I specialize in empowering businesses and nonprofit organizations through strategic insights and operational excellence. My comprehensive skill set covers a spectrum of disciplines crucial for sustainable growth and impactful outcomes.Clients and projects include: - AgeWell Middle Tennessee / Secure Aging Collaborative- Jackson Medical Mall Foundation / Double Up Food Bucks MS- Nourish Knoxville / Tennessee SNAP Doubling Coalition - Center for Nutrition and Health Impact / NTAE / Nutrition Incentive Hub- AARP Foundation - AARP Tennessee / Fresh Savings Nutrition Incentives- Pure Green Partners - Close the Loop TN Core Competencies:- Marketing and Communications: Crafting compelling strategies to enhance brand visibility and stakeholder engagement.- Program Development and Evaluation: Designing and assessing programs for effectiveness and scalability.- Special Events: Orchestrating memorable and impactful events tailored to organizational objectives.- Strategic Planning: Developing roadmaps that align with long-term goals and foster organizational alignment.- Data Collection and Visualization: Leveraging data-driven insights to inform decision-making and optimize performance.- Funder Advisory Services: Guiding organizations in maintaining fruitful donor relationships.- Operational Improvement: Streamlining processes through mapping, SOP development, and efficiency enhancements.

Provided key leadership in establishing and strengthening the GusNIP Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Center (GusNIP NTAE Center) and Nutrition Incentive Hub, a national coalition of partners working to advance food security through best-in-class evaluation and technical assistance of nutrition incentive and produce prescription programs. Project funded through $31M grant from the USDA and National Institute of Food and Agriculture. - Set and oversaw strategic marketing and communications plans to increase visibility of the Nutrition Incentive Hub and drive audience engagement of newly developed tools and resources. - Shaped internal and external partnerships through thoughtful engagement and timely communications. - Led successful agile development of $2.5M website and secure portal overseeing stakeholder enagement, collaborative design decisions, UAT, user training, strategic communications, feedback loops, timeline, and budget. - Designed systems for project management, team collaboration, data collection and dashboards. - Supervised, oversaw, and motivated the collaborative efforts of direct reports, team members and partners, maintaining a focus on mission, impact, and data-backed results.

Led transition to cloud-based data management system, improving the collection, reporting, evaluation and visualization of grantee data. Served as reporting advisor to 30+ grantees. - Developed strategic communications plan to successfully transition grantees to new portal. - Designed easy-to-use, online forms and dashboards for grantees, team members and partners. - Developed presentations, training resources, quick start guides and video tutorials. - Oversaw successful collection of 20,000 reports from 50+ grantees used for evaluation.

Launched a suite of industry-leading programs focused on food security as a social determinant of health, featuring Fresh Savings, one of the largest nutrition incentive programs in the country. Served 800K+ low-income households across Mississippi and Tennessee. Oversaw stakeholder engagement and full life-cycle of vital partnerships with culturally diverse groups including healthcare clinics, local businesses, a national grocery store chain, nonprofits and government agencies. Led team of three outreach coordinators and 40+ volunteers while upholding a $6.6M program budget. - Set and implemented strategic marketing and communications plan to increase visibility, trust, and utilization of programs in distinctly diverse communities. - Engaged diverse audience of 20K during presentations and events. - Improved data access and visualization for leadership team, funders, and evaluators by developing and implementing custom, real-time data portals utilized by 90 external partners.

Devised and implemented strategic community outreach and volunteer engagement plans for 20,000+ members and state-managed volunteers. Supervised and motivated 25+ volunteer leaders. Spearheaded development and launch of targeted messaging strategies aligned with brand mission and identity. - Envisioned and executed multiple high-impact events, including reaching audience of 9,600 and engaging 750 members at Meet Me at the Farmers Market, AARP Tennessee’s inaugural monthly lifestyle event. - Boosted member awareness (20K+) while driving audience expansion by introducing brand strategies, programs, local discounts, and activities.

Developed and led CNM's Volunteer Program Management Certification, an interactive class covering best practices and common pitfalls for building and managing a successful volunteer program.

Instrumental to enhancing agency’s reputation while facilitating a city-wide service culture. Oversaw four staff and 10 contractors while mobilizing 6,000+ volunteers annually. Nurtured partnerships and engaged with more than 100 entities across corporate, nonprofit and government sectors. Oversaw 80+ community-wide events. - Developed highly effective marketing pieces and communication tools for signature events and programs. - Built collaborative partnerships while garnering $1.6M via new revenue stream. - Facilitated 350% revenue increase over three years. - Strategically boosted community participation 300% for signature agency events. - Directly contributed to transition from ranking 37th to 18th in Corporation for National & Community Service's “Volunteering in America” for the 51 largest cities.

Revitalized volunteer program through strategic communication and improved processes for scheduling, training and recruitment. - Led more than 10,000 annual volunteers, 15% growth in one year.- Managed key aspects of high visibility, national events, including the Whirlpool Building Blocks inaugural event to build an entire block of 10 homes in just a week.