Andrew Neilsen Email & Phone Number

Chicago

Create tryout plans, support team selection, develop strategy and player feedback to compete for a gold medal at the World Junior Ultimate Championship in 2018, 2020, and 2022.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Support professional learning community for second-year AmeriCorps servicemembers, building on experience, sharing authority, and planning for future employment with young professionals.• Design, develop, and implement professional development for up to 200 AmeriCorps members. • Conduct hands-on, observation-based coaching and debrief cycles for 50 tutors twice monthly.

Greater Chicago Area

At Up2Us Sports, we create transformational, trauma-informed training for coaches of all sports and experience levels. I specifically:• Manage business development for new training partnerships, including partner development, customized training plan creation, and securing contract employees for dozens of events and over $250,000 in revenue. • Create new coach evaluation and site visit structure, including building skill development pathways and support structures for wide array of issues• Lead online training curriculum adaptation to virtual platform

Chicago

Selected team members through open tryouts, coached fundamental and advanced strategy and tactics, and focused on developing team cohesion for select team over 8 week season. Team placed as high as 5th at Youth Club Championship tournament.

Chicago

• Lead acquisition and management of over $200,000 for Community Schools Initiative Pilot from concept to completion• Catalyzed structured recess program development, management, and scaling to quadruple program participants and schools served in two years to 21 schools and 15,000 students• Created strategic plan for training development and implementation across all programs, including training and hiring over 100 youth development workers• Supervised program implementation for eight schools with over 5,000 students 18 employees

Running new matter queries for conflicts of interest, maintain corporate tree databases, support attorneys in all aspects of conflict resolution. Consistently among departments top work producers.

Coordinator of vendors, field space, and competition format for 500 player event. Served as organizational liaison to national governing body of the sport, and maintained constant communication with all levels of organizational structure. Innovated Division 2 format for the sectional tournament, and increased team turnout by 25%.

• Compiled, wrote, and edited course materials for eight-session adult education course and created on-demand one-off trainings on timely housing development issues• Developed policy stance and position papers with executive director and policy team for the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee to the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid

Camp counselor and coordinator for two summers of nature camp for 5-14 year olds. Coordinated volunteers to assist and present to campers, taught biological, artistic, and athletic activities, planned curriculum, created new programs.

Duties included grading homework in Math, Literature, Creative Communications. Supervised group of 12 students during rec periods and study halls. Offered short oral presentations on study skills. Produced Upward Bound newspaper, soliciting submissions and arranging the final publication.

Learning assistant for a blind graduate student. Facilitated class attendance, note-taking, and writing papers.