I own and run Academics at Work, LLC based on my years of experience coaching higher education professionals in career planning, career development, and career management. My coaching practice is based in evidence-based, proven best practices, as well as my personal knowledge and experience of how changing careers works in reality. I am a Certified Master of Career Services through the National Career Development Association. I coach clients who want to explore career options or launch a new career. I specialize in supporting graduate students and academics who want to explore and find fulfilling long-term career options. I build and support communities of practice, develop and deliver professional development workshops, speak at campuses and conferences, and teach courses in career development.

Most senior member of Leadership & Workforce Development, the Office of Human Resources team that develops & delivers professional development training to 25,000 employeesResponsible for university’s signature Leadership Development program, including content, planning, facilitation of all workshop & eLearning, program operations, and budgetRepresent university staff on enterprise-wide leadership committeeOutreach and relationship-building to diverse university leaders, faculty, staff, and students as well as external groups, and internal partnersDevelop & deliver 4 new professional development workshops per month for audiences up to 250Develop and publish 2 new eLearnings per monthCoach leaders 1:1 and in groups on career planning & management. Coach with empathy, diplomacy, and confidentiality Coaching & consulting for trainers across ASU in curriculum development, adult learning, and best practicesDeeply knowledgeable about higher ed organizations & careersAlign professional development topics to enterprise-wide priorities & learning objectivesStandardize team processes & operationsAdminister LinkedIn Learning platform for 25,000 usersAdminister Canvas coursesAdminister enterprise-wide LMS (Cornerstone)

Manage the team that develops and delivers professional development for faculty and staff at a major R1 university with over $800 million in annual research funding. Promoted 4 times (2011-2018), with increasingly complex responsibilities.Supervise full-time staff, graduate student interns, student workers.Lead projects using project management techniques. Outreach and marketing to diverse high-level executive stakeholders, faculty, and staff across ASU.Manage budget.Work directly through 1:1 coaching with faculty & academic subject matter experts to develop & deliver high-quality training content that is clear & error-freeReduced in-class instruction hours by 85% through development of eLearning and additional training and job aids to help managers onboard new staffDeveloped train-the-trainer workshops, job aids, resources and support to empower teams to train staffOversee a diverse portfolio of training projects, including development and delivery of professional development programs and events, outreach and relationship building, and delivering customized learning solutions tailored to need and audience.The team serves diverse higher ed audiences, including faculty, research administrators, and the 1200+ office staff through blended learning, eLearning through our learning management system and in-person classroom instruction. We develop and deliver custom training solutions in consultation with stakeholders, subject matter experts, and managers that address the unique needs of the learners and organization. Under my position here, we implemented the ISO-9001 quality management system for Operations.

Lead projects and supervise staff for the Training team. Oversaw development, implementation, launch, and administration of enterprise-wide LMS (Opigno).System administration and content management for all eLearning courses in LMS.Supervised instructional designers to develop multimedia and eLearning. Authored, developed, and delivered instructor-led and eLearning for 1200+ staff, including onboarding, software training, train-the-trainer content, grant proposal writing, and research administration training. Responsible for relationship building and outreach to faculty, administrators, and staff subject matter experts throughout university.Invited member of selection committee for university-wide professional development and talent management system (Cornerstone) for all 25,000 university employees. Mentored university staff through Commission for Status of Women's mentoring program.

Lead training for Operations teams. Development and delivery of monthly in-person classroom instruction, and authoring eLearning. Responsible for writing work instructions, job aids, and coaching subject matter experts.

Provide writing, editing, and layout services for print, web, and multimedia publications, including scholarly publications, newsletters, professional websites, blogs, museum exhibitions, editorial style guides, and marketing materials. Expertise in adult learning. Clients included Northern Arizona University Anthropology Lab, Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix Museum of History, and the Lodestar Foundation. For Musical Instrument Museum, as Exhibit Writer, I initiated, wrote, and implemented a style guide to guide the writing of exhibitions. Researched, wrote, and edited all permanent exhibition labels for 75,000 sq. ft. of exhibitions on a tight deadline for museum's grand opening. Responsible for outreach, marketing & securing new clients. Relationship building.Social media management and marketing. Research, writing, editing, and layout / design of documents up to 450 pages in length.Web copy writing and social media management using HTML/CSS, WordPress, and Hootsuite.

Taught undergraduate courses.