• Strategic EDI advisor and thought partner for leaders in higher education, legal services, and non-profit organizations. Advise non-profit boards on the principles of inclusive board oversight and equity-based governance. Provide board EDI training, and inclusive culture assessments. • Executive coach specializing in advising c-suite leaders and senior executives in the non-profit and academic sectors to boost individual performance, heighten self-awareness, and strengthen leadership efficacy. Provide executive team coaching to push past barriers, increase collaboration and generate results, particularly in times of change.

•Work as a strategic partner with the President and Director-Counsel and the Associate Director-Counsel to ensure that LDF’s internal operations, practices and procedures support the LDF in achieving its legal and educational mission, and in executing its strategic goals.•Institute programs that reward excellence and motivate the LDF team to advance the mission of LDF to fight for racial justice and structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans.•Ensure that all LDF programs and systems are in alignment, that efficiencies are optimized, and that communications among various parts of the organization are enhanced to provide clarity and cohesion.

• Cabinet member and senior advisor to the President. Provide thought partnership on matters that are critical and central to the success of the College. Serve as chief strategist, consultant, and implementer of projects as prioritized by the President. • Oversee various institution-wide initiatives that require cross-divisional collaboration and do not fall within the purview of existing executive leadership or departmental structures. • Define success and programmatic outcomes for various initiatives. When necessary, lead and direct the work of others.• Work behind the scenes to solve problems, mediate disputes, and address issues before they are brought to the President. Routinely address high stakes concerns with significant financial and reputational implications for the College.• Position requires excellent organizational and people skills, expertise across many areas of higher education administration, and mastery of a broad range of conflict competencies.Projects include but are not limited to the following: -Enrollment Management. Developed, implemented, and marketed CityEdge, a college-to-career Initiative designed to address lagging enrollment of liberal arts students and improve yield from admit to deposit. CityEdge led to a significant increase in deposits for the College’s Spring 2017 yield and has become a signature program of MMC. -Board Governance. Research and advise President on matters relating to board governance. Update and revise bylaws, prepare meeting minutes, draft subcommittee charters to guide the work of board members. -Strategic Plan. Responsible for co-leading the implementation of the College-wide strategic plan. Established working groups, set priorities, and designed systems to track progress against goals. -Digital Accessibility. Leading the College's efforts to develop and implement an Electronic Information Technology(EIT) plan.

• Responsible for developing a system-wide approach to enhancing the College’s educational mission through diversity and inclusion. • Established the College’s first President’s Advisory Committee for Inclusivity. Recruited faculty, staff, and student committee members. Set agenda and priorities based on climate survey data collected in the spring of 2016, the first year of the Inclusivity Committee.• Implement and monitor programs, design processes, and advocate for policies that promote and sustain diversity and inclusion efforts. Projects include mandatory implicit bias training for all faculty hiring committees; collection of race and ethnicity data for current faculty and staff to establish baseline demographics and inform institutional goal setting; creation of onboarding materials for new staff hires with information about diversity resources on campus.• Charged with developing a digital accessibility plan to bring the institution into compliance with federal and state law standards. • Responsible for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of College-wide initiatives that advance diversity and inclusion based on survey data, success metrics, and learning outcomes.

• Responsible for developing sexual misconduct policy, process, and tracking systems for the College. Charged with leading efforts aimed at the prevention of sexual violence and other forms of sex and/or gender-based discrimination. • Serve as a resource for students, faculty, and staff regarding the rights, responsibilities, policies, and procedures under Title IX.• Provide oversight of ongoing training and educational programming for faculty, staff, and students to ensure compliance and effectiveness. • Develop, implement, and coordinate strategic efforts for prevention of sexual violence and harassment. Ensure a prompt, effective, and equitable process to resolve complaints.• Oversee timely, thorough, and impartial investigations. Organize and maintain grievance files, investigation and disposition reports, and other relevant documents.

• Responsible for overseeing Residence Life, Campus Ministry and Student Development and Activities. Led in the design and implementation of the College’s education, social, student development and community engagement programs with particular emphasis on diversity and inclusivity.• Charged with leading the College’s on-campus student living program, including supervision of traditional undergraduate housing programs and inclusive housing initiatives. • Provided strategic and operational oversight in the opening of a newly constructed, off-campus residence hall located in the East Village of Manhattan. Addressed post-construction challenges, managed relationship between Residence Life staff and Facilities personnel in the establishment of new systems and policies. • Worked directly with the College’s business office on matters pertaining to facilities, operations, and auxiliary services with particular emphasis on meeting financial targets based on resident hall occupancy. • Promoted to Assistant Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Chief Diversity Officer, and Title IX Coordinator after 1 year in this position.

• Led programs and initiatives designed to cultivate and promote the intellectual, cultural, and professional development of law students. • Helped establish the strategic vision for institutional diversity and inclusion at a time when minority enrollment dropped by 42% due to anti-affirmative action constitutional amendment. • Implemented innovative social justice leadership programming that led to increased levels of engagement and activism on campus.• Led in the development of accountability measures by which to assess how faculty approach issues of race and identity in classroom discussions. • Coordinated professional development resources for faculty seeking feedback and support for handling controversial and sensitive topics that involve issues of social identity. • Directed the Law School’s student disciplinary procedures with the primary objective of teaching accountability and helping students understand the high ethical standards required in the legal profession.

• Responsible for developing educational programming, workshops and information to assist students and alumni seeking employment opportunities.• Maintained high volume individual counseling practice for alumni and students interested in the private, nonprofit and government law sectors. • Developed and presented career development seminars, mock interviews; produced a variety of student educational materials for print and web on job search strategies. • Designed programs and identified resources to support minority students. Specific projects include increasing the number of minority clerkship applicants; creating a forum for students of color to evaluate law firm diversity initiatives; and preparing students to address uncomfortable or illegal interview questions related to race, gender, ethnicity or religious beliefs.

*The mission of the Urban Alliance Foundation is to prepare disadvantaged high school students for the world of work and college through professional development training, internships and mentoring relationships. • Set the strategic vision and established a framework for engaging private sector employers to invest in underprivileged youth serving mission. • Hired as the first full-time executive director, designed internal infrastructure to handle payroll, finances, and maintain organizational data. Doubled staff size. Recruited and trained over 150 volunteers. Created a strong foundation for future expansion.• Implemented strategies to achieve short and long-term growth as it relates to program expansion, partnership development and fundraising. Managed an annual budget of $800,000, which included $150,000 in in-kind contributions from corporate partners. Doubled corporate sponsorships, increased organizational budget by 50%. • Developed long-term partnerships with private sector employers that essentially funded 50% of the salaries for students. Recruited employment opportunities in the non-profit, government and private sector to host student interns. • Created an orientation and training program for mentors to help navigate the significant cultural, socioeconomic and age differences with youth participants. Created soft skills assessment tools to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of the student training curricula.

• Primary areas of practice included tenant rights, housing law, family law, and public benefits. Managed a caseload of 60+ clients and provided regular advice and counsel to “walk-ins.” Position required strong client management skills and sensitivity to the needs of the elderly, mentally and physically disabled, homeless and non-English speaking persons.