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Manage 35% of the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth’s $14.9 million annual investments in early childhood and youth programs in the City of Oakland.• Negotiate annually with assigned cohort of 44 grantees to finalize scopes of work and budgets for 49 programs totaling $5.2 million in services provided to children and youth ages 0-20 years• Monitor program progress and grantee compliance through quarterly reports, quarterly grantee convenings, periodic program visits and formal grant monitoring visits• Provide timely feedback, follow-up and technical assistance to grantees, including facilitated introductions to other programs doing related work• Collaboratively develop and communicate grant policies; clarify standards and procedures; train and support grantees in the use of online reporting tools• Analyze grantee data; provide progress updates to department head and recommendations regarding grant renewals

Engaged by non-profit organizations, public agencies and local businesses to advance projects through strategic planning, research, business development, outreach and communications. Highlights include:• Represented Alameda County Supervisor’s office at community meetings and prepared outreach updates for staff working on $580 million affordable housing bond• Provided planning and coordination to countywide anti-poverty initiative focused on food security, affordable housing and economic opportunities for low-income communities• Led nonprofit Board of Directors through succession planning and strategic planning sessions• Led company’s complete redesign of outdated web site and developed and documented marketing templates and systems• Sourced vendors and developed partnerships for new healthy food venture

• Led all aspects of operationalizing the $1.9 million federal grant awarded to Third Sector by the Social Innovation Fund, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service • Collaboratively structured selection process for awarding federally-funded technical assistance contracts to grant sub-recipients• Oversaw program budget and was responsible for grant compliance and reporting; monitored nine project teams and five contractors• Developed and documented policies and procedures• Synthesized information and data from the field and shared lessons learned with internal and external stakeholders

Planned, implemented, oversaw, and collaboratively evaluated the Community Grants Initiative which provided grants, training, and technical assistance to organizations serving children ages 0-5. Funded programs included preventive health services; developmental screening and support services for children with speech and language delays and/or social-emotional concerns; early literacy and kindergarten readiness activities; and parenting education and support.• Oversaw portfolio of 37 grants made to non-profit organizations and public agencies representing $3.4 million investment over 24 month grant period• Researched and recommended outcomes-based funding priorities to support collective impact goals approved by Commission in strategic plan; developed program logic model in collaboration with evaluation staff and tracked progress toward outcomes• Recommended and managed assigned budgets; authorized and monitored program expenditures• Developed RFPs and oversaw grant-making process including outreach, applicant information workshops, community review panel recruitment, proposal review and selection, documentation and presentation of funding recommendations to Commission, and debriefs with unfunded applicants• Developed and led Neighborhood Partnership, a $2 million 7.5 year capacity-building project which funded and provided technical assistance to libraries and recreation departments in 8 cities with low-performing schools• Conducted site visits and reviewed mid-year and end of year reports; wrote feedback memos identifying programmatic strengths and weaknesses and documenting follow-up issues• Supervised two Program Officers and provided indirect supervision to Program Associate; collaborated with training staff to develop and oversee learning communities for community partners• Provided programmatic support for grantees working on similar early intervention issues and/or in similar geographic areas

Coordinated communications for pilot project funded through San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds by David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Walter and Elise Haas Fund, Miriam and Peter Haas Fund, James Irvine Foundation, Peninsula Community Foundation (now Silicon Valley Community Foundation) and University of California Davis Extension. Facilitated planning meetings and coordinated stakeholder events. Communicated project developments and disseminated evaluation highlights of work done by eight First 5 partner counties.

Researched and analyzed market opportunities and competitive threats. Prepared market research summaries for executive team. Led collaborative planning processes to launch new services. Functioned as liaison and project coordinator between marketing, sales, business development, product management, and engineering teams. Launched and managed new marketing programs. Identified and engaged new business partners. Researched, wrote, and edited business case studies, marketing collateral, and web site content.