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Overland Park, Ks, Us

Arvada, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

Provide strategic leadership over several process improvement programs, strengthening the capacity of recruitment, investigative, training, and community outreach deliverables. Perform highly responsible administrative and managerial work, from building programs, performance measurement, grant management, and implementation of various other day-to-day initiatives and directives.

Greater Denver Area

Conducted research projects to identify best practices in police administration, prepares recommendations for new or revised policies, processes, and improvements. Evaluated internal business operations and delivery of services, conferred with and advised senior leadership in outlining and implementing improvements.

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Provide technical assistance solutions to federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies, community-based organizations, health and human service organizations, and victim service providers.

Revamped program’s Training Series by developing new curriculum, adding additional subject matter experts, and implementing new web-based communication platform, ultimately building partner agency through the addition of 10 modules, training over 1,100 agency partners every year, and reaching a benchmark of 85% attendees reporting new skills learned. Implemented external communication strategies that widened external partner reach by over 50% and established structure to measure campaign and social media engagement. Developed a proposal for federal funding, resulting in over $200,000 to implement a trauma-informed, community violence response model.Led an initiative to partner with the University of Colorado at Boulder to conduct an independent research evaluation, becoming the first scientific study of its kind to measure effectiveness of the program, identify any gaps in services, and implement system improvements. Created process maps and other workflow analyses to assist program director and coordinators in improving staff productivity and increase caseload compliance, streamlining processes, eliminating nonessential tasks, and developing performance measures.Developed program metrics and performance measures to ensure program model fidelity, effectiveness of outcomes, timeliness of service delivery and to provide strategic recommendations to program director.Prepare written reports and dashboards for program director based on internal performance measure outcomes and multi-agency collaborative project outcomes.Continuously foster strong, working relationships with diverse stakeholders across multiple government and community agencies. Regularly provide presentations and training to stakeholders, prospective partners, executive staff, and agencies implementing similar strategies both nationally and internationally.

Denver, Co

Provided regular strategic planning support and recommendations to the Communications Director.Prepared social media content, blog posts, press releases, presentations, and training as part of media relations strategies.Served as a liaison to metro area news media outlets, responding to media inquiries, conducting interviews, and providing critical updates during disasters. Assisted with collaborative community events related to disaster preparedness and prevention.Managed all media relations volunteers, to include recruitment, training, and on-call scheduling.Tracked media outlet metrics and reported results to executive staff.Assisted with various fundraising events, to include Red Cross Century Celebration.

Planned campaigns and initiatives related to messaging, branding, product launches and updates, competitive positioning, business development and internal communications.Wrote and edited customer-facing materials and external communications.Served as project manager for the redesign of the company website, overseeing graphic designers and managing content changes.Represented company at booth events during national and regional conferences.Assisted with the coordination of annual business meetings and technology conferences.

Denver, Co

Created data collection and reporting procedures, information sharing policies, and multi-agency partnerships for the implementation of a crime analysis unit within the Division of Adult Parole.Designed web-based, GIS mapping and home visit routing system, resulting in more efficient caseload and time management for parole officers. Revamped entire Division website, creating a more user-friendly and informative resource for stakeholders, community members, and parolees. Designed and maintained a fugitive offender website with a dedicated 800 number for public tips and information.Coordinated and oversaw all activities of the 300 Department’s staff members participating in the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Served as a member of the Department’s Speakers’ Bureau, providing presentations for constituents and community members. Speaker at national conferences, training, and for visiting international delegations.

Made research design decisions and program recommendations to the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice.Designed survey instruments for gathering both qualitative and quantitative data, collected data obtained in the field from file reviews, trained staff on relevant information learned in the field.Served as liaison between the research unit and off-site participants, remained current on the latest research trends for the purpose of developing literature reviews and complimenting study findings.Past projects included project manager of an award winning evaluation of a youth corrections facility, crime mapping analysis for the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board’s study on Shared Living Arrangements for sex offenders.Served as Project Safe Neighborhoods research partner with the Colorado US Attorney’s OfficeContributed to an empirical journal on the effectiveness of using the polygraph with juvenile sex offenders, preparing the unit’s quarterly newsletter, and presenting at academic research conferences.

Worked on the Life Skills Training program in twelve sites across the country through a grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).Traveled to these locations in order to ensure that the program was being implemented with fidelity according to OJJDP standards.Collected and analyzed data based on site visits and survey instruments and compared results to original findings based on a fifteen year study.Collected and analyzed data based on site visits and survey instruments and compared results to original findings based on a fifteen year study.

M.S., Criminal Justice

Colorado Certified Public Manager Program

B.A., Psychology