I help clients reach their goals through effective communication. Sample projects include:Sticky Fingers Cooking - create engaging multimedia content (blog posts, newsletters, lesson plans, and more) to enhance brand presence and audience engagement.United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum Copyedited the "Becoming Your Personal Best" resiliency curriculum for grades 4-12, ensuring clarity, consistency, and accessibility for educators nationwide.Facilitated stakeholder focus groups to understand how educators would engage with and apply the curriculum.Designed comprehensive toolkits to support educators in implementing the curriculum across diverse learning environments.The Civic Canopy - reports on stakeholder engagement processes and outcomes, including:HB 14-1051 - expanding access to services for individuals with disabilities.Mental Health Holds Task Force - considering the use of jails for involuntary mental health holds.Roaring Fork School District Advisory on Housing - finding equitable solutions to RFV's housing crisis.Concurrence Consulting - communication plan for Aurora Public Schools education initiative. SPO Consulting / Governor's Office - Strategic plan to reduce prescription drug abuse in Colorado. Colorado Dept of Education - Statewide literacy framework to inform Colorado literacy initiatives.

• Identified and analyzed strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in curriculum, instruction and assessment, as related to accreditation and continuous improvement. Accreditation / regulatory bodies included: - The Higher Learning Commission-North Central Association (HLC-NCA); - National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE); - Colorado State Board of Education (CSBE), Colorado Department of Education (CDE); - Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE); - Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) and US Department of Education (US DoE). • Managed institutional report creation and on-site reviews by CDE and CDHE, resulting in the full re-authorization of JIU’s teacher and principal preparation programs; • Served on academic committee and academic leadership team;• Designed faculty and staff trainings; • Prepared exhibits for evidence rooms and institutional reports;• Collaborated with leadership on institutional reporting to enhance consistency and accuracy.

• Developed and maintained online university's Spanish-language MEd and MBA programs. - Oversaw translation of all materials. - Improved translation quality by developing and implementing style guides and quality metrics. - Increased translation time by 30% while reducing costs by 25% - Hired, trained, assessed faculty and advised students.• Founded and directed University’s Office of Disability Services, providing support to students with disabilities, and ensuring University’s compliance with applicable legislation;• Participated on steering committee to re-define institutional mission and vision.

• Led translation/localization of Qwest.net public portal: established budget, wrote project plan, defined workflow, hired linguists, identified potential content partners; • Developed, tested and maintained pages for Qwest.net portal in English and Spanish;• Co-authored ADA-compliant guidelines to optimize website for users with physical and cognitive disabilities.

Position entailed training, price negotiation, conflict resolution and relationship building.• Oversaw 2,000+ linguistic contractors, increasing active linguist pool by 100%;• Designed and implemented performance metrics and testing/evaluation process for linguistic contractors.

Developed and managed customized foreign-language solutions for Fortune 1000 clients. • Scoped projects (identified requirements, established cost and timeframe);• Managed projects from initial translation through desktop publishing/media production.