Casey Thomas, Mph, Ma Email & Phone Number

Denver Metropolitan Area

As the Manager of Community Investments and a member of the Community Engagement team, I coordinate the Colorado Access Community Giving Program, partnering with community-based organizations, providers, and other partners to support important work advancing the health of community members.

Denver, Co

• Spearheaded development and implementation of strategy for growth of Colorado program, increasing budget from $180,000 to $800,000 in four years, increasing youth reach four-fold• Led the strategic expansion of programming to new regions, from analysis and community consultation to operational systems building to program and resource development, culminating in 3 highly successful new programs serving hundreds of refugee and immigrant youth• Managed and coached diverse team of 10 staff members, supporting their professional development and leveraging the team’s diverse talents towards SWB’s mission• Collaborated through authentic partnerships with organizations and stakeholders in the community to ensure program design was community-driven and responsive to youth needs• Developed family mentor program to address additional social determinants of health for our participants and provide community support and connection for multi-generational households

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Devised multi-year evaluation strategic plan to advance the organization’s knowledge base and ability to leverage evidence for growth and development, demonstrate ROI of positive youth development program, and continuously improve practice for increasing impact• Spearheaded the design and execution of organizational monitoring and evaluation frameworks, increasing the organization’s impact evaluation capacity at national and international level• Executed the transition to a new monitoring and evaluation platform, including system design to increase the organization’s capacity to collect, analyze, and use data for decision-making• Coached and trained three staff new to monitoring and evaluation work

• Selected to join the third cohort of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, working to improve health in the United States and address the social determinants that result in inequity• Focused research on youth resilience, adolescent health and well-being, and integrated interventions to address the social determinants of health• Designed and led qualitative study engaging 52 stakeholders representing seven program locations to inform organizational theory of change and program impact from the perspective of community members, ensuring youth and community voice informed organizational evaluation

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Drove growth and evolution of newcomer youth-serving organization, committed to ensuring alignment of systems, policies, strategies and business functions needed to deliver on mission• Convened cross-functional leaders on monthly basis to advance organizational systems, responsible for project prioritization and resource allocation across integrated project teams• Engaged in peer-to-peer leadership and collective strategic development to enhance impact• Designed human resource systems and tools to standardize hiring practices across SWB locations and ensure quality staffing of programs and high staff retention rates• Created performance evaluation tool used across SWB locations with an eye toward professional growth, capacity building, and maximizing employee strengths• Developed more efficient and effective financial management and budgeting tools to improve business operations and annual financial planning across all SWB locations

Baltimore, Md

• Managed mission-driven team of five young professionals, promoting professional development and learning while leveraging their strengths to implement wrap-around support programming for refugee and immigrant youth and their families• Built pathways for youth voice and agency, including daily reflection circles, seasonal participatory planning sessions, youth leadership council, and a youth employment pipeline• Led an initiative to bring youth voices to City Council, resulting in SWB participants speaking at multiple City Council meetings to advocate for youth services and funding• Innovated dynamic cultural fair to center and celebrate the cultural diversity of our participating community, creating space for youth voice and creativity in sharing their cultural heritage

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Led the redesign of professional learning platform, liaising between product developers, end users, and district leadership to enhance teacher performance to address the opportunity gap• Analyzed data trends and produced reports to inform district leadership on patterns• Coordinated ongoing system-wide professional development for over 6,000 employees including designing improved systems for registration, communication, and logistics management• Managed the professional learning system connected with compensation benchmarking, liaising with the Teacher’s Union to implement a landmark teacher contract

• Spearheaded the creation of an innovative Saturday learning program serving more than 5,750 students across more than 80 schools designed to address the racial and socioeconomic opportunity gap in an urban school district serving students furthest from educational equity • Planned and oversaw implementation of multi-component summer learning for 1,500 students designed to mitigate summer learning loss and address additional social determinants of health in a predominantly low-income urban school district• Interviewed, hired, and supervised 24 program leaders directly, 80 staff members indirectly• Managed multi-million-dollar program budgets, made purchasing decisions, tracked spending and oversaw financial management of 12 site-level budgets

Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia

• Mentored local A Ganar Program Coordinator in program management and implementation• Trained new A Ganar staff in program methodology and vision• Led short-term, medium-term, long-term, strategic planning• Interviewed and hired 3 program facilitators • Translated all program documents from English to Spanish• Conducted community outreach, including planning and recruitment of mentors and strategic alliance members (6 mentors recruited, 50% of required mentors for program)• Led youth recruitment, interviews, and selection for program (120 youth applied, 68 youth selected)• Led monitoring and evaluation efforts, including baseline survey administration and analysis• Represented the organization and the program at the Fifth Annual Latin American Regional Conference of the International Association of Volunteer Efforts in Bogotá, Colombia

• Observed and analyzed differences in implementation of A Ganar program in multiple locations throughout Colombia (Ibagué, Barranquilla, Cali)• Designed and implemented participatory service learning component of A Ganar program, including an evaluation of the impact on youth participant empowerment

• Supported team of international consultants in everyday relocation support, including but not limited to process mapping, maintaining data system, and processing reimbursement requests.

• Built vocational training center at a home for young mothers to support the development of life skills and income generation• Taught 150 rural Andean children basic hygiene to improve sanitation standards and enhance health in 3 Andean villages• Replanted 400 native trees in the Sacred Valley to counteract deforestation due to invasive plant growth

• Supported team of international consultants in everyday relocation support, including but not limited to maintaining data system and processing reimbursement requests.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Risks To Adolescent Health

Activities and Societies: Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health - Alpha ChapterConcentration: Risks to Adolescent Health, Mental.

Ma, Sustainable International Development

Activities and Societies: Planning Committee - Washington DC trip, Brandeis University African Forum, Student Community Building.

Ba, Anthropology, International Affairs

Activities and Societies: Peace and Justice League; Committee on Rights and Justice (CORAJ), NHAwards and Achievements: Summa Cum Laude.

International Development

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