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Working on projects that focus on improving Title IX compliance in athletics and mental health services for student-athletes. Both are extremely important to the health and wellbeing of not only student-athletes but also the department, the university community and society.o Architect for the UMass Boston Mental Health collaboration with Aspire Mental Health Alliance for student-athleteso Board member of Northeast Ohio Women’s Sport Alliance July 2022o NOWSA Title IX 50th Anniversary Panel hosted by Cleveland State Universityhttps://youtu.be/phUn29-rJZso Collaborating with Ohio State Senator Antonio and US Senator Brown on proposed Title IX language

Special Projects – Title IX 50th anniversary celebration planning. Also, the development of new staff onboarding process that will give staff a clear prospective of the interconnections between athletics and other vital areas of the University.

Fundraising/ Financial: Secure the most significant gift and the1st endowed gift in UMass Boston Athletics History for the varsity weight room.• Secure funding to get an indoor batting cage for student-athlete use during the pandemic.• Secure the Chancellor's permission to launch a naming rights campaign with a price tag of $3.5M. This permission allowed me to put together the structure to launch that quiet campaign to name the gym after former athletic director Charlie Titus.• Current capital projects approved and funded flooring Beacon Fitness Center, modular shelving for equipment room, softball padding and drainage system, chillers for the ice rink and, women's hockey locker room, renovation of athletic training and equipment rooms all totaling over $1M.• Evaluation of the past five years of the annual golf classic fundraiser to determine the ROI of this event. This analysis revealed that the classic was in the red for the past five years. This led to the classic being put on hold.• Collaboration and Engagement: Collaborate with alumni relations on a 5k run through recreation. Increased registration and participation in the event by 45%, with a total of 350 people. This event raised money to help with chrome books for students with laptops during the pandemic. Overall, the fund developed by University Advancement distributed over 200 chrome books to students.• Engaged "The Base," a nonprofit youth empower in academics and sport in the inner city of Boston.• Appeared on a panel "Power of Sport" to support awareness of career avenues within power young people should consider and show individuals of color in those areas. Also, I spoke with the girls’ softball team to encourage them to work hard and find their passion.

Student-athlete Welfare: Collaborated with Human Resources to put in place RMV Checks and a safety curriculum for Coaches.• Represent the Division at grievance proceedings and negotiate a resolution. • Financial: Capital project for the ice rink at the cost of $200,000• Oversee the Division budget of $4.5M and maintain a zero-based budget

Redesign the student-athlete feedback form to measure the championship culture within sports medicine, strength and conditioning, compliance, media relations and each varsity program. The system is a part of the campus-wide AMOS data collection system which will sort data and have a confidential component accessible by the director of athletics or designate.Evaluate and update the department of athletics alcohol and substance abuse policy, which will take into account the overall vision and mission of the college to ensure it does not violate state or federal laws and hold the student-athlete population to a higher standard as Moravian ambassadors.Assess the department of athletics code of conduct policy used to govern the behavior of its student-athletes. This revised policy will create an across the board standard for all athletic teams to uphold.Identify with the Sports Information Director ways to enhance streaming regular season contests and develop a three-phase process to put Moravian as a leader in the Landmark Conference of online streaming.

Provide leadership on League wide initiatives inconjunction with campus Senior Woman Administrators from our member instutitions.Direct supervision over the planning and administration of the 21 conference sponsored championships; oversight of the onsite operations and staff of championship events, administer and run pre-championship meetings with participating coaches to provide direction and operational instructions.A member of the League’s sport management team for the 21 annual coaches meetings that review sport specific policy.Oversight on major projects that effect how the League office operates. Negotiate and oversee contractual agreements pertaining to office equipment, sports equipment, and other service agreements for the efficient operation of the League office.Secure and negotiate sponsorship agreements to support championship administration and overall League budget.Responsible for approving budget submission from League membership for full-field championships; manage the cost-sharing reports and reconciliation with the membership.Responsible for the oversight, planning and community outreach initiatives of the Women’s Basketball Tournament and Championship while ensuring the fiscal integrity of the event.

Director of Championships and Business OperationsCoordinates the planning and administration of the 21 conference sponsored championships; participates in the onsite conduct of championships and responsible for annually updating and producing the League's championship manual.Works directly with the Business Manager on major projects that effect how the League office operates. Negotiate and oversee contractual agreements pertaining to office equipment, ball contracts, sponsorship agreements and other service agreements for the efficient operation of the League office.Coordinates the development and approval of budgets for the League full-field championships; manages the cost-sharing report and reconciliation with the membership.

• Assist with the creation of a regular season manual for women’s basketball.• Plan and implementation of a community outreach program involving several surrounding public school systems.• Work with teams to schedule practice time during the tournament and make sure the teams have the equipment, resources and information during their stay in Cleveland.• Recruit and train ball kids for the basketball tournament.

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of Minority Opportunities Athletic Association a partnership that occurred with NACDA June, 2006• Assist MOAA in establishing a firm foundation that correspond with the existing bylaws, brand identification through logo development and the formation of committees for membership involvement.• Keep accurate records for membership drive and financial reports.• Program manager for the Athletics Director of the Year award and the McLendon Minority Scholarship award

Responsibilities included the overall operations, budget, compliance with state and federal regulations and marketing of the company.Supervised a staff of four employees, looked for ways to diversify income, monitored cash flow and researched other business opportunities.Created and developed employment search programs to meet the needs of the referred job seekers and employment market, recruited potential job seekers, networked with employers; acted as a liaison between the State, employer and job seeker to coordinate adaptive equipment needs. Volunteer Experience 2007 Cleveland Women's Final Four - Transportation Coordinator oversaw the six major areas of transportation i.e. in-town shuttles, airport shuttles, airport transfers, special event shuttles, VIP courtesy car program and team transportation which is an estimated 5,000 people.Worked with the selected tour bus company for scheduling, routing and pick-up/drop-off points for all shuttles.Coordinated with city officials, airport commissioners (Hopkins International and Burke Lakefront airports) and local police department.