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United States

ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUMMARY• Lower the risk of clients addressing pain points and supporting growth by providing marketing, communications, and enrollment management insights and counsel to varied leaders resulting in award-winning communications and record-breaking enrollment results• Simultaneously drive 20-25 projects for 10-15 accounts using waterfall and/or agile project management methodologies, ensuring quality and delivering on time and on budget• As the client-facing subject-matter expert and primary contact, achieve responsive, high-quality client relations with the company’s key clients, exceeding the client retention goal by 5%• Lead the writing of high-quality $10,000-$1 million bids and proposals for current clients with a 94%-win rate, exceeding the 2023 sales goal by 34%• Manage coordinators and guide colleagues in fostering alignment and understanding

Onsite

ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUMMARY• Successfully lead and grow the department by 70%, improving effectiveness and efficiency• Increase college visibility, awareness, reputation, and community engagement• Unify the brand and meta image, providing tools and delivering training for various departments and staff at all levels• Create strategic plans and manage all department projects, staff, vendors, and budgets• Facilitate collaborative data-informed decision-making by tracking and analyzing data, writing reports, presenting findings and recommendations, and as a consultant to varied leaders• Help guide strategic college and state-wide communications and technology initiatives College service: President’s Administrative Council, Incident Command Staff, Guided Pathways Steering Committee, Guided Pathways Communications Work Group (chair), Strategic Enrollment Management committee, Strategic Enrollment Management Marketing and Recruiting Work Group (co-chair), ctcLink Steering Committee, ctcLink Communications Work Group (chair), Student Services Leadership Team, EAB Navigate Leadership TeamWashington State Community and Technical College service: Public Information Commission (Executive Committee, member), Strategic Technology Advisory Committee, Strategic Technology Planning Task Force, Advisory Committee on State-wide AdvertisingRegional Service: District 7 National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (director)National Service: National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (board member and Recruiting Committee)

College Of Engineering, Forestry, And Natural Sciences

ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUMMARY• Initiate an integrated public relations strategy by conducting a communication needs analysis, developing a strategic plan, implementing tactics, tracking and evaluating data• Unify the brand while developing program sub-brands in collaboration with researchers• Create and grow communication channels fostering strong partnerships and creating lasting benefits for the Center and the broader community• Model professional practice and supervise intern, providing opportunities to gain skills and experience

University College

Develop curriculum and teach a Liberal Studies Aesthetic & Humanistic Inquiry course of my own design—"How To Think Like da Vinci," a blended face-to-face/online seminar course on developing creative and innovative thinking. • Hire, train and manage teaching assistants• Assess, advise, evaluate and mentor students• Follow First Year Learning Initiative guidelinesTeach three student success courses—"What’s Your Brand?," "Maximizing Brain Power," "Optimizing Strengths”—in a blended face-to-face/online format.• Hire, train and manage teaching assistants• Assess, advise, evaluate and mentor students• Follow First Year Learning Initiative guidelinesDevelop curriculum for courses addressing mindsets and behaviors that affect student career and academic success—"Maximizing Brain Power," focusing on strategies to improve cognitive performance and optimize learning, and "What’s Your Brand?," where students build a personal brand while learning how to maximize college experiences, confidently express their authentic self, and use networking tools.Teach a pilot course, "Success For College and Beyond," for high-risk students. • Review and refine course content and activities• Adhere to standardized curriculum while being creative in delivery and lesson plans• Train and manage teaching assistant• Assess, advise, evaluate and mentor students• Follow guidelines of the First Year Learning Initiative

Temporary art teacher for BASIS Schools Flagstaff (high school) and Flagstaff Junior Academy (elementary school). Substitute teacher for Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy, Northland Preparatory Academy, Flagstaff Unified School District, and Flagstaff Junior Academy. Classes taught include algebra, art, creative writing, ecology, outdoor exploration, special ed, science, world literature.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Graphic Design

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Visual Communications

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, Psychology Minor

General Ed