Donna Rhoads Msc, Csm Email & Phone Number

Naugatuck, CT, US

Change Agent for 5S/Lean and Agile implementation. Member of Continuous Improvement Team. Oversee production and operational processes to identify impediments to a lean and Agile oriented culture. Strategic planning and goal setting with team for manufacturing processes to fulfill customer driven needs. Drive a culture of excellence.

Provide tools, ideas, and knowledge for teachers to conduct hands-on science and inquiry-based experiments in biotechnology. Perform experiments with students grades 6-12. Organize and run Bio-tech summer camps.

Greater New York City Area

Instill confidence in students to accelerate their love of learning and achieve at all levels, that is my passion. Confidence comes through engaging successfully with new and exciting scientific concepts. Together, we explore and apply how their life experience can be a bridge to understanding science, and all the fascinating work happening in.

Developing collaborations with area STEM employers and STEM-based business organizations, particularly in biotechnology. Enlarging the middle-skill STEM pipeline from HCC to internships, co-ops, apprenticeships, and other work-based learning opportunities.

Microbiology InstructorResearch Mentor for undergraduate research and Summer Undergraduate Research fellowships (SURF). Classroom instruction is modeled on the flipped classroom to engage students to be responsible and excited about gaining new knowledge and expertise.

New Haven, CT

BI 100: Making an introductory biology course engaging, fun, informative and connecting it to students' life experiences. Students blogged their reflections on the learning process and made amazing connections between themselves and the world of biology!

Director of statewide science outreach program for students and teachers K-16. Responsible for day to day management of budget, staff and resources. Designed fundraising initiatives and program evaluation procedures. The program delivered science education and biotechnology equipment to more than 80 schools per year and trained an average of 120 teachers.

Stratford, CT

Worked with COO and CFO for strategic planning and execution of various projects involving integration of newly purchased international partners (IT, sales reporting, accounting, and customer service,) improved statistical charter sales analysis, brokerage sales team incentive plans, and synergies between bespoke travel providers and shuttle services.

Ms, Cellular & Molecular Biology

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Pre-Med, Chemistry