Dawn Mcmahan Email & Phone Number

The Oak Tree Arts Center 2100 23Rd Avenue Oakland, Ca 94606

• Created over 20 professional, funded, dance productions with live and recorded original music, sculptures, and original costuming, and awarded many grants. See www.pythiadance.org.• Serves a culturally diverse, high-risk East Oakland community with homegrown arts programming uniquely integrated with community health services and social work to a talented community specifically tailored to this East Oakland neighborhood. For more information on the social service element, please see… Show more • Created over 20 professional, funded, dance productions with live and recorded original music, sculptures, and original costuming, and awarded many grants. See www.pythiadance.org.• Serves a culturally diverse, high-risk East Oakland community with homegrown arts programming uniquely integrated with community health services and social work to a talented community specifically tailored to this East Oakland neighborhood. For more information on the social service element, please see www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-mcmahan-0a0564211• Assesses community needs and adjusts programming according to needs.• Program director that enabled intergenerational neighborhood relations, crime diminishment, and child safety.• Race relation strategist for neighborhood relations to motivate the creation of a village in our multicultural neighborhood.• Collaborator with other nonprofit agencies, committees, and elementary schools to initiate innovative community programs. Show less

2100 23Rd Avenue Oakland, Ca 94606

Please see letters of recommendation, as well as a full description of the program at http://www.pythiadance.org/Pythia/Pythia_Phoenix_Rising_Homeless_Project.html

San Francisco Bay Area

• Educate students from a wide variety of backgrounds, ethnicities, family situations, and learning strengths. Subjects taught: Arithmetic, Algebra I and II, Geometry, Statistics, English Geography, History, and Shakespearean Literature. • Guidance provided for study time management, test preparation, and overcoming different obstacles in learning and achievement. • Experienced in teaching students ages 9-16, and adults. Teaching occurs in a variety of settings, with and without… Show more • Educate students from a wide variety of backgrounds, ethnicities, family situations, and learning strengths. Subjects taught: Arithmetic, Algebra I and II, Geometry, Statistics, English Geography, History, and Shakespearean Literature. • Guidance provided for study time management, test preparation, and overcoming different obstacles in learning and achievement. • Experienced in teaching students ages 9-16, and adults. Teaching occurs in a variety of settings, with and without hovering parents, individually and in small groups. Show less

Sacramento, California Area

Oakland, Ca

• Program creation collaborator for programs that served families with incarcerated children.• Grant writer and researcher for the company’s collaborative program development. Fundraising strategist.• Manager and coordinator for fundraising events, involving award procurement from politicians.• Researcher and assessor of community needs in the creation and implementation of new programming.• Marketing researcher and analysis supervisor of current programming for community and… Show more • Program creation collaborator for programs that served families with incarcerated children.• Grant writer and researcher for the company’s collaborative program development. Fundraising strategist.• Manager and coordinator for fundraising events, involving award procurement from politicians.• Researcher and assessor of community needs in the creation and implementation of new programming.• Marketing researcher and analysis supervisor of current programming for community and proposal viability and sustainability, as well as revitalizing company policies and procedures. • Research presenter involving the creation of SWOT analyses, evaluative tools, and assessment forms in the agency’s program development process. Show less

Oakland, Ca

Leader of the School Site Council for a Title 1 school, when the school accomplished a 19% decrease in absenteeism, a huge book drive, development of a booster club, and the creation of a 501c3 to support the development of the school. Responsibilities included public speaking engagements, proofreading and approving budgets, school goals, advocating for the needs of teachers at Board meetings.

1931 Center Street Berkeley, Ca 94704

• Implemented all aspects of their 15th Anniversary Fundraiser which resulted in their most successful fundraiser; Spearheaded volunteer fundraising phone bank;• Created and implemented successful direct mail campaign: Researched donor relationships with Board and company to create fundraising strategies• When the contract position ended, this agency offered the Development Director position. It was turned down to run for Oakland City Council.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed three education programs at a variety of sites serving diverse economic populations, three teachers per site with 30-40 students each site.• Responsible for handling all child disciplinary issues and evaluative feedback to educators, as well as Parent Relations.• Developed and maintained amicable relations with parents and donors, and resolved parental complaints.• Assessed and implement sensitive disciplinary actions involving students from a variety of… Show more • Managed three education programs at a variety of sites serving diverse economic populations, three teachers per site with 30-40 students each site.• Responsible for handling all child disciplinary issues and evaluative feedback to educators, as well as Parent Relations.• Developed and maintained amicable relations with parents and donors, and resolved parental complaints.• Assessed and implement sensitive disciplinary actions involving students from a variety of backgrounds.• Ensured all fire and safety protocols, monitored and advised teachers' behavior in volatile situations, lead decisions in emergency situations.• Managed Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable for each site.• Sole administrator completely responsible for the smooth running of each site.• Directed and educated multiple casts of 15 children in Shakespeare productions, ages 6-14. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

• Lead administrative support for two attorneys and three juris doctorates in a law firm that primarily serves French and Middle Eastern immigrants with business and divorce support that was sensitive to cultural and immigrant considerations.• Lead Administrator and implementer for Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable/Collections.• Legal Secretary responsibilities for the main partners, including note dictation, court document generation, court calendar scheduling, court case… Show more • Lead administrative support for two attorneys and three juris doctorates in a law firm that primarily serves French and Middle Eastern immigrants with business and divorce support that was sensitive to cultural and immigrant considerations.• Lead Administrator and implementer for Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable/Collections.• Legal Secretary responsibilities for the main partners, including note dictation, court document generation, court calendar scheduling, court case correspondence, and client management. Show less

Greater Los Angeles Area

Master'S Degree, International/Global Studies

Master'S Degree, Social Work

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Substance Abuse Counseling, High Honors

Activities and Societies: Member of Phi Theta Kappa, the Minister of Information for the Black Student Union, Recipient of the Jeremian.

Bachelor Of Arts, Theatre History And Literature

High School Diploma, General Studies

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