Carolyn Chen Email & Phone Number

I am deeply committed to public education and working to provide a quality education and meaningful learning for every child. My career has focused on relationships, growth, and impact. For the past 20 years, I have helped organizations start up and scale up, develop and enact strategic plans, attract and develop talent, build strong and cohesive teams, cultivate pipelines and partnerships, and advance operational excellence and long-term sustainability. My work has involved:- understanding, shaping, evolving, and telling a compelling story about an organization's purpose and identity, including and especially during start-up, expansion, and/or transition;- understanding needs and priorities for school improvement and designing customized scopes of work that achieve a shared vision for success; - designing and implementing outreach and staffing plans and selection criteria/processes by which to bring on board a strong team with the capacity to collectively carry out an ambitious mission/vision; - hiring, facilitating, and developing strong and effective teams, both departmentally and cross-functionally- developing and deepening strategic partnerships- leading the development and execution of strategic planning- leading marketing, admissions, outreach, and business development- strengthening organizational culture- advancing operational excellence and long-term sustainability

Listed skills include Community Outreach, Grant Writing, Event Planning, Staff Development, and 46 others.

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  University Of Virginia

  English/Music