Bridget Hughes Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, California, United States

SF/Bay Area

Provide organizational development and management consulting services to non-profit organizations, including change management, evaluation, research, capacity building, training and justice/equity/diversity/inclusion work. Contracted with Rosie the Riveter Trust, the non-profit partner of the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park..

Oakland, California, United States

• Oversaw all Admin, IT, Finance, and HR providing statewide support to 70+ staff in HQ and 8 satellite offices. Directed Education and Organizational Development with staff, as well as with 200+ member leaders and.
• Commanded logistical support for 9 statewide strikes, 20+ strike-lines, and thousands of members over the course of a 2-year contract campaign.
• Established and promoted the Local's response to Covid-19 pandemic.
• Interfaced with Board Education Committee and Field Team to deliver member leader education and an annual conference for 200+ people.
• Led the Local on diversity, equity and inclusion work serving as management representative on Joint Equity and Inclusion Labor/Management committee and interfaced with DEI consultants.
• Conducted acquisition, renovation and move of new HQ for 25+ staff interfacing with real estate agents, architects, contractors and project manager over the course of 3 years.

Georgetown, Guyana

• Part of three-person management team, responsible for providing leadership and direction to overseas Peace Corps Post. Manage and coach a team of local hires to promote professional development and enhance overall.
• Lead Programming & Training Unit and all post staff through on-going Coaching for Integrated Volunteer Support training and staff development.
• Manage cross-unit strategy to promote staff and Volunteer engagement through Regional Town Hall meetings.
• Direct cross unit undertaking to develop and produce Post’s Annual Report.
• Write concept papers and develop proposals, timelines and budgets for expansion of programs.
• Lead team through analysis and assessment of introducing new Environmental Sector

Pretoria Area, South Africa

• Provided decisive leadership and direction to Post and Sub-Regional Hub during critical transition, serving as Country Director and Director of Programming & Training for extended period of time. Ensured health and.
• Guided Post through substantial staff and programmatic changes with challenges to overall staff morale while Post operated at a 75% capacity effecting Admin, P&T, and Medical units.
• Addressed significant and serious HR/Personnel issues.
• Successfully advocated Region and Headquarters support to Post during transition.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

• Provided leadership and direction to Post with average of 150 PCVs in complex operational environment. Supervised and coached a team of 16 local hires building capacity and providing ongoing support and professional.
• Part of new management team that turned post around from under-performing to trending in positive direction in the areas of programming, training, and PCV support in less than 2 years.
• Co-led sub-regional conference on Facing Racism in Peace Corps.
• Led Post’s contributions to developing and piloting technical training packages in both Education/TESOL training, as well as HIV Combination Prevention, Community Care of OVCs, and Treatment, Care & Support.
• Restructured Programming and Training Unit to enhance functionality and performance; including review and development of SOWs, re-competing positions and creating new organizational structure.
• Led team in project re-designs and project framework development within the PC’s Focus In/Train Up initiative and enhanced overall staff understanding of MRE within respective projects.

Berkeley, CA

• Provided management, training and evaluation services to corporations and non-profit organizations. Analyzed and provided technical trouble-shooting on programmatic and organizational challenges. Provided leadership.
• Contracted with AIDS United to provide technical assistance to Levi Strauss & Company’s (LS&Co) National AIDS in the Workforce program. Provided input on training curricula for national distribution centers, corporate.
• Contracted with Tri-City Health Center to provide HIV101 training to Sexual & Reproductive Health personnel to encourage integration of HIV awareness and testing within youth, women’s and transgender clinics. Developed.

Oakland, California, United States

Design, manage and support organizational outreach and HIV prevention education for a community-based, women’s HIV/AIDS service organization. Supervise Community Outreach Coordinator and oversee organizational promotion, including community education, awareness campaigns, and public speaking to address strategic messaging. Ensure implementation of speakers.

Oakland, California, United States

Oversaw model program to improve health outcomes for hard-to-reach HIV positive women through enhanced access to, and utilization of, primary care. Trained and supervised Client Navigators. Oversaw federal grant specifications. Liaised with multiple subcontractors, including two hospital based medical clinics, to ensure positive relations and quality care.

Promoted sustainable aquaculture/agricultural integration practices of RAP technical package to farmers in rural Zambia. Designed and implemented a yearlong village-based training of farmer-extensionists. Enhanced local capacities, and provided technical transfer in leadership, education, food security and nutrition, farm systems integration, gender and.

Facilitated technical transfer of skills and knowledge to a group of 27 trainees, and mentored five trainees to ensure competency in all areas of training, as well as to support their adjustment to life and work as volunteers. ➢ Revised and updated RAP technical training manual.➢ Provided leadership in development of curricula and training in areas of.

San Francisco Bay Area

Taught 4 interactive class sessions of Introduction to Anthropology course for undergraduate students during the summer and fall quarters. Developed curricula, course outline, syllabus and pedagogy for a field-based Master’s level course entitled Symbolism and Cultural Anthropology. Course explored the role of the artist in (re)creating culture and the.

Coordinated a collaborative school-community garden created to foster neighborhood revitalization, school-community alliances, ecological education, and environmental justice. Designed outdoor education and eco-literacy curricula and taught pre-K through fifth grade students. Enhanced teacher capacity to incorporate gardening and outdoor education into.

Directed sales and production of national corporate, government and university seminars and trainings based on the film, "The Color of Fear." Maintained 100+ client portfolios. Organized calendars and schedules for ten facilitators. Facilitated transition of client tracking from manual to computerized database system.

San Francisco, CA

Office manager, recruiter and support staff to students and faculty of a socially responsible masters in business program. Managed student and adjust faculty recruitment. Participated in marketing and program outreach. Acted as advocate for students while liaising with other college departments. Managed program office including maintaining student and.

Quito, Ecuador

Assisted with developing and mobilizing international resources to fund indigenous rights advocacy and environmental justice for a national indigenous organization. Translated pamphlets, brochures, and grants. Researched and developed grant materials and resources for international funding applications for a nation-wide participatory-based film project.

Charter administrator for newly incorporated self-help organization founded by and for people with mentally disability and without homes/shelter. Conducted all fiscal procurement from corporations, foundations, and individual donors. Managed contract compliance for state and federal grants. Supervised financial management. Developed personnel, management.

Icf Coaching Certificate, Healing Centered Coaching

Organizational Development And Transformation

Ma, Anthropology

Bs, Psychology