Aron Patton, M.A. Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

• Managed and led a project with staff and board members to create a harmonization plan to ensure alignment of vision and strategic objectives resulting in more impactful, community-aligned initiatives.
• Coordinated a large project between 50+ key stakeholders, community members and staff for the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) $20 million grant by managing schedules, facilitating meetings and formatting.
• Assisted in developing systems to collect and analyze economic development program data to ensure alignment with grant requirements and accessibility by other departments.
• Collaborated and formed partnerships with other aligned organizations by developing, negotiating and monitoring professional service contracts resulting in streamlined and secure organizational processes.

• Managed critical external relationships such as Bloomberg Philanthropies on behalf of two c-suite executives in a fully remote organization leading to SBP securing more than $1 million in grants and donations to.
• Oversaw and coordinated organizational events comprising 30 speakers and 80+ attendees including speaker communication and topic development, travel arrangements, technology, materials, and survey dissemination.
• Drafted and executed contracts and memorandum of understanding with partners to establish scope of work, billing, and invoicing parameters.
• Reviewed organizational processes and identified improvement opportunities resulting in the installation of contract lifecycle management software, team productivity tools and enhanced expense tracking procedures.

Cincinnati Metropolitan Area

• Streamlined host recruitment and fellow selection processes for a 9-month policy fellowship, ensuring optimal placement in key government and nonprofit roles.
• Prepared expense reports for a non-profit with a $2.68M budget, ensuring policy and budget alignment.

• The College of Human Medicine is embedded in the Flint community to understand the most pressing public health issues by engaging agencies, professional organizations, and community-based partners on collaborative.
• Liaised across university departments and reviewed incoming financial documents and forms; processed reservations, research subawards, and reimbursements; navigated university systems for labor distribution reports and.

Delaware, Ohio, United States

• Organized and facilitated educational and extracurricular activities centered on diversity, resolving conflict, and academic support boosting student engagement and morale and resulted in a more inclusive and cohesive.
• Led orientation for 500+ students by refining procedures and communication strategies, decreasing transition challenges by 30%, and ensuring a smoother start to the school year.

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

• Nihon University, celebrating the 120th anniversary, originated from Nihon Law School, which was established in 1889. Since its foundation, the university has maintained its forefront at the forefront of university.
• Ensured teaching evaluations were scheduled and issued reminders to faculty and interns regarding submission of completed evaluation forms to university officials
• Identified the need for and assisted in the schedule coordination for professional development and training opportunities for 6 university teaching interns and arranged subsequent evaluations to submit to supervisor
• Monitored the teaching obligations of interns and provided opportunities for professional development by delegating teaching responsibilities, delivering training opportunities to interns and conducting weekly meetings.

Japan

• Ensured teaching evaluations were scheduled and issued reminders to faculty and interns regarding submission of completed evaluation forms to university officials
• Identified the need for and assisted in the schedule coordination for professional development and training opportunities for 6 university teaching interns and arranged subsequent evaluations to submit to supervisor
• Monitored the teaching obligations of interns and provided opportunities for professional development by delegating teaching responsibilities, delivering training opportunities to interns and conducting weekly meetings.

East Lansing, MI

• AAAS offers an interdisciplinary education that stresses creativity, collective organizing, accountability, and reciprocal interdependence with a commitment to going beyond academic inquiry. Using praxis, AAAS weds.
• Built new partnerships and improved program reputation and visibility by collaborating with Black and other multicultural communities on various programming in order to grow program resources and establish partnerships.
• Facilitated and participated in cross-generational conversations related to Black activism, history, and connecting this to contemporary social justice movements.
• Created and maintained event and partner organization tracking system to evaluate impact, nurture professional relationships and keep director informed of deadlines and correspondences
• Collaborated with and coordinated across university departments to promote and announce program events and services by utilizing university-wide advertising and scheduling system
• Supported the activities of the department by arranging meetings, reserving appropriate space, securing catering, monitoring number of attendees, and following up with attendees for feedback.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Solid Ground works to end poverty and undo racism and other oppressions that are root causes of poverty and envisions a community beyond poverty and oppression where all people have equitable opportunity to thrive. In.
• Partnered with nonprofit groups to advance educational equity performance in local schools by developing and implementing individualized, evidence-based literacy interventions to identify weaknesses, increase school.
• Recruited, trained, and managed volunteers to support literacy initiatives in the classroom and to provide opportunities for family and community literacy involvement through strategic outreach initiatives

Master'S Degree, African American And African Studies

Activities and Societies: Sankofa Graduate Student Association Black Graduate Student Association

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Music Performance, General