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New Orleans, La, Us

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

- Lead the implementation and evaluation of the Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) program, delivering essential technical support to local small businesses, fostering growth, and facilitating connections to relevant resources and programs.- Coordinate high-profile organizational events and initiatives, overseeing end-to-end logistics, vendor management, budgeting, and communications, driving community engagement and cultivating collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across public, private, and nonprofit sectors.- Develop and execute comprehensive organizational communication and marketing strategies, leveraging social media platforms, monthly newsletters, and media outlets, amplifying AEDF's presence and impact within the Algiers neighborhood and beyond.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

- Streamlined administrative operations for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's Access Program, coordinating documentation, materials development, and inventory management, ensuring seamless execution before, during, and after the event.-Provided positive customer service to festival patrons, adeptly addressing inquiries, maintaining professionalism during high intensity interactions, and offering practical solutions aligned with ADA guidelines and Festival Policies.

Portland, Oregon, United States

- Lead day-to-day coordination of Development Review program including managing caseloadintake process, reporting on deliverables, responding to public, and provide strategic guidance-- Evaluate local land use actions for opportunities to implement planned transportation facilitiesand recommend private investment in public multi-modal transportation facilities-- Collaborate with technical staff and external agencies for over 30 jurisdictions across fourcounties to ensure accessible, safe and efficient operation for all modes of transportation- Plan and facilitate internal department equity workshops for staff to produce tangible tools to advance equity goals within workplace culture and external relationships as the representative for the regional Diversity Action Team.

Portland, Oregon, United States

- Coordinate logistics for the Free Food Market program across Metro and Washington county. - Representative to internal and external partners, triaging support needs, responding to inquiries, developing and monitoring systems to track support requests to the Metro Services Team.- Manage program documentation and externally facing program materials including the Partner Support intranet site, printed materials, electronic newsletters, and internal program documentation such as standard operating procedures and ensuring data integrity across multiple systems.- Provide support to Metro Area partners and programs for distribution of food including order entry for programs, occasional onsite support at program distributions, and on the ground problem solving related to food distribution from Oregon Food Bank to agencies and programs

Portland, Oregon, United States

-Direct support for the Advisory Committee for N/NE Community Development Initiative and Project Working Group for the Williams Russell historic site to engage and implement a responsive community-driven development process -Collaborate with team members to achieve department goals and deadlines including: conducting successful community outreach with external and internal partners, assisting with the creation and distribution of digital marketing and communications, and writing basic promotional content for calendar listings and social media posts.-Organize, analyze, simplify, and report research, data and information including best practices and case studies on a variety of real estate, urban planning and community benefit topics specifically in communities of color.

Portland, Oregon, United States

-Youth program in partnership with nonprofits Friends of Noise and City Repair for an annual youth-focused empowerment event that supports emerging BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth leaders focusing on social justice, intersectionality and expression through storytelling, the arts and music while showcasing community services.- Support grant writing team including writing drafts, reviewing applications, and providing support to youth writers through drafting and submission process.- Mentored youth artists and musicians by providing wrap-around support throughout the event planning process and skill building related to communications and organization, outreach, and document creation.

Portland, Oregon, United States

- Completed program fundraising including sustaining and expanding outreach to sponsors and community partners and production of the first evening events program fundraiser.- Leveraged community partnerships to implement, plan, and produce four educational and artistic evening events within largest annual program including managing multiple diverse tasks and day-of problem solving, artist communication, volunteer and venue crew management, and supporting budgeting and accounting procedures.- Served as primary contact for program while providing administrative support to team through scheduling meetings, developing agendas, overseeing email correspondence, appointing action items and providing accountability around deadlines through the use of Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite and integrated database platforms.

Peruvian Andes

Completed on-site observation and assessment related to natural and built systems, short-term and long-term community, core permaculture ethics and design principles resulting in education project in collaboration with 30 students and 4 teachers about compost and recycling in Llupa elementary school Completion of permaculture design project with a diverse international team to integrate and apply understanding of how to meet human needs in diverse ecologies and create strategies for building strong communal relationship

Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, United States

-Arranged event details in coordination with venue management and staff while assisting festival artists, monitoring confidential/sensitive documents, and tracking information culminating in an overall venue report delivered to event directors.-Responsible for managing over 20 volunteer staff including delegating tasks and leading interaction with festival patrons to resolve situations and ensure safety of the environment.

Portland, Oregon, United States

- Supervision of the early and extended day programs, including preparation of learning materials and implementation of lessons and activities in group classroom setting and one-on-one- Collaborated with lead teacher for all classroom and planning needs, including documentation of individual children's developmental progress resulting in individual reports presented to parents including supportive recommendations

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

-Co-teacher for 20-30 Kindergarten students in various settings, including creating artistic and expressive activities and individualizing a daily routine to meet the needs for each group based on their interests.- Created a supportive environment for all students, including specific support for those facing challenges to success by implementing a responsive and effective education plan in partnership with the overall teaching team.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

- Tracked details about attendance, artist performance, event details for over 10 events and completed database input, upkeep, and final reports while collaborating with other committees.- Facilitated scheduling and planning of Land Trust fundraising events and scheduling requests from the community.

Bachelor'S Degree, Community Development, Concentration In Social Justice And Sustainability

Bachelor'S Degree, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Urban Policy

POSSE leadership scholarship recipient

Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Urban Policy