Baltimore’s Promise is a $10M collective impact organization that galvanizes stakeholders and resources to improve educational and career outcomes for Baltimore City youth. I advanced through five positions within the organization from 2017-2024, taking on escalating responsibilities. During my last role, I spearheaded the building of team culture to ensure practices are aligned with organizational values.Organizational Development: Spearheaded initiatives for transparent salary scales… Show more Baltimore’s Promise is a $10M collective impact organization that galvanizes stakeholders and resources to improve educational and career outcomes for Baltimore City youth. I advanced through five positions within the organization from 2017-2024, taking on escalating responsibilities. During my last role, I spearheaded the building of team culture to ensure practices are aligned with organizational values.Organizational Development: Spearheaded initiatives for transparent salary scales and equitablecandidate interview compensation; championed accountability and transparency in data collection;emphasized the pivotal role of individual contributions in achieving organizational goals.People and Culture: Planned and executed staff off-sites, in-service, and three recurring engagementinitiatives that promote well-being, connection, participatory action, and skill development; designedand implemented new hire onboarding process, incl. 90-day work plans.Project and People Management: Led multiple cross-functional teams to improve strategic alignmentand remove silos resulting in multiple brand development and identity processes for organizationalinitiatives and publications, universal project management system for organization, and quarterlyorganizational retrospectives. Show less

Fundraising and Grants Management: Managed fundraising goals for organization and programmaticinitiatives; lead author and project manager of all organizational grant proposal and reporting materialsOrganizational Development: Established organization’s annual grants management calendar;improved grants management workflow by piloting and onboarding org-wide use of Asana projectmanagement softwarePeople and Culture: Designed and piloted inaugural organizational… Show more Fundraising and Grants Management: Managed fundraising goals for organization and programmaticinitiatives; lead author and project manager of all organizational grant proposal and reporting materialsOrganizational Development: Established organization’s annual grants management calendar;improved grants management workflow by piloting and onboarding org-wide use of Asana projectmanagement softwarePeople and Culture: Designed and piloted inaugural organizational performance management process Show less

Organizational Development: Designed and piloted workflows and systems for project management,hiring, onboarding, grants management, and communications to foster clarity and operational efficiencywithin a newly remote, rapidly growing staff of 20.People and Project Management: Led multiple cross-functional teams to deliver programmaticinitiatives and produce internal and external-facing communications deliverablesProcess Design and Implementation: Lead architect of… Show more Organizational Development: Designed and piloted workflows and systems for project management,hiring, onboarding, grants management, and communications to foster clarity and operational efficiencywithin a newly remote, rapidly growing staff of 20.People and Project Management: Led multiple cross-functional teams to deliver programmaticinitiatives and produce internal and external-facing communications deliverablesProcess Design and Implementation: Lead architect of workflow, training, and candidate screeningprocess to determine recipients of $2.5M in cross-sector philanthropic funding resulting in 10multi-year operating grants; lead architect of high-volume award notification and final reportinginfrastructure for 200+ emergency COVID-19 response grants totaling $4.7M Show less

Project and People Management: Directed participatory, multi-sector grantmaking processes thatawarded cumulative $15.5M to 400 community organizations from 2017-2021Facilitation and Community Engagement: Organized and facilitated all monthly collaborative andworkgroup meetings and 4+ annual grantee events; designed and facilitated inaugural in-personcommunity review process for 100+ youth

Training and Curriculum Design: Collaborated with Executive Leadership Team on organizationalcapacity building on legacy of systemic racism and history of Baltimore City, including self-guidedlearning curriculum, experiential learning opportunities, and speaker seriesProject Management: Monitored programmatic contract deliverables across initiatives; providedadministrative and programmatic support for the SFC

Amnesty International USA is a grassroots human rights advocacy organization. As a member of the Organizing Team, I was responsible for increasing member and organizational capacity for collective action.Training and Curriculum Design: Co-authored training curricula and co-facilitated political educationworkshops for new campaigns about the human rights implications of gun violence and police use offorce for 1,000+ organizational members in five U.S. citiesFacilitation… Show more Amnesty International USA is a grassroots human rights advocacy organization. As a member of the Organizing Team, I was responsible for increasing member and organizational capacity for collective action.Training and Curriculum Design: Co-authored training curricula and co-facilitated political educationworkshops for new campaigns about the human rights implications of gun violence and police use offorce for 1,000+ organizational members in five U.S. citiesFacilitation and Community Engagement: Co-designed the Human Rights Observer pilot that delivered training and resources to grassroots community organizations in Charlotte, Chicago, and Los Angeles that were directly impacted by gun violence and use of force.Rapid Response Mobilization: Galvanized AIUSA members to work with other grassroots organizations via informed direct action & protest safety in Charlotte and Los Angeles. Show less

