Manage a team of professional staff in order to coordinate outreach efforts with stakeholder groups for a $300 billion pension fund.Develop, manage and coordinate meetings with leaders of Califorinia public agency associations, labor unions, retiree associations, business leaders, academic partners and investment representatives.Work closely with executive team and Board trustees to develop and refine communication strategies to stakeholders on key issues and initiatives.Coordinate monthly and quarterly briefings and round-tables to bring senior leadership and subject matter experts together with external stakeholders.Research and recommend external pension, health, risk and investment industry events to provide opportunities for executive leadership to present and keynote in accordance with Strategic Plan.Oversee stakeholder assessment project, a multi-year initiative to gauge stakeholder perception, via online survey, coordinated phone interviews and online media analysis. Prepare formal agenda items for public Board meetings, requiring synthesis of quantitative data, high-level analysis of qualitative feedback, writing in accordance with strict formatting standards and making recommendations for organization's next steps.Trusted to be Project Manager on multiple, concurrent projects, working with staff at all levels of the organization, including C-level executives, division chiefs, subject matter experts and external consultants, utilizing project management best practices and Microsoft Project to ensure on-time successful project completion.Leader of statewide Ambassador program, an informal network of dedicated CalPERS members, editing monthly newsletter and personally travelling to attend and present at local chapter meetings throughout California.Recruitment, screening, interviewing and hiring of new staff to build team in accordance with divisional needs.Division lead responsible for Business Planning and Strategic Measure development.

Responsible for all aspects of wide-ranging professional development opportunities for large (3000+ employees) government organization.Utilizing researched, proven best practices, delivered training classes to hundreds of employees in over a dozen different class modules.Coordinated and delivered Train-the-Trainer instructional coursework to all internal staff tasked with delivering all levels of training to the organization.Training included certification-level course work in Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, Visio, Project and PowerPoint.Worked with vendors to coordinate external training sessions, including negotiating contracts.Learning Management System (LMS) development and operation.

Entrusted with all aspects of new and existing employee training and development, with a focus on maximizing measurable sales and service results. Duties include course design, face-to-face instruction, webinar design and delivery, operations training, "soft skill" instruction, analytics and constant revision in accordance with adult learning theory.

Point of contact for school districts interested in our primary product: School Accountability Report Cards (SARCs). Research, data compilation, design and presentation of SARC to district superintendents.