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• Leads the internal and external business development strategy for TNTP’s Instructional Culture Diagnostic tools.• Leads the legal and financial components of 200+ client contracts and vendor agreements utilizing SalesForce and other internally developed tracking systems to meet sustainability targets and maintain 90% client renewal rate.• Generates and pursues new ideas for services, partnerships, and projects, including contributing to/writing proposals for new work in alignment with team and organization strategic priorities.• Cultivates and manages high demand client relationships with senior district/network leaders on team’s most complex, larger scale projects.• Facilitates presentations sharing results from diagnostic tools, engaging school and district leaders in the importance of staff, family and student experience and providing a roadmap to strengthen their school culture.• Oversees a team of 15 individuals across 3 workstreams and responsible for creating structures for collaborative decision-making, annual team and individual goals, and shared norms and values.• Acts as the Knowledge Management Liaison for TNTP’s Instructional Culture Insight team, leading internal learning calls to educate staff about the diagnostic tools and our systems and processes that could support their client work.

• Developed and maintained an internal tracking system for new and existing clients to ensure that revenues are accurately accounted for and legal agreements are executed in a timely manner.• Established and grew VIP client relationships to support districts, networks, and schools in using data to drive improvement efforts that build a positive school culture.• Utilized project management tools (including Asana and Air Table) to execute both individual tasks and shared projects with colleagues.• Supported the development and execution of TNTP’s Instructional Culture “Insight” and stakeholder surveys growth strategy through managing an internal marketing campaign that involved updating materials, resources and a new website.• Developed and facilitated presentations for school, district, and network leaders.

• Project manage all aspects of the administration of TNTP’s Instructional Culture “Insight” survey across 1,200 schools twice per year.• Develop communication templates and messages to effectively communicate with a variety of school, district, and network stakeholders.• Create operational efficiencies to scale and grow services, increasing reach by 50% from 2014 to 2015 school year.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Lead operations across two Program sites (Cambridge and Boston) including a total of 60 seasonal and 10 full-time employees, reporting directly to Executive Director.• Manage key vendor and partner relationships; create MOUs with partner schools and districts; supervise processes with regards to food services, transportation and facility use; develop systems to efficiently utilize and store resources.• Supervise financial responsibilities of the organization, including develop and monitor annual budget for departmental teams; build Excel models for contingency planning; create period reports to support actions of the Finance Committee and Board of Directors; and prepare documentation for annual audit.• Administer all facets of human resources, including recruitment of full-, part-, and volunteer- staff; on-boarding and termination of employees; payroll; and employee benefits.• Execute and maintain comprehensive overhaul of the IT network by moving the organization’s files and knowledge into a cloud operating platform (Office 365).

Washington, Dc

• Provided operational support through the revision of school’s communication strategy that followed strict compliance requirements and effectively communicated school policies to students and families• Analyzed student test score data to chart progress and present to instructional staff in order to make continued year-over-year improvement• Developed an evaluation process for non-instructional staff• Participated in professional development workshops to deepen my understanding of Education reform and provide support to education organizations in tackling complex urban education issues

San Francisco, California

• Managed a staff of (up to) 80 people, coordinating servers, bartenders and cooks to fulfill vision of client for events ranging in size from 10 to 400 guests• Hired, trained and conducted reviews for all staff• Responsible for communication between Sales Department to the Kitchen Manager• Created and implemented various Excel models to standardize procedures and increase efficiencies for proposal writing and cost estimation • Contributed to dramatic sales growth (revenue just under $1million in 2005 to over $3 million in 2009)• Instrumental in incorporating green products into inventory which led to composting over 85% of the company’s waste• Managed event that earned the cover story in Martha Stewart Weddings magazine (’10)

San Francisco, California

• Responsible for scheduling, hiring, training and supporting front of house staff• Constructed a template for the Employee Service Manual for future use and issued the current, revised service manual to all 85 employees• Purchased and received all china, silver and glassware: conducted monthly inventory, purchased all products within limits of a set budget, negotiated prices with vendors and evaluated products based on established criteria

Mba, Sustainable Enterprise

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