• Managed major annual events averaging 50K+ attendees to Uptown neighborhood supporting small businesses. • Grew event attendance by 15% through graphic design, web content, and digital media marketing with 10M+ reach.• Established relationships with Uptown’s 6 public schools to enhance student experiences, recruitment efforts, and fundraising opportunities for school programming.• Created a robust 600+ volunteer program by executing successful recruitment and relationship-building strategies with residents and neighborhood stakeholders.• Oversaw Uptown Chamber as Interim Executive Director for 6 months by effectively leading Board meetings, City of Chicago reporting requirements, event programming, and business memberships.

• Taught English language lessons to 150 students in grades K-6 at 2 elementary schools.• Created active learning experiences for 35 after-school program students by providing a variety of and activities.• Implemented and designed curriculum for English summer camps for 300 students.

• Collaborated with CME Group Community Foundation Board of Directors regularly by presenting initiatives and sharing data to illustrate organizational growth and needs. • Nurtured relationships with key organizations to inform them of CME Group’s charitable opportunities and assess their alignment with CME’s community contribution strategic goals.• Recruited volunteers and solicited donations through monthly communications highlighting services and events. • Managed a portfolio of 50+ events for 400+ volunteers annually and provided executive leadership status updates.• Pioneered the Community Service Day and Family Picnic event from its inception to 700+ in annual attendance.

• Managed an outreach campaign focused on building new and sustainable relationships with youth organizations such as community centers and educational institutions representing the diversity of the Chicagoland area.• Developed and implemented a plan to build strong relationships with key stakeholders such as college career counselors, administrators, high school guidance counselors, and community leaders that produced a consistent and strong applicant pool.• Coordinated and conducted recruitment visits and presentations, provided excellent customer service to leads and applicants, and served as an ambassador of City Year values and culture.• Utilized strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with fellow Recruitment Team members and staff in all departments to achieve quarterly goals.

• Managed the City Year Chicago relationship with 8 school principals.• Set the City Year Chicago Public Schools strategic direction for meeting community participation, service effectiveness and staff retention goals. • Led a team of 3 Program Managers and 65 community support staff to plan, design and implement outreach. • Built strong relationships with Chicago Public Schools City Year partners and set critical success criteria expectations.• Conducted routine school and outreach event site visits to assess community service and outreach quality.• Developed a retrospective, continuous improvement and team knowledge sharing forum to retain and share successful techniques and build team relationships.• Supervised staff and encouraged 360 feedback for professional development, growth, and performance reviews.• Assessed, researched, and debriefed all program speakers.• Led key areas of the applicant interview process and cross-departmental committees.

• Designed and facilitated weekly literacy activities for 85 children ages 3-12• Directed the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Program by selecting quality books and producing motivational literacy activities and creative book fairs for 300 children• Engaged corporate volunteers weekly in leading literacy activities in the classroom as well as assisting with book fairs

• Fostered new learning experiences for 12 children ages 4-5 in a half-day Head Start program with a focus on education, socio-emotional development, physical and mental health, and nutrition• Engaged 20 children ages 6-8 in an after-school program with a framework of daily academic support, personal development activities, and multicultural programming

• Assisted staff at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning in leading 35 children ages 5-6 in an after-school program three days a week• Facilitated group workshops for youth ages 10-18 in the Youth Alternative Program with a focus on academic skills and leadership development• Tutored individual students on a weekly basis to improve academic performance across all subjects• Completed over 1800 hours of community service and leadership training