The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas is a nonprofit that improves literacy and career outcomes for adults. I completed two terms of national service as an AmerICorps VISTA and VISTA Leader where I increased the fundraising, grants management, and community engagement capacity of the organization.Events and Fundraising: Planned, coordinated, and implemented two fundraising events per year thatyielded 4.5% of organizational revenue and generated unrestricted operational… Show more The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas is a nonprofit that improves literacy and career outcomes for adults. I completed two terms of national service as an AmerICorps VISTA and VISTA Leader where I increased the fundraising, grants management, and community engagement capacity of the organization.Events and Fundraising: Planned, coordinated, and implemented two fundraising events per year thatyielded 4.5% of organizational revenue and generated unrestricted operational funding.Volunteer Engagement: Recruited, trained, and coached a regional team of 20 AmeriCorps VISTAmembers.Donor Engagement: Planned & coordinated multiple third-party events and fundraisers with localcommunity-based organizations to increase organizational marketability, and generate unrestrictedoperating funds and passive revenue streams. Show less

The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas is a nonprofit that improves literacy and career outcomes for adults. I completed two terms of national service as an AmerICorps VISTA and VISTA Leader where I increased the fundraising, grants management, and community engagement capacity of the organization.Events and Fundraising: Planned, coordinated, and implemented two fundraising events per year.Volunteer Engagement: Recruited, trained, and coached a regional team of 20 AmeriCorps… Show more The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas is a nonprofit that improves literacy and career outcomes for adults. I completed two terms of national service as an AmerICorps VISTA and VISTA Leader where I increased the fundraising, grants management, and community engagement capacity of the organization.Events and Fundraising: Planned, coordinated, and implemented two fundraising events per year.Volunteer Engagement: Recruited, trained, and coached a regional team of 20 AmeriCorps VISTA members.Donor Engagement: Planned & coordinated multiple third-party events and fundraisers with local community-based organizations to increase organizational marketability, and generate unrestricted operating funds and passive revenue streams. Show less

Public Strategies is a social impact consultancy in Oklahoma City. As Relationship Education Facilitator, Ideveloped educational curricula using pop culture and cultural enrichment to coach youth around healthyrelationships.Training and Curriculum Design: Developed and implemented engaging curricula and learning activities based on the Great Expectations teaching modelFacilitation and Community Engagement: Facilitated dynamic character education assemblies at… Show more Public Strategies is a social impact consultancy in Oklahoma City. As Relationship Education Facilitator, Ideveloped educational curricula using pop culture and cultural enrichment to coach youth around healthyrelationships.Training and Curriculum Design: Developed and implemented engaging curricula and learning activities based on the Great Expectations teaching modelFacilitation and Community Engagement: Facilitated dynamic character education assemblies at F.D.Moon Elementary School and mentor middle school-aged student leaders. Show less

-Researched and created organization’s first social media policy-Implemented organization’s Social Media Policy through active engagement and scheduled posts on all sites-Organized contact spreadsheet for organization’s special events and media outreach-Tracked and analyzed social media efforts to increase effectiveness-Increased Facebook “Likes” from 493 to 693 during internship period

-Built a high performance team by communicating effectively with leadership, associates and peers-Delivered a best-in-class, branded customer experience that built loyalty and enabled consistent sales and profit growth by taking responsibility for the following store metrics: traffic per labor hour and availability of assistance-Created weekly staff schedule and partnered with direct manager for editing and approval-Communicated scheduling and skill gaps with Sales Leadership… Show more -Built a high performance team by communicating effectively with leadership, associates and peers-Delivered a best-in-class, branded customer experience that built loyalty and enabled consistent sales and profit growth by taking responsibility for the following store metrics: traffic per labor hour and availability of assistance-Created weekly staff schedule and partnered with direct manager for editing and approval-Communicated scheduling and skill gaps with Sales Leadership Team-Managed payroll-Reviewed and tracked cash audits including deposit logs and slips, charge draft requests and out of balance issues and communicated to Sales Leadership Team-Maintained operational standards: packaging and office supply inventory, physical inventory, store bulletins, opening and closing procedures Show less

Summer Reading Camp Assistant at Edwards Elementary School through the It's My Community Division of PSI-Assisted with oversight of kindergarten students at Edwards Elementary School-Conducted academic screening assessments to monitor progress of 25 students and ensure high performance levels and reading success-Assisted in creation and maintenance of an engaging, literature-rich classroom-Comfortably and confidently managed a group of children-Assisted in the creation… Show more Summer Reading Camp Assistant at Edwards Elementary School through the It's My Community Division of PSI-Assisted with oversight of kindergarten students at Edwards Elementary School-Conducted academic screening assessments to monitor progress of 25 students and ensure high performance levels and reading success-Assisted in creation and maintenance of an engaging, literature-rich classroom-Comfortably and confidently managed a group of children-Assisted in the creation and maintenance of engaging classroom activities Show less

-Provided general office administrative assistance to the Legal Department and other business units as needed.-Provided assistance in renewing corporate engineering and corporate general contractor licenses to meet renewal deadlines. Provided general licensing research as needed.-Populated CES Vendor Database with fully-executed contract documents in a timely manner.-Received a 2+ rating on the final “Intern Goal Setting and Performance Review”-Major Project: CES Contract… Show more -Provided general office administrative assistance to the Legal Department and other business units as needed.-Provided assistance in renewing corporate engineering and corporate general contractor licenses to meet renewal deadlines. Provided general licensing research as needed.-Populated CES Vendor Database with fully-executed contract documents in a timely manner.-Received a 2+ rating on the final “Intern Goal Setting and Performance Review”-Major Project: CES Contract Standardization – reviewed and revised current subcontract, work order, and purchase order templates. Show less