-Led and managed multiple child care centres, family home day care programs, community development activities, programming and services for families and children, and youth engagement and development programs and services for young women-Managed a dynamic department, including the development, planning, organizing, and evaluation of programs, human resource management, growing and evolving the department to best meeting community needs, and effective financial management and leadership-Secured numerous funding agreements while complying with all funding agreements and applicable legislation -Strategically planned all levels of the operation by completing extensive business plans and then executing those plans to translate a vision into positive programming-Motivated staff to build a cohesive team environment to ensure staff were passionate about the mission, vision, and values of the organization

-Researched, wrote & presented synthesis paper for CURA research proposal (awarded 1,000,000): Community mobilization and capacity building for policy and social -Coordinated CURA Forum to use participatory action/grassroots approach to proposal development-Researched and constructed 11 affordability scenarios for Participatory Food Costing report 2009 (published)-Successfully created and managed financial budgets of six different projects-Researched, prepared, delivered and presented literature reports, papers and proposals-Consistently demonstrated proficiency in multi-tasking and timely completion of assignments

APHA Coordinator/Consultant 2005 – 2006Acting Executive Director 2002 – 2003Office Manager/Accountant 2000 – 2002AIDS Walk Coordinator/Trainer 1999 – 2001-Wrote, developed and implemented several manuals including APHA Speakers Policy, Board of Directors Orientation, Staff Training, AIDS Walk Logistics, and Volunteer Training-Initiated and implemented policies, procedures, and annual work plans -Oversaw and managed agency operations; program/policy development and delivery, maximizing efficient service to the communities and partner agencies-Liaised with Chiefs, Community health and Band staff, Health Directors, Community Leadership (political and traditional), Funders and Government Representatives to create positive community programming-Researched, developed and received new funding, while maintaining current funding levels-Maintained all office accounts and budgets in an organized and efficient manner-Trained and supervised all employees