• Led leadership and service initiative, Million Members, Million Hours of Service, engaging youth in 4,200+ Boys & Girls Clubs and military Youth Centers in activities and projects utilizing the framework: Passion + Problem = Project.• Led development of user-centered leadership and service curriculum. Led research, content development, field testing, design, communication strategy, and dissemination. Publications include Youth of the Year Leadership Development Suite, Teens Take the Lead Service-Learning Guide, and project guides to foster emotional wellness and kindness in ourselves and in our communities.• Elevated youth-adult partnerships as a key strategy for youth development, adolescent health, and empowerment and integrated in curriculum and training. • Designed and launched first youth facing digital leadership club planner to guide teens in facilitating meetings, building their clubs, and planning and participating in projects. Created orientation video tutorial. • Led and disseminated Best Practices Toolkit for managing virtual communities of practice for youth development professionals. • Led development of digital leadership and recognition program for youth. • Executed first ever virtual youth leadership event convening youth to showcase their leadership skills through prepared speeches and interviews among multiple panels of community leaders. • Repurposed live training, Staff –Youth Interactions, for virtual facilitation and participation for youth development professionals.• Designed and led customized training for staff centered on cultivating youth-adult partnerships that engage youth in elevating their voices, exploring personal and collective passions, identifying community needs, and developing projects that include community participation. • Served as subject matter expert and reviewer of white paper, Empowering Safe Communities, Building Positive Relationships with Youth and Law Enforcement. Led webinar showcasing best practices.

• Managed portfolio of leadership training programs ranging from workshops to 18-month intensive training institutes to develop individual, interpersonal, and institutional leadership competencies. Held budget preparation and accountability.• Designed and integrated youth-adult engagement curriculum to promote experiential learning, improve communication, strengthen systems of support, and create meaningful change at home, school and in communities.• Directed national Train-the-Trainers convening community organizers throughout the country for advanced leadership training, sharing best practices, and development of social justice movement building strategies.• Led leadership development of national volunteer network in four US regions through yearly strategic planning sessions, regional trainings, and monthly development calls.• Delivered leadership trainings in partnership with youth trainers ages 4 to 25 in schools, youth-serving organizations, and communities throughout Metro Atlanta.• Developed and executed end-to-end internal and external communications campaigns including strategy, content development and editing, approvals and scheduling.• Fostered and maintained relationships with funding partners aligned to mutual core values. Developed and pitched proposals. Administered grants for initiatives in youth leadership, family, and community engagement, childcare, and civic participation.

• Delivered customized training and consulting services in staff development and organizational capacity-building for non-profit organizations in education, youth leadership, environmental justice, community relations, among others.• Client list includes ACLU Drug Law Reform Project, City of Oakland - Partner Program Collaboration Training Project, Common Fire Foundation, Community Alliances Initiative, Eveoke Dance Theatre, Family Day Care Support Network, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Planting Justice, Youth for Environmental Sanity, Annie E. Casey Foundation - Atlanta Civic Site Program, and Wisdom and Money.

Managed accounts for marketing communications firm delivering communication and outreach strategies for nonprofit organizations, corporations, and individuals driving societal change.

Designed and implemented community relations initiatives for a complex mixed-use project (approximately 350 condominiums and 13,000 square feet of retail space). Crafted community benefits package valued at approximately $750,000 to support local business development, priority leasing, homebuyer’s assistance, and development of a community-based aging facility.

Managed projects for firm specializing in strategic communications, environmental planning and creative services for government agencies, businesses and communities.