Erin Hill Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia, Us

Serving to bolster the mission, vision, and impact of the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) through educational resources and programming. Mission: to elevate public understanding of Virginia politics and government by organizing and presenting public information in ways that are easily accessible to all and free of partisan bias.Vision: An informed citizenry is key to a robust democracy. The Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) was established in 1997 with the goal of providing Virginians access to public documents reflecting financial aspects of politics. Over the years, VPAP has expanded its services to offer citizens access to diverse political news and public data on topics like campaign finance, elections, registrations and disclosures, legislative votes, and political developments.We are committed to remaining fiercely non-partisan and to fostering transparency in Virginia's politics and government in a way that enables Virginia citizens have the information necessary to make decisions that align with their values.VPAP is dedicated to remaining relevant to political and governmental leaders, lobbyists, and others who have an interest in and use our data in their daily work. We continually strive to develop innovative strategies that engage a wide spectrum of Virginia's citizens, from those consistently following political news to those seeking information during election cycles.Impact: VPAP's unique, nonpartisan approach is supported by Republicans and Democrats alike. Our work has won awards from numerous organizations, including the Virginia Coalition for Open Government, the Wilder School of Public Policy at VCU and the Society of Professional Journalists.Learn more at: vpap.org

Seeking an award winning educator and engaging facilitator for your team's professional development?Erin designs and delivers interactive workshops, full of action-oriented learning experiences.Her specialties include: - approaches to more effective collaboration- quantifiable prioritization methods- engaging reflective practices- learning and professional development- supporting teams through the stages of team development, from forming to adjourning_____________________________________________________________________________Contract Roles- Agile Coach & Scrum Master at Great Dane in Commercial Excellence: Marketing, Digital, and Salesforce (April 2023-January 2024)-Program Manager for the Olson Poole Civics Education Program at the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) (January 2024-July 2024)

Mclean, Va, Us

As a Principal Risk Specialist within the Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Modeling and Advanced Data Insights (MADI) organization, Erin supported teams with Lean/Agile delivery best practices and helped ensure highest priority work flowed smoothly, while balancing team health. She worked with cross functional teams that included Business Analysts, Data Analysts, Data Engineers, Risk Managers, and Software engineers.She played a key role in ensuring delivery of work, continuous improvement of team deliverables, risk/impediment management, and enhanced the internal processes / tools that supported the MADI program.

Mclean, Va, Us

- Led and facilitated agile delivery for three scrum teams in Card Data Engineering and Analytics (CDEA)- Created and facilitated 11 program level Inspect & Adapt (I&A) SAFe problem solving workshops, positively impacting the continuous improvement process for 8 teams.-Expanded the Inspect & Adapt agile process across all 6 Agile Release Trains (ARTs) within CDEA by leading collaboration sessions and sharing re-usable templates. - Presented I&A insights and templates to an audience of 1000 associates at AgileCon, an internal Capital One conference. “How To Start & Evolve Your Inspect & Adapt” interactive workshop was one of the 37% of accepted proposals for AgileCon.- Mentored and onboarded 7 software engineers and an agile delivery lead to program norms; led collaborative efforts to improve our knowledge transfer (KT) onboarding documentation.- Conducted quarterly team vitals / health surveys to ensure satisfaction on delivering value, ease of release, fun, health of codebase, learning, mission, empowerment, speed, working style, teamwork, and waste. Led retrospectives with teams to develop action plans for growth areas. - Drove responsive learning opportunities for 300+ associates through AWS workshops and 17 interactive workshops on a cross-organizational Card Data Learning team.- Led the Tech Intern Program for CDEA, created an intern program hub with key resources and weekly touchpoints, served as a scrum master for an intern team, created and delivered an Agile 201 workshop as well as Mindfulness / Stress Reduction Session for all of the tech interns.- Volunteered and served on the Agile for Learners program core team, created an agile training curriculum for middle and high school students. In leading the CodeRVA Regional High School partnership, coordinated 50+ associates volunteering and taught ~250 students how to utilize scrum and kanban in project-based learning and achieving personal goals.

New York, Ny - New York, Us

Delivery- Supported data engineering teams through scrum and SAFe ceremonies: Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum (Stand Up), Demo & Metrics Review, Retrospective-Utilized Jira, Jira Align, and Tableau to provide visibility into delivery targets, commitments, and progress- Proactively identified and documented upstream and downstream dependencies, as well as refined risk management procedures- Communicated with release train engineers, product, and tech teams to ensure transparency, remove impediments, reduce risks, and manage dependencies for deliveryCoaching-Coached product owner and development teams on backlog refinement and prioritization- Utilized team feedback and metrics: committed stories percentage, team velocity, unplanned work percentage, backlog health, feature cycle time, story throughput, data integrity dashboard and discrepancies- Onboarded new team members by developing their agile mindset through team development workshops on the Tuckman Model - Stages of Team Development- Cultivated mindfulness, meaningfulness, and joy surrounding the products we create- Curated and shared agile resources broadly within the organization for team retrospectives and diversity, inclusion, and belonging. - Actively sought and participated in learning opportunities, such as Communities of Practice, conferences, classroom training, and independent study to further develop self and community

-Designed and delivered an integrated, vertically aligned social studies and English Language Arts curriculum that incorporates computational thinking skills and agile learning-Spearheaded implementation of the National History Day program and showcase in ninth and tenth grades, as a means of supporting personalized and blended learning-Instructed students on project management, team building, prioritization, and iterative development-Coached colleagues on utilizing agile principles to teach students career skills, growth mindset, and how to transition to project based learning and project based assessments-Led a scrum team of educators to develop a school-wide digital citizenship training program (2019-2020 school year)-Collaborated regularly with Capital One Volunteers in launching the Agile for Learners Program -Led monthly agile professional development sessions for staff

-Created interactive, authentic project based learning in US & VA History and Psychology courses-Led trainings on classroom management for new teachers-Trained faculty on how to implement agile methods to support project based learning-Led school wide efforts to remediate students failing End of Course (EOC) standardized testsSince becoming a Certified Scrum Master, I re-oriented my teaching to reflect agile methods, specifically Kanban by utilizing a visible, interactive learning backlog with all of my classes.

Stafford, Virginia, Us

-Planned and delivered instruction for over 450 students in International Baccalaureate (IB) Higher Level 20th Century World History, Advanced Placement (AP) US History, US & VA History and World History & Geography II: 1500 to the Present -Coached Debate Teams earning regional and state honors-Sponsored the BPHS Movement and Multicultural Clubs, which advocated for socio-cultural awareness and understanding while also promoting community wide volunteerism

Bethesda, Md, Us

-Developed rapport with customers, provided customers with knowledge about various types of wines, assisted customers in selecting wines and/or planning for weddings and large events, increased sales, kept shelves stocked, ran the registers/POS, maintained a clean, orderly work-space.Won the 2013 Holiday Sales Contest for helping my team sell the largest percentage increase in Winery Direct wines compared to Total Wine & More stores across the country

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Secondary Social Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science; Secondary Education With Social Studies Endorsement

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