Responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs district wide. Provides oversight of the DEI Committee, employee DEI program, engagement events and training. Guides and oversees the district's DEI Strategic Action Plan, supports Willamalane staff in advancing organizational change and community partnerships. Oversees other initiatives that foster a culture of openness, equity, inclusion, and diversity within the workplace, parks, programs, facilities, and open spaces Willamalane manages and maintains.

• Ensure a culture of equity and inclusion for students who flourish in alt-ed environments.• Serve as an advisor, advocate and mediator for parents who are seeking referrals for their high school-aged children at Wellsprings Friends School.• Forge and maintain relationships with stakeholders in the local school districts, county education service district, and Oregon Department of Education.• Work collaboratively with Head of School, staff, families, board of directors, and educational administrators.

• Increased diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, programming, support, and student success.• Guided Graduate School Diversity Action Plan.• Served on multiple action-oriented collaborative committees including the Coalition for Allyship and Engagement (founding member), Campus Family Alliance, Policy Advisory Council, Parent Support Task Force, Graduate Advisory Board and Food Security Task Force. • Built and maintained a robust Graduate Families inclusion program by forging partnerships with stakeholders, community, administration, and students - across campus and with school districts, local and national communities.• Managed programming and events for diverse domestic and international graduate students and their families.• Participated in national student services initiatives and membership organizations for diversity, equity and inclusion in a secondary and higher education setting.• Developed and administered fund-raising campaigns for programming, events, scholarships, and projects. • Served as a resource and supported a diverse population seeking assistance, advocacy, and information.

Utilizing an equity lens, served as an Instructor/Graduate Teaching Fellow for wide variety of communication classes in the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication and Media Studies. Highlighted Skills:• Created and led equity programming for graduate teachers.• Supervised teams of graduate students.• Assessed initiative results and collaborated across department to creative actionable changes.• Created documents/reports/research evaluations under tight deadlines. • Presented research and theoretical work often and succinctly.• Managed multiple projects.• Conducted extensive research including focus groups, interviews, observation surveys, content, and document analysis.• Created metrics for identifying needed student accommodations.• Sole Instructor: Created class content, delivered lectures, facilitated discussions, supported students, assessed/graded assignments, built classroom community, managed teaching assistants:o Gender, Media, and Diversity (2 quarters)o Gateway to Media I & II o Journalistic Interviewing• Lab Instructor: Taught stand-alone media production/discussion labs (2 per quarter) of 33 students, supported students, guest lectured, graded, supported professors as needed:o Gateway to Media I & II (5 quarters)o Gateway to Media III (5 quarters)o Gender, Media & Diversity (2 quarters)o Advanced TV News (1 quarter)o Digital Video Production (1 quarter)• Teaching Assistant: Writing tutor, grader:o US Film Industry (2 quarters)o Understanding Disney (1 quarter)

Opened a small business in San Diego specializing in equity and outreach to marginalized youth. • Responsible for community outreach, strategic marketing, materials and sales, fund raising, accounting, and customer relations. • Built business from zero to 20 classes weekly, teaching over 300 students at six schools across the city. • Hired, managed and trained coaches. • Regularly presented to educators and parents to support engagement, movement, and nutrition in young children.

• Utilizing an equity lens, hired, trained, supervised, and directed over 100 part time Guest Services staff alongside Patron and Event Services Manager.• Supervised Guest Services, policies, guidelines, and procedural operations for 3,000-seat theatre in downtown San Diego.• Created equity initiatives in human resources practices.• Assisted in developing, establishing, and maintaining high expectations and standards of service and ensured fulfillment of those standards.• Responsible for supervision, direction and oversight of front-of-house services provided to patrons/clients. • Managed a team and maintained monthly schedule of 100+ ushers in accordance with the needs of each event.

Managed a broad spectrum of primarily corporate projects, events, and productions in a diversified firm, including brand development, event production, scheduling and management, video and film production, marketing, public relations, print and other forms of visual creation. • Implemented organizational awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion.• Managed media/press relations• Provided client service/support.• Responsible for creating, overseeing, and maintaining budgets and schedules.• Managed all aspects of staffing.• Oversaw routine office operations.• Organized all support services related to events and video/film production.• Specialized in building and hiring the right team for each individual event or production.• Point of contact for agents, unions and celebrities hired to work on events and videos.• Contributed to development and implementation of strategic marketing plans.• Produced and coordinated special promotions.• Point of contact for vendors – developed and maintained relationships.• Conducted production meetings.

Assisted Production Designer, Art Director and Construction Coordinator directly with all aspects of Art Department production. Administered office, hired and supervised Production Assistant and Graphic Designer. Created and streamlined procedures for all aspects of Art Department production. Controlled $500,000.00 Art Department budget.

Assisted Production Designer, Art Director and Construction Coordinator directly with all aspects of Art Department production. Administered office, hired and supervised Production Assistant and Graphic Designer. Created and streamlined procedures for all aspects of Art Department production. Controlled $500,000.00 Art Department budget.

Performed administrative support for all department heads. Handled extensive legal clearance for artwork, album covers, posters, etc. Worked closely with archive office at the University of Oregon, obtaining archival photographs of athletes for use on set. Served as liaison with Nike on behalf of Production Designer and Wardrobe Director. On-set assistance to Art Department.