Assumed Title III Project Manager duties in March 2023 which includes overseeing grant team meetings, external evaluator site visits, and annual reports. Additional projects include assisting with accreditation preparation, researching and developing curriculum outlines for content experts, assessing industry training needs, designing proposals for new credit or non-credit offerings, overseeing Iowa Energy Center Electric Vehicle grant objectives, analyzing credit for prior learning policies, writing a TRIO grant for the Calmar campus, coordinating the Office of Accessibility Services student intake while new staff were hired, and advising on best practices based on research and personal experience.

Assisted Washburn with the preparation of their Higher Learning Commission Assurance Argument due in February 2023. Responsibilities included editing, aligning the cloned argument to the latest criteria, highlighting feedback to address, identifying evidence to be updated as well as new sources of evidence, and reviewing the final draft for clarity and completeness in addressing each Core Component and corresponding subcomponents.

Compiled, updated, and designed the 2021-2023 Catalog, coordinated curriculum updates and approvals for technical programs, filed substantive change updates to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) for new and existing programs, and drafted a detailed outline for HCC’s first Assurance Argument on the Open Pathway for HLC.

The Vice President for Academic Affairs is the chief academic officer for the college, reports directly to the President, and has both delegated and direct line administrative responsibilities. - Coordinated all aspects of college instructional programming, staffing, planning, and evaluation. - Oversaw 60-64 full-time faculty and 9 Directors and indirectly oversaw 250-300 adjuncts. - Approved all adjunct faculty qualifications and oversaw the management of these adjuncts by the Regional Directors and Director of eLearning. - Served as webmaster for two-thirds of the college’s website content.- Served as Highland’s Accreditation Liaison Officer with the Higher Learning Commission and oversaw components of Highland’s Federal Compliance requirements.Sample Accomplishments:• Led multi-year reboot of HCC academic assessment efforts from defining values to the implementation of a Comprehensive Assessment Plan. Designed the plan around the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle which was also used for annual classroom innovation projects.• Guided faculty through a mid-year transition to Moodle Learning Management System for all on-ground courses in January 2018 and a second transition of all online and on-ground to Canvas during the COVID-19 stay at home order for implementation in June 2020.• Led a successful multi-site accreditation visit by the Higher Learning Commission and wrote the corresponding pre-visit report.• Completed the HLC Assessment Academy application and HCC was accepted into the Assessment Academy starting in Fall 2021.• Wrote an Interim Monitoring Report for the Higher Learning Commission due April 2020. The report was accepted with no further monitoring assigned.• Served as an integral team member for HCC’s Comprehensive Quality Review site visit from the Higher Learning Commission in March 2018. Compiled the Federal Compliance Report and was a contributing writer for the Quality Highlights Report in preparation for the site visit.

Organized, facilitated, supervised, scheduled, and delivered academic courses/programs and related student services to the current and potential students at the HCC Perry Center.Sample Accomplishments:• Selected as a 2016-2017 Kansas Community College Leadership Institute participant. Leadership project was based on Atlassian's "FedEx" Days.• Co-writer of AQIP Portfolio Category Three: Valuing Employees section

- Worked in conjunction with faculty and staff to provide the advising and academic support services to to students. - Instituted the Transfer Adjustment Program and supervised current student Transfer Adjustment Liaisons. Represented the transfer student perspective at campus committees and during projects.- Represented Truman in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia on a recruiting and international transfer agreement trip in February 2014. Also assisted International Student Affairs Office with the creation and updates of several international transfer agreements.- Established the Advising Helpline to support faculty and staff.- Completed a multi-year project updating articulation agreements and transfer course equivalencies. - Coordinated transfer student processes, including orientation, and provided external advising to prospective transfers and staff at other institutions.

- Provided leadership to approximately 1200 residents. - Supervised, trained, and evaluated a staff of 24 Resident Advisors.- Learned crisis management skills with lifelong applicability. - Streamlined processes by implementing electronic forms and amending procedures.- Developed and maintained timeline of summer facilities projects using Microsoft Project.

Covenant House Alaska, part of Covenant House International, provides shelter and services for homeless and at-risk youth ages 13-21 through a crisis center, two transitional living programs, and a community services center. - Planned and executed numerous annual special events and fundraisers including a golf tournament, women's luncheon, black tie gala with live and silent auction, candlelight vigil, and United Way Day of Caring volunteer event- Coordinated hundreds of volunteers for the events listed above as well as additional volunteer opportunities at one-time events- Tracked direct mail and donor management in Raiser’s Edge 7- Delivered community presentations and tours- Designed all publications and updated any print pieces on a schedule annual rotation- Edited grants and assisted with news releases and media kit creation