Brieanna Wright Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Berkeley, California, United States

• I work collaboratively within the Workforce Development and Education (WD&E) to coordinate research internship programs that support our next generation of scientists to develop research skills and begin their careers.
• Planning content and managing logistics for events, such as: orientations and culminating poster sessions involving up to 100 participants.
• Leading weekly internship meetings, including guest speaker selection, prep, and facilitation each term
• Monitoring the status and progress of interns towards required assignments and deliverables
• Providing qualitative and quantitative analysis of data collected from past and present program participants
• Developing partnership with a third party virtual presentation platform and enhanced intern, staff, and guest utilization of this platform to improve virtual presentations during culminating poster session

UC Berkeley

• Managed day to day operations of an equity and inclusion focused program with 12,000 eligible first generation, low-income, underrepresented participants with a commitment to high level customer service
• Managed 6 professional employees providing consultation, strategic planning, and resource referrals to approximately 4,000 participants annually to resolve specific day to day and ongoing needs
• Oversaw front office administrative operations and managed 4 admin student employees and 20+ interns
• Led programmatic transition to virtual service delivery during COVID-19 shelter-in-place by creating new processes, identifying relevant technology platforms, and incorporating provider and participant feedback
• Hiring manager and lead for unit interviewing, onboarding, and training/learning experience processes for multiple employees simultaneously
• Developed and delivered EOP’s incoming participant assessment to 3,000 students via the Qualtrics platform with a 90% response rate; utilized data to provide proactive tailored services

Berkeley, CA

• Coordinated the delivery of consulting and strategic planning services by 7 employees to 350+ participants during a six-week residential and academic intensive summer program
• Daily assessment of participant needs to provide tailored dignity affirming and solution-oriented services for participants from various intersecting identities, including underrepresented, LGBTQI, student-parents.
• Represented 17 programs within our larger organization during the instructional design of the university’s onboarding experience and provided perspective and advocacy on the experience of diverse populations
• Led a collaborative process of rethinking, designing, and implementing a new summer services model to expand accessibility of EOP services to incoming and continuing participants
• Obtained $20k in grant funding for graduate school preparation services; in alignment with our goal to support and develop participants in their transitions into, during, and beyond our program
• Hired, developed talent learning experience, and managed Masters in Counseling graduate student interns; 66% became full-time employees in our organization after completing their advanced degrees.

UC Berkeley

• Provided daily consultation, strategic planning, and problem resolution for 260 low-income, first generation, participants of color with a variety of needs (academic, personal, financial, wellness, social, and.
• Led process improvement for communication between departments to increase efficiency in problem resolution
• Used strengths-based, person-centered, and solution-focused approaches in participant development plans
• Managed student employee program – recruited, hired, created talent development experience, facilitated community building, and managed daily operations and project management for 16 student employees
• Created community building and skill development opportunities for participants with various constituents
• Cross-departmental liaison to provide housing and financial resources to participants

UC Berkeley

• Managed 6 professional employees in a cross-functional team that provided strategic planning, funding, and community for first-generation and low-income participants
• Provided talent development through biweekly meeting and training facilitation with a strong focus on community building and professional development planning
• Analyzed and improved practices for donor cultivation with organization’s philanthropy leads
• Developed best practices recommendations for working with first generation, low-income, underrepresented communities to the larger organization
• Communicated with a wide range of constituents: participants, community members, volunteers, employees, donors, and organizational leadership

UC Berkeley

• Support 18 incoming EOP students in their academic, personal, social, and professional transitions throughout their time in Summer Bridge and their first year at UCB.
• Presented a three-part series on applying to graduate school for underrepresented, low-income, first-generation, non-traditional students

UC Berkeley

• Assess the needs of many of IAP’s 250 enrolled scholars and provided counseling and advising on an array of situations regarding academics, personal, financial, housing, professional development and more
• Support a caseload of 34 IAP scholars throughout their 1st year through individual assessment, counseling, and advising on their academic, financial, social, and personal transition/navigation of UCB
• Maintain a caseload of 17 IAP scholars on program probation for the academic year with the focus of addressing areas that will assist them in performing out of their probation status
• Provide guidance and support in fulfilling IAP requirements

UC Berkeley

• Teaching assistant in mandatory IAP freshman seminar for 30 scholars
• IAP's Big Brother/Big Sister Mentorship Program Coordinator and mentor
• Multicultural Dinner Activities Committee Coordinator
• Presenter on outreach and admissions information/guidelines to approximately 80 IAP scholars in 2 years
• A member of the Leadership Team selection committee
• Assist with facilitating the student component of the Overnight Host Program

San Mateo, CA

• Billing, administrative, and fitness team assistant
• Summer and Winter break part-time role

Redwood City, CA

• Utilized strong interpersonal and communication skills by assisting approximately 100-200 customers daily with transactions and issues
• Developed strong financial management skills
• Received numerous trainings on customer service, privacy policies, and legal obligations

Master’S Degree, Counseling, Specializing In College

Activities and Societies: Awarded the Virginia Lee Block Scholarship: SFSU Master’s in Counseling students nominated by the faculty for.

Bachelor’S Degree, Social Welfare; Minor: Ethnic Studies

Educational Opportunity Program 2009-2011 Black Recruitment and Retention Center, Intern August 2008 - May 2009 • Outreached to Northern.