Barbra Kavanaugh Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

Providing interim executive director services for nonprofits experiencing leadership transition.Clients have included: ♦ Devotion to Children♦ Center for Applied Linguistics♦ Association of Reproductive Health Professionals♦ ALIVE, Inc.♦ Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation♦ Hemophilia Federation of America♦ Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority.

Washington DC

Alexandria, VA

• Managed a diverse team of attorneys, organizers, students and administrative support staff to assure high-quality advocacy, litigation and community lawyering programs.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, funders, board members, community allies order to meet organizational missions and objectives.
• Administered program grants, including generating required performance reports.
• Develop and maintain IT, performance evaluation and financial management systems to support core mission.

• Term appointment Executive Management Special Projects
• Evaluated and recommended changes in Front Office procedures and policies
• Hired legal team to complete legal team to complete six-month work plan to review and revise OIG policies and procedures manual
• Created reports on various issues, including mentoring programs, testimony preparation and strategic plan completion
• Coordinated meetings and report generation to maintain consistent progress in meeting strategic goals
• Budget and Administration Special Projects

• Represented children involved in proceedings before the Erie County Family Court
• Mediated consumer and matrimonial disputes
• Provided strategic planning and project management expertise to non-profit organizations representing low-income families, Native Americans and victims of domestic violence
• Trained attorneys, social workers and community workers in creative problem-solving

• Issued Reports and Recommendations after presiding as Matrimonial Referee at financial trials in matrimonial cases;
• Facilitated negotiations between counsel in matrimonial and civil litigation;
• Mediated disputes arising during litigation to avoid unnecessary motion practice;
• Drafted bench memos, decisions and recommendations in matters before the Court.

• Provided supervision and administrative support for approximately 50 lawyers, paralegals and support staff in regional office;
• Initiated changes in state-wide service procedures in lawsuits filed by state prisoners;
• Worked with state-wide committee in developing a domestic violence policy for the Attorney General’s state-wide employee policies;
• Managed media and community relations for Western New York region.

• Elected in city-wide race for Councilmember-at-large seat;
• Sponsored Art in Public Places legislation providing for the creation and maintenance of public art in Buffalo;
• Served a leadership role in the adoption of Landlord Licensing and Living Wage legislation for the City of Buffalo;
• Led community planning process involving100+ grass-roots participants over approximately 12 months to explore crime reduction through traffic design;
• Completed an off-road bike path involving complex negotiations with private, corporate and government property owners and stakeholders

• Special Practice Order;
• Lead counsel in complex Federal class action challenging race-based discrimination in public and subsidized housing in Buffalo and Erie County, settled with millions of dollars in low income rental housing subsidies to.
• Fair Housing Attorney (July 1988- February 1990)
• Developed fair housing practice in cooperation with City of Buffalo Fair Housing Officer, Housing Opportunities for Made Equal, Inc. (HOME) and other community-based organizations

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Bs Communications, Journalism