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Rivers & Roads Consulting is a regional leader in community, economic, and real estate development consulting. With a keen focus on driving transformative change, our firm collaborates closely with mission-oriented nonprofits, forward-thinking local governments, and ambitious entrepreneurs to architect and execute initiatives that invigorate communities and stimulate sustainable growth.

Help organizations identify and develop plans to fill the skill gaps in their organization and the outcomes they are trying to achieve, including structure, processes, and people. Using Six Sigma methodologies, practices, and tools, as well as multiple change management implementation experiences from large corporate and small start-up environments, the right plans for your organization can be developed and put in place. Particularly focused in educational environments both in K-12 and Higher Education, the best practices of the corporate world can be leveraged in Non-Profit and non-traditional education solutions environments. Clients have included: - Building African American Minds (BAAM)- Easterseals- Gaggle Education- Globaloria Education - Jones Junction- Junior Achievement- Nickle Electrical- Prometric- Salisbury University- Stand Together- University of Delaware - Professional and Continuing Studies.

Newark, De, Us

Silver Spring, Maryland, Us

Lead all Employment Programs focused on helping all members of our community including transitioning Veterans, adults who have experienced life challenges to gainful employment, and adults with disabilities to find that path that enables them to thrive.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Worked with team to develop a K-12 Foundational Education vision to unleash the potential of every child. Led the grant program assessment and awarding process, while managing the educational strategy for the engagement of donors and philanthropic development community. Created a refined strategy in the face of the covid crisis to meet the educational needs of families and students across the country. Led the giving plan that engaged 300+ donors to give to a $40M campaign and exceeded targets for Fall 2020.

West Lafayette, Indiana, Us

Lead all Corporate and Community Partnership development for the Enterprise Learning Solutions group within the Kaplan Strategic Relationships team. Our focus is creating partnerships for organizations to connect their needs in bringing the right talent, developing the skills of those employees that they have, and creating the benefits for their best employees to keep them growing and developing professionally and personally.

Adelphi, Maryland, Us

Serve as UMUC's executive leader for all Corporate and Community Partnerships. Lead a 50+ person team focused on Corporate Learning Solutions, the National Leadership Institute, Community College Partnerships, and Regional Academic Centers to drive partnerships to help organizations grow by developing and providing talent. University of Maryland University College is the country's largest public university with approximately 95,000 students, is a leader in online education, and has a rich history of providing education to our active duty military and veterans worldwide.

Wakefield, Massachusetts, Us

Executive Lead for all Strategic Planning, Business and Partnership Development, and Government Relations.For more than a decade, Educate Online has built gateway skills for Career and College Readiness through personalized, live online instruction in reading, math and writing for K-20 students. Learners connect and interact with an Educate Online faculty member through our online learning environment. Our instructors are U.S.-based educators with state-certifications and/or advanced degrees committed to helping build academic achievement and maximizing student outcomes. Educate Online’s mastery-based approach produces significant academic gains: on average, students experience more than a 1.0 grade-level improvement in just 22 hours of one-on-one instruction. Our faculty members are passionate pioneers helping us shape the future of education through our unique learning model. To date, over two million sessions have been delivered to students in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. Educate Online’s main offices are located in Danvers, MA and Baltimore, MD.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Us

Created and led the Strategic Planning, Marketing, and Business Development Divisions with operating model and cross-functional teams. Managed P&L budgetary oversight and metrics reporting for the Division, including all business development efforts in the United States and United Kingdom.o Exceeded annual sales targets.o Reduced annual expenses. Directly sold partnerships to multiple state-level agencies and Large School Districts and Networks, while leading national sales team. Successful reorganization and re-branding of the company from Edison Charter Schools to complete school improvement organization with multiple solution offerings.

Purchase, New York, Us

Lead all P&L development and management, operations, warehouse, and distribution functions for multi-warehouse division.Managed and led the development of General Managers, sales, and service leaders in Eastern Region with 25 facilities generating over $93M in annual revenues. Analyzed, aligned and led the transition of four newly acquired businesses; including assessing the leadership personnel, developing training and developmental plans, and executing coordinated implementation of standard processes of excellence.Completed Six Sigma Black Belt training and developed 4 process excellence projects, which led directly to significant reduction in delivery and overall costs.

Customer Business Executive (10/01 – 12/02)Promoted to key account position responsible for Safeway’s Eastern Division. Planned and sold all key customer promotions as a member of National Customer Business team. Led a category management program and managed an analyst who provided marketing analysis, space management, and category development support for all Safeway Corporate initiatives. Achieved category market share of 63 with a .8 share point swing in 2002.

District Sales Manager (5/97 - 10/01)• Led multiple sales teams of 13-18 representatives in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. market; promoted 6 members from those teams. Delivered sales targets in excess of $30 million annually. Achieved consecutive annual national top 5 sales results. • Named 1998 Nabisco District Manager of the Year and selected to lead the development of a national training and leadership series.Sales Representative, Regional Marketing Planning Analyst & Manager (5/89 - 5/97) • Developed marketing and sales data analysis process to identify trends and present executable sales promotions and programs to drive customer growth. • Managed trade and promotional funding for the region in addition to aligning programs with corporate trade and category management initiatives.• Analyzed market trend data through IRI, Nielsen, and Spectra data tools and ran category management programs for product promotions and strategies.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Secondary Education And Teaching

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Educational Leadership And Administration