations on campus, facilitated student organization orientations as well as maintained office reception desk. Effectively served as liaison between professional and peer staff on all matters regarding office and committee resulting in the development of procedures and resources to ensure continuity and sustainability of office practices. Supervised all matters regarding the responsibilities of general office manager including maintaining schedules and all office equipment as well as ordering supplies for all staff.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Represented and contributed the student body voice as a student representative on two committees consisting of University of Wisconsin – Madison Faculty. Critically assessed and evaluated academic advising services and programs existent on campus as part of the Council on Academic Advising as well as provided feedback on new programs developed by the committee. Reviewed 50 – 60 application materials and conducted interviews of potential candidates for director position in student services office through the Center for Leadership and Involvement Director Search and Screen Committee.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Managed a committee of 10 university students along side a Co-Chair with the goal of integrating community service opportunities into the activities of the organization. Provided and facilitated leadership training opportunities for all members of the committee. Pioneered a leadership skills training program that connected members of the organization with high school students at a local Madison area high school concluding with the planning of a large orientation event for incoming freshman.

Master’S Degree, Public Policy

Activities and Societies: Public Affairs Student Association - Masters in Public Policy Representative

Bachelor Of Arts, International Studies; Latin American, Iberian And Caribbean Studies

Activities and Societies: Center for Leadership and Involvement, Student Leadership Program, Associated Students of Madison Shared.

Bachelor Of Arts, Study Abroad Program - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Activities and Societies: Human Rights Program, Methodologies of Research Course, Internship at La Parque de La Memoria.