Danielle Christenson Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

United States

-Act as co-lead of Ascend’s PSP Parent Advisors cohort, in which Ascend engages a group of current student parents to become strong internal and external advocates on issues surrounding postsecondary success for students with dependents;-Support Parent Advisors in the drafting, release, selection, and monitoring of the Parent Powered Solutions Fund Request for Proposals. -Work with Associate Director and Program Manager to support convenings and events as well as logistical and administrative tasks.-Provides problem-solving recommendations and makes proactive suggestions to strengthen programs and Ascend's work overall.

• Leads special projects for the Food is Medicine Coalition including membership, strategic planning, and technical assistance planning. • Developed a city-level policy agenda and grew city level funding over 50%.• Collaborates cross-departments as project manager for 4 million dollars in government funding. • Conducts advocacy efforts at the federal level resulting in the introduction of HR5370 into Congress. • Successfully planned and ran 5 national coalition symposiums growing from 70 to 300 + attendees including recruiting speakers, developing programming, maintaining a budget, and managing registration. • Spearheaded the field analysis and implementation of technology platforms including Monday.com and Microsoft Teams to increase productivity and efficiency for our hybrid employees.

Greater New York City Area

• Streamlined the management of 4 million dollars in grant funding including filing monthly reports, assisting in grant renewals, and preparing for yearly reports and site visits.• Defined the Policy & Planning departments advocacy strategy to increase funding opportunities at the local, state, and federal levels. • Lead technical assistance webinar planning for the Food is Medicine Coalition.• Developed sign-on letters, literature reviews, blogs, and fact sheets for elected officials.

• Served as lead to a board of dedicated volunteers seeking to support grassroot student movements against gender-based violence on college and university campuses across the U.S.• Facilitated board meetings and retreats and spearheads recruiting and onboarding and training of 3 board members.• Maintained and built partnerships with peer organizations.• Managed special projects including creating the first virtual student advocacy support community.

Greater New York City Area

• Developed a library of policy briefs that student activists can utilize to combat sexual assault on campus.• Articulated and implemented SAFER’s broad policy goals including Title IX.• Reviewed and translated SAFER’s evidence-based research into additional policy resources for students.

Greater Boston Area

-Research and develop model CORI friendly hiring policies and procedures to sharewith COB vendors-Track Legislation on CORI housing and employent-Research and compile CORI materials and resources available-Support the CORI round table of CORI community advocates and COB department by developingagendas, taking meeting minutes and working with community partners on special projects - Completed the annual report to city council on the CORI initiative-Use of Google Docs

Assisted faculty members with grading and editing of student papersUse of Blackboard in order to facilitate and grade online classesUse of Banner and major program requirements to assist department with advising Assisted students with various paperwork and advising needsAssisted with conference planning and conference staffVarious administrative tasks: data entry, updating databases, scanning, faxingConducted literature reviews and research as needed

Master'S Degree, Criminal Justice, 3.97

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Criminal Justice, 3.79

Activities and Societies: Departmental Honors Society