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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Greater Boston Area

Developed an Applicant Tracking System, and hiring process, while managing a hiring team to identify and select more than 300 qualified teachers in 5 weeks to teach small learning pods in 32 cities across the country. Improved internal communication & collaboration for a Boston based non-profit through conducting root cause analysis and introducing an.

Greater Boston Area

• Created strategic talent function with social justice and racial equity as guiding principles of our work.
• Set strategic foundation for staff development to meet uAspire’s needs with an initial focus on effective management practices through an equity-based lens.
• Redesigned our compensation and performance based raise models to ensure greater equity and transparency.
• Simplified our goal setting process and introduced cascading strategy to reinforce organizational alignment.
• Established norms and expectations for running all hiring processes inclusively and equitably.
• Managed ~$150k non-personnel budget for my department and served as key thought partner for uAspire’s overall budget management.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Elevated equity work to a key organizational priority and furthered the leadership team’s racial identity development, understanding of fundamental white anti-racism concepts, while rebuilding trust between our.
• When I started equity work at uAspire, the leadership team was all white, when I left the organization, 43% of uAspire’s senior leadership was comprised of people of color.
• Created the Vice President of Equity role and clarified key structural questions to ensure that role and the broader work of equity was set up for success.
• Designed efficient revenue planning process that reduced time dedicated to data entry, and enabled earlier revenue projections.
• Developed financial risk projection tools in our salesforce database for strategic planning.
• Key leader and thought partner in the development and roll out of uAspire’s next ambition and strategy.

• Led our leadership team through a process to understand key individual, team, and organizational dynamics to support the future growth of the organization.
• Developed new Theory of Change to inform the next iteration of uAspire’s strategy.
• Defined our pricing model for our training partnership models.
• Built and led a virtual sales team and created sophisticated partnership cultivation tracking systems to ensure we met our ambitious partnership recruitment goals in 7 new markets nationally.
• Personally cultivated $41,848 in earned revenue for the partnership models I oversaw (58% of total revenue secured), and through my management, my team raised $72,194, bringing us to 124% of the goal. This led to the.

• Built organizational infrastructure to launch a new National Training program impacting more than 200,000 youth annually.
• Developed and implemented uAspire’s Topic Training delivery model, training 251 frontline practitioners throughout the country and securing $19,250 in earned revenue in FY14.
• Led the development of an ecommerce site, with full integration with our salesforce database, that provided a seamless user experience for purchasing our training.
• Developed our email marketing system and created an integrated and strategic email marketing plan for our national training program.
• Created and rolled out an Intellectual Property (IP) framework to protect uAspire’s IP while we launched our national training program.

Cambridge, MA

• Strengthened technological infrastructure through the development of an intranet, content management system, google applications system, and Salesforce database and managed organizational shift needed for implementation.
• Improved marketing strategy through effective use of social media tools, building a sophisticated email marketing system, and laying the foundation for a strong brand and communications plan.
• Developed and implemented successful fundraising strategy that raised more than $44,000 in two days through the Boston Foundation’s Giving Common Challenge.
• Managed nationwide search and hiring process for our Executive Director.
• Created systems to streamline budgeting and expense tracking.

Cambridge, MA

• Oversaw the day-to-day operations and facilitated long-term planning for the association.
• Drafted guiding long-term strategic priorities.
• Prepared our $2.8 million budget with Finance Team.
• Supported major programming, training, and resource development for PBHA’s 86 social service programs, 1,500 student volunteers, and 10,000 participants.

Cambridge, MA

• Supervised programming for 12 summer day camps, serving 1,000 low-income youth.
• Coordinated transportation, housing, communications, public relations, and supplies.
• Planned midsummer celebration for over 1,500 people.
• Hired and supervised summer receptionist.

Coordinated the use and upkeep of our 10 vans for all PBHA programs. Developed an online request system for van usage, whichsimplified transportation planning for our program directors. Ensured the effective use of PBHA spaces.

Cambridge, MA

• Supervised programming for 12 summer day camps, serving 1,000 low-income youth.
• Coordinated transportation, housing, communications, public relations, and supplies.
• Planned midsummer celebration for over 1,500 people.
• Hired and supervised summer receptionist.

• Expanded program by 33% to serve 30 low-income youth in kindergarten through 8th grade.
• Managed a team of 8 coordinators and 50 volunteers.
• Maintained community, site, and parent relations.
• Developed and led math, literacy, and extracurricular workshops.

As Day Coordinator I worked directly with tutors, serving as their main point of contact within our program. I would help facilitate best practices, handled logistics on the day I was assigned, and was responsible for behavior management and curriculum development.

Planned and coordinated the volunteer training for 10,000 volunteers. Developed, and oversaw our dispatch center, which was responsible for tracking and coordinating our fleet of 50 SUVs and our team of drivers.

Commerce City, CO

• Secured the passage of a $78 million bond initiative to build a new high school and renovate the districts middle and elementary schools in my community that had not passed a bond issue for more than 40 years.
• Managed relationships with local politicians, and constituent groups throughout the city.
• Raised funds and organized campaign wide events.