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CEO of a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides TBRI® training, support, and resources to parents, professionals, and organizations. Responsibilities include board recruitment/development; budget formation and oversight; policy development; website, print, social media, and email marketing; fundraising; grant writing; HIPAA compliance; risk management; volunteer recruitment and management; community networking; program development research; developing a client intake, programming, and evaluative process, TBRI training, coaching and consulting; assessing and measuring outcomes.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Ensured agency adherence to licensing standards and developed agency policy; Provided oversight to transitional living program and residential facility case managers while maintaining a caseload; Overhauled and oversaw the intake process, educating parents on community resources and trauma-informed care. Generated recruitment leads through outreach to schools and service providers.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Developed a transitional living program, providing case management to clients; Trained and coached residential staff in TBRI®; Obtained and analyzed outcome results to increase funding and improve service delivery.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Revamped the family care program logic model, creating program formative and summative evaluations to measure program effectiveness and outcomes; Cultivated donors, researched fundraising trends, tiered donor spreadsheets, and assisted with fundraising event planning.

Georgetown, Tx, Us

Provided in-home coaching, preservice, and ongoing training to foster and adoptive parents. Provided classroom coaching and trainings to teachers and school administrators. Trained and coached foster care case managers.

Georgetown, Tx, Us

Provided in-home coaching, preservice, and ongoing training to foster and adoptive parents. Provided classroom coaching and trainings to teachers and school administrators. Trained and coached foster care case managers. Testified in favor of state child-trauma legislation and conducted a needs assessment for a local TBRI® resource center. (MSW Intern: January-May 2017; Staff Position: June 2017-September 2018)

Austin, Tx, Us

Provided direct care to teen girls with specialized and intensive levels of care for their Residential Treatment program. Provided TBRI coaching, training, and support to RTC staff and foster parents. Led nurture groups for foster families, staff and residents and participated in group therapy sessions

New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, Us

Recruited, developed, trained, and verified therapeutic foster parents, ensuring compliance with all standards and contract requirements. Conducted home studies and established media and church partnerships to promote treatment-based foster care.

Transformed a Sunday school ministry with combined ages and monthly teachers into an age-appropriate, relational small group/large group ministry with weekly leaders. Built a complete ministry infrastructure and created an intentional interview process to reinforce child safety and ensure that teen and adult leaders are serving in areas of personal giftedness. Orchestrated a church-wide family ministry worship service event to cast vision to parents and recruit volunteers, resulting in nearly a quarter of church participants serving within family ministry, and a team increase of 200%. Introduced and directed a VBS alternative for families which included three (FX) productions, family devotional times, game night and family mission project. Managed the weekday childcare program staff, and introduced a new ministry format, team, and curriculum while serving as the interim student minister.

Developed, organized, and directed a senior adult activity program that included cultural, intellectual, recreational, social, wellness, and spiritual components. Built positive relationships with residents, and strong partnerships with family members. Increased volunteer participation among residents and community members by 100%, through targeted recruitment, personalized placements, and comprehensive training. Designed a departmental infrastructure and promoted the community through monthly calendars, newsletters, and outreach events.

Taught elementary students, according to provided lesson plans, while maintaining a well-managed, positive learning environment.

Coordinated all aspects of their birth through fifth grade ministries, for their initial preview service. Designed portable children’s ministry spaces within a movie theater, selecting children’s furniture and supplies. Coordinated adult and teen volunteers, planned small group lessons and children’s worship.

Trained children’s ministry volunteers on classroom management and how to effectively partner with parents.

Cast vision, developed programming and provided direction for 1st-6th grade Sunday morning and Wednesday night ministries. Recruited, trained, encouraged and led a ministry team of seventy volunteers and three paid staff. Revitalized their elementary ministry program, utilizing the 252 Basics curriculum. Assembled and successfully maintained a ministry budget, and assisted in the redesign of two children’s ministry areas. Developed a creative missions program for children and coordinated family ministry events.

Designed, organized and implemented a senior activity program in accordance with company standards, budget requirements, state laws and regulations. Managed the community’s volunteer program, weekend staff operations and chaired the resident ambassador committee. Created monthly newsletters and activity calendars which encompassed eight whole person components and daily parallel programming. Provided spiritual and emotional support to residents and their families while maintaining detailed records on resident backgrounds and individual needs. Implemented a welcome program to help new residents acclimate to the community and determine interests for future program development. Increased activity participation by fifty percent and improved pre-existing Quality Assurance scores by forty-four percent. Established cooperative programs with community groups and augmented print and broadcast media exposure in the Dallas/Fort Worth market.

Directed Sunday operations and volunteers, evaluated curriculum, enhanced nametag security procedures, and developed a new substitute teaching system. Led an interactive preschool teaching and worship time which included puppetry, drama, object lessons, music, dance, and art.

Provided spiritual and emotional encouragement to the residents living at a 300-bed facility, serving Alzheimer’s patients. Led residents in music and activities, kept detailed records on residents and did independent research on the effects of Alzheimers.

Recruited, trained, scheduled, and directed forty employees for the weekday childcare program, coordinated Sunday morning nursery and preschool volunteers, assisted with community outreach events, taught and led preschool worship.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Served on the World Impact leadership team establishing inner-city ministries in Dallas, Texas. Responsibilities included forming community relationships by living in the ministry community, teaching teen and children’s Bible clubs, leading women’s discipleship groups, planting churches, volunteer recruitment and training, ministry promotion, and fundraising.

Master Of Social Work - Msw, Social Work

Master Of Divinity (Mdiv), Extensive Work In Christian Education

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Social Work

Certificate In Nonprofit Leadership & Management

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