Danah Blake Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Supports students through one-on-one advising appointments by hosting resume and cover letter reviews, conducting mock interviews, navigating career exploration, discussing job/internship search strategies, and reviewing offer letters including salary negotiations. • Instructs Executive Skills courses each semester to promote student career development through a structured curriculum. • Career liaison to the Ascend Fellowship & myQuestrom, the Questrom School of Business leading DEI initiatives to support students from diverse backgrounds, to provide tailored professional development advice based on identity and lived experiences. • Oversees international student programming, to aid students in the job search process with a focus on visa sponsorship opportunities. • Member of the Questrom CARE (Committee on Anti-Racism and Equity) Team.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Increased events put on with planning, coordinating, and facilitating three events per month to help BIPOC, LGBTQ+, First Generation, and Low-Income students to leverage lived experiences to propel their careers.• Innovate and implement 4 programs: Graduate School Consulting, Graduate Student Ambassador Program, Ambassador Fellowship, and Space Rental to increase impact and in-person engagement.• Cultivate and foster critical partnerships with academic institutions, employers, and community organizations for recruitment and success opportunities to increase access to advanced degrees, social capital, and financial stability.• Maintain the fiscal operating budget for the Leadership Brainery Clubhouse including rent, utilities, cleaning services, food & beverage, office supplies, marketing materials, account subscriptions, and programming.• Execute the annual Graduate School Summit as the lead over the operational budget, venue, and vendor procurement, as well as curation and facilitation of workshops for 40 workshop attendees and 80 reception guests.

Lynn, Massachusetts, United States

• Develop effective career-related programming with the Director of Postsecondary Match to prepare transitions of high school Seniors toward postsecondary education in career-related 2-year, 4-year, CTE, and Military programs.• Advise cohorts of alumni to support them with further career development including financial aid, networking, navigating their career landscape, socio-emotional support, as well as short and long-term academic and career goals.• Collect and maintain necessary, relevant, and helpful data in the alumni database housed in Salesforce and additional data tracking software for the KIPP Foundation that drives the work in college, career, and beyond.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Represent the University at programs both on and off campus and maintain a high knowledge level of Boston University and the field of college admissions.• Manage a recruitment territory to build and maintain relationships with high school personnel, prospective students, and their families.• Review and evaluate 40 applications per day during peak season for admissions and participate in the selection committee process.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Interim Manager – In a temporary capacity, oversaw program operations for the Leader in Training program including program evaluation, staff supervision, and administrative duties as assigned.• COVID-19 - Virtually facilitate summer programming for 44 teens through Civic Engagement classes and support teen-led conversations surrounding social justice and cultural competencies.• Manage the 10th-grade cohort that consists of 40+ teens ranging in age from fourteen to sixteen years old and provide individual mentorship in the pilot year program.• Design and implement an engaging curriculum specific to the development of a growth mindset with content focused on critical thinking, and exploration of career and post-secondary options through a social justice lens.• Demonstrate habits of professionalism through routine communication via text, email, and phone calls with teens and parents to encourage attendance on weekly community nights and workshops.• Document the experiences and impact of the curriculum by administering surveys mid-year and after monthly workshops.• Support upwards of 120 teens fourteen to eighteen years old in the Leadership in Training Program during the summer months in collaboration with a team to establish expectations and responsibilities of individuals by cohort.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Guide a team of ten diverse young adults through a service year, providing one-on-one coaching in professionalism, communication, lesson planning, and student data analysis.• Facilitate conversation and training that supports corps members in developing a culturally competent frame of mind to better understand the communities they serve.• Observe corps members weekly in small groups and whole class settings to provide constructive best-practice recommendations to strengthen student progress and classroom support.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conduct weekly student small-group interventions: 75% of whom increased by at least one bandwidth and 56% of whom improved from below to on grade level over the course of one year in mathematics.• Council Appreciation Committee: Collaborated with a team to facilitate monthly appreciation activities for 180+ young adults to increase morale and create a positive workplace climate.• Student Service Week: Developed a full-day curriculum focused on gender identity exploration and coordinated five offsite community service projects for 150+ District of Columbia high school students.

Social Impact Mba Candidate

Certificate | Community Fellows Program, Institute For Nonprofit Practice And The Jonathan M. Tisch College Of Civic Life

Bachelors Of Science In Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Management