Heather Curry Email & Phone Number

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Winston Salem, North Carolina

• Support operating and capital budget development and implementation for a portfolio of departments by evaluating budget requests, preparing budget amendments, processing transfers, and providing ongoing financial.
• Manage the City’s capital improvement plan process, including developing timelines, providing training for departmental staff, and coordinating document review and production
• Assist with development and implementation of the 2018 Bonds, including report production, trend analysis of community input, development and maintenance of the Capital Projects Playbook, and serving as staff support.
• Perform additional analyses, financial projections, and best practice studies as assigned.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Collaborate with two faculty mentors to design and implement a mixed-methods study examining the level of strategic planning completed by North Carolina local governments and to assess the impact of strategic planning.
• Lead program management for the study by creating meeting agendas, project timelines, and coordinating scheduling
• Assist with writing and publishing the research project

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Crafted an analysis of recent teacher pay legislation in southeastern states and the impact on North Carolina’s regional rankings, which was published to over 5,000 subscribers of the Public School Forum’s Friday.
• Tracked legislation impacting K-12 education through the legislative session, summarizing debates and highlighting key issues to inform the work of Forum policy staff
• Designed and conducted research on the impact of charter school entry on county- and school-level characteristics

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Area

• Oversaw the state-funded NC Pre-K Program in Nash and Edgecombe counties, including managing the $2.7 million direct services allocation, serving approximately 570 children
• Directed the collaborative process of local policy development to ensure program met local needs
• Monitored compliance with state program requirements using a 39-metric rubric and provided technical assistance to 21 public and private direct service providers
• Maintained state databases, used data to track program performance measures, and reported key findings and recommendations to local advisory committee and other stakeholders

Maplewood, MN

• Coached and supervised five sales associates in meeting sales goals, maintaining positive customer relations, and efficiently performing non-sales tasks
• Collaborated with other management team members to ensure effective store operations

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Area

• Performed qualitative and quantitative data entry for evaluation projects involving over 10,600 surveys
• Reported observed trends to Evaluation Coordinator to identify areas for further analysis
• Assisted with presenting findings to school district leadership

Windsor, North Carolina

• Strengthened students’ understanding of grade-level objectives in social studies areas, leading them to 80% content mastery on average per year
• Collaboratively developed intervention plans for individual special needs and at-risk students requiring additional academic and behavioral supports

Eastern North Carolina

• Collaborated with other Teach for America teachers in eastern North Carolina to create engaging lesson plans and practice effective execution
• Mentored new Bertie County Corps Members as a Fall Transition Team Leader

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Public Policy Minor

Activities and Societies: UNC MPA Diversity Committee, Secretary

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science, Sociology Minor

Activities and Societies: Writing Center Consultant; Admission Assistant and Campus Visit Day Assistant; Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority, VP of.