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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Piloting innovative strategic recruitment initiatives that align with City Year's education-equity focused goals to empower both our young adult AmeriCorps leaders and the 3rd-9th grade students they serve. With expertise in optimizing recruitment processes in order to enhance candidate experience, I focus on equipping our localized recruiters to source diverse and inclusive teams. By analyzing recruitment data and collaborating with leadership, I drive impactful talent acquisition strategies that support our mission and foster a culture of excellence.

Greenwood Village, Co

Led a team of 15+ individuals to efficiently process 10,000 product units daily. Facilitating equitable access to outdoor recreation by equipping customers of every background and skill level with exceptional knowledge and tools. Identifying solutions to a wide array of customer needs with professionalism, accuracy, and timeliness.

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Facilitated voting processes enabling all voters to safely and confidentially cast their ballot in an empowering, politically-neutral environment during a highly contentious election season.

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Went door-to-door in local communities conducting interviews in order to collect demographic data relevant to U.S. population. Maintained extreme sensitivity to security of personally identifiable information, as well as accuracy of data collected. Formed quick rapport with clients to explain the purpose of the Census and secure their buy-in to provide necessary data.

Wahiawa, Hawaii

Maintained facilities and acted as programmatic generalist to create safe and welcoming environments in multi-pronged non-profit organization weekly serving 300+ families and children experiencing educational deficits, food scarcity, and homelessness, as well as 75+ full-time, live-in volunteers. Simultaneously served as barista for non-profit’s social entrepreneurial arm, Surfer’s Coffee, and assisted manager to create new staffing supports, including creation of staff trainings and team morale builders.

Chicago, Illinois

Led team of 6 to plan and execute high-energy, inspirational initiatives to engage key stakeholders and simultaneously provide $250,000+ worth of volunteer service to neighborhood Chicago Public Schools, directly benefiting over 7,000 children in their classrooms. Successfully balanced $60K annual budget, engaged 1,500+ unique volunteers, secured stakeholder satisfaction Net Promoter Score of 75.

Greater Chicago Area

Advanced achievement of organizational goals of non-profit with $10 million annual operating budget by facilitating collaboration across Development, Evaluation, External Relations, Human Resources, Operations, and Program departments. Increased capacity and output of Executive Director and Senior Leadership Team through execution of strategic initiatives and administrative tasks in stewardship of $10M operating budget, 44+ staff members, and 230 full-time volunteers. Championed inter-industry relationships as liaison to 20+ Board of Directors members.

Boston, Massachusetts

Onboarding Experience Director: Innovated and piloted differentiated programming for 200+ first time attendees of annual network-wide conference. Post-conference analysis showed marked increases in organizational knowledge and buy-in for Onboarding Experience participants.Hospitality Manager: Oversaw operational functions related to housing, travel, meals, hospitality, and special accommodations for over 1,300 participants and conference team of over 35. Managed team of three to drive participant experience through excellent customer service.

Chicago, Illinois

Envisioned and executed service projects for over 3,000 community and corporate volunteers as peer-leader of 6 person team. Resulted in 14,000+ volunteer hours and $410,000 worth of donated service to Chicago Public School students. Created intentional volunteer engagement curriculum for physical service events to increase volunteer empathy and understanding. Resulted in improved brand perception, enhanced service event evaluations, and permanent curriculum adoption.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Executed event logistics and operations, and facilitated dialogue for over 15 community meetings of 20 to 250 participants each. Provided administrative support to Center Director, including regular communication with 40+ associates. Generated professional print and visual program materials for conversation participants. Presented actionable next-steps for partners based upon analysis of community conversations held alongside historical research.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Applied proven citizenship-building deliberative dialogue techniques to guide small groups of 5-12 community members through contentious conversations related to local, state, and federal issues over the course of 15+ community meetings centered on polarized topics.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication Studies

Activities and Societies: Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honor Society, Mu Sigma Chapter President. Center for Public Deliberation, Senior.

Education record

Study Abroad Student, Fall Semester 2011

Professional Mediation

Embarked upon Graduate-level coursework in pursuit of a Professional Mediation Certification