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Davenport, Iowa , Us

Davenport, Iowa , Us

Davenport, Iowa , Us

• Chief student affairs officer.• Manage $2 million operational budget and overall responsibility for multimillion-dollar residential facilities, including 9 residence halls and numerous off-campus houses.• Directly supervised 7 professional staff members and managed four functional areas. • Supervises Director of Counseling Center, Manager of Residence Life, Assistant Dean & Director of Security, Assistant Dean & Director of Student Activities, Director of Student Health, Director of Career Services, International Student Advisor.• Co-advisor to Student Government Association.• Supervises campus discipline procedures.• Manages all student life policies and implements changes if necessary.• Chairs the Drug and Alcohol Task Force.

Claremont, California, Ca, Us

• Promoted to Dean of Campus Life, a senior member of the Division of Student Affairs Management Team. • Managed over $2 million operational budget and overall responsibility for multimillion-dollar residential facilities, including 15 residence halls and three auxiliary retail and restaurants. • Directly supervised five professional staff members and managed four functional areas. • Supervised Housing & Residence Life, the Outdoor Education Center and Orientation Adventure, and provided oversight of Smith Campus Center and related programmatic areas (Student Government, student organization support and development, FM radio station, KSPC, and student newspaper, The Student Life). • Oversaw the Pomona Student Handbook and, as a member of the Student Affairs Committee, participated in ongoing policy review and refinement. • Collaborated with the Office of Parent Engagement & Giving and Public Programming & College Events to plan and implement multi-lingual Family Weekend annual program. Served as a Senior Administrator On-Call.

Claremont, California, Ca, Us

• A senior member of the Division of Student Affairs Management Team, with supervision of the Smith Campus Center and its related components, including the Outdoor Education Center and Orientation Adventure, the college FM radio station, the campus newspaper, a 2,500-seat performing arts center, Bridges Auditorium. • Co-advised student government (the Associated Students of Pomona College), oversaw consortium-wide student organization development and support, the student programming board, Pomona Events Committee (PEC), the Smith Campus Center audio-visual support services, the Sagehen Café, the Coop Store, the Coop Fountain, a student-operated restaurant. • Supervised, coached, mentored, and appraised seven professional staff members.

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

• Promoted to expanded role, commensurate with additional staff and new direction due to endowment of office.• Reported to the Chief Student Affairs Officer and provided the overall direction of the Gates Center for Leadership and Personal Growth, directing a full range of student services relating to curricular and co-curricular student success, including New Student Orientation, Gates Leadership Program, and numerous academic, career, and personal growth programs, managing $277,000 annual budget • Conducted annual evaluation of Gates Center student learning outcomes, including reporting on tracking of student community engagement trends, which guided annual program planning and resource allocation • Supervised, trained, mentored, and appraised three full-time, professional staff and part-time, undergraduate student staff in areas related to campus-wide, community building mission of the Gates Center• Chaired campus-wide, Disruptive Behavior Assessment Team, which included staff from Counseling, Residence Life, and Public Safety, coordinating emergency intervention and provide campus-wide emergency support and responded to crises• Served on campus-wide, Early Action Student Support Team, (EASST), responding with individualized academic, personal, non-emergency support for referred students • Planned, implemented, and assessed all New Student Orientation Programs for fall and spring semesters, including training, supervision, and evaluation of 32 Orientation Leaders• Advised Student Government and Student Government Executive Board, including allocation of $300,000 student activity fee budget• Elected to serve on College Council, the advisory board to the President, which provides recommendations on College governance and prepares the College’s operating budget• Created and coordinated “Gates Leadership Scholars,” a collaborative program with the office of Financial Aid, holding strongest success/retention rate of all merit-based scholarship programs

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

• Promoted to expanded role, commensurate with construction of new student center. • Facilitated department transformation from a “campus activities” model to a comprehensive, leadership and personal development center, maximizing best practices, campus collaborations, and external, donor-based resources and partnerships • Served on development team overseeing the design and construction process of new Mohr Student Center • Designed and implemented campus-wide policies and procedures for Mohr Student Center, including recruiting, hiring, training, and supervising student employees and Security staff • Created campus-specific rubric for annual student organization assessment process, which resulted in eliminating ineffective and unstable student organizations and fortifying already durable organizations by establishing a goals-oriented, culture of assessment • Co-created and coordinated collaborative, community-based, “Peer Mentor” program in partnership with the youth services agency for the City of Lake Forest • Advised student programming board, “e.Team,” guiding campus-wide social programming and overseeing budget of $140,000

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

• Created, implemented, and assessed advising support and leadership curriculum for student organizations through the “Student Organization Advising Program”• Effectively-recreated Orientation program for new and transfer students, specifically assessing and tailoring experience to the College and successfully advocating for an additional day of programming, based on data-driven, developmental program plan • Successfully advocated for three additional full-time staff members in the Gates Center through benchmarking and demonstrated track record of supporting student success • Established and maintain key community partnerships with off-campus stakeholders, including area high schools, alcohol service outlets, donors, and city government • Fortified student organization risk management procedures by rewriting College policy for on and off-campus events• Successfully reformed volatile Greek Life community by leading transformation from primarily local Greek-letter organizations to 100% nationally-affiliated, leadership-focused organizations, through development and implementation of annual “Greek-Life Review”

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Master'S Degree, Counseling Psychology

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature/Letters