Jeffrey Krishak Email & Phone Number

Branford, Ct, Us

In this role, I have the opportunity to serve as an outsourced CFO for a portfolio of schools located in various places in the United States. This positions me as a strategic thought partner and advisor both to schools' leaders as well as their Board of Trustees. During my tenure in this position, I managed the following work streams:- Work collaboratively with school leaders to develop yearly and multi-year budgets that align with the organization's priorities- Produce forward-facing financial forecasts and lead finance strategy development- Attend and present at finance committee and board meetings to explain finance strategy- Analyze, model, and solve problems on a wide-range of business issues- Lead audit and 990 preparation after the close of each fiscal year- Provide development and oversight to the accounting team supporting each client- Payroll and accounts payable- Federal grant management

Detroit, Michigan

Ferndale, Michigan, United States

Detroit, Mi

After producing exceptional results and demonstrating visionary leadership, I was promoted to a directorship position with the objective to accelerate the individual and collective impact of nearly 100 new and continuing corps members. I design long-term strategic plans to manage multiple workstreams including funding, networking opportunities, recruitment, matriculation, and marketing strategies. I’ve been able to accomplish the following within my relatively short tenure in this position thus far: - Write base-level grants, check processing, follow-up with donors, and manage grant database, increasing a federal grant worth $350K to date. - Planned and implemented the inaugural Detroit Summer Learning Institute, a six-week comprehensive training program for all TFA teachers in Detroit, directing all logistics including housing, host school, and food services. - Spearhead recruitment strategies by completing comprehensive competitive advantage analysis, focusing on TFA’s brand image to identify and target specific recruitment market segment. - Design and generate fund across multiple streams including the teaching excellence fund, social entrepreneurship and innovation fund, and policy and advocacy fund. - Execute impactful communication to grow and sustain various corps member affinity groups and network gatherings. - Collaborate directly with Executive Director to develop and sustain all institutional and community relationships. - Increase organizational diversity by implementing comprehensive recruitment approaches such as campaign organization, data collection, analysis, and tracking.

Detroit, Mi

With direct teaching experience and training as a matriculation and hiring coordinator and specialist, I was quickly promoted to this management position. I was entrusted to lead various simultaneous projects including communication, accountability, budget tracking, and culture building to cultivate diverse applicant pool, maximize teacher retention, and facilitate growth in corps member skill set. Some of my greatest achievements within this position include:- Restructured matriculation processes focusing on relationship building and brand marketing, leading to increased retention rates of incoming corps members to 76%. - Launched regional recruitment strategy to increase application rate of qualified candidates within cultivation pool, resulting in 70% success rate. - Bolstered members’ experience and wellness by eliminating identified pain-points and creating partnerships with organizations such as YMCA and Detroit City Football Club, resulting in 96% retention of first year teachers.- Constructed bi-weekly communication detailing action items to more than 40 corps members across the U.S. and designed trackers to follow completion of required items during onboarding process. - Mentored members by providing feedback and suggestions to refine and enhance interview skills and resumes. - Recognized for producing significant results by senior leadership, resulting in promotion to directorship position.

Greater Detroit Area

I was selected from an application pool of nearly 50,000 individuals to help in a national movement to reduce education inequity. Some of my key contributions and learning experiences as a corps member were the following:- Engaged in various professional development activities including seminars, discussion groups, and workshops in wide array of subjects including social justice education, early childhood literacy, and trauma-informed education. - Nominated as Leader of Kindergarten Professional Learning Committee (PLC), assuming responsibility of logistics, content presentation, and culture building.- Successfully completed "Becoming a Social Justice Educator" to ground myself in the cultural humility necessary to serve students that have been consistently underserved by the education system

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

- Project scope designed to identify optimization opportunities in both operations & market penetration- Identified new market opportunities worth $10M to help diversify customer portfolio- Analyzed current operational structure and identified opportunity costs of over $9M- Formed strategies to reduce opportunity costs

Greater Detroit Area

I had the privilege of teaching, engaging, and inspiring diverse groups of elementary school students by implementing inclusive and flexible educational approaches, crafting individualized learning experiences, and developing rapport with students, staff, and families. My accomplishments as a teacher include:- Created and implemented comprehensive and innovative daily and unit lesson plans in Math, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science. - Measured individual students and class performance based on common core standards, utilizing observations, data gathering and tracking, test results, and student feedback.- Conducted data-driven learning group and 1:1 math, reading, and writing enhancement activities to assess student understanding, maintain engagement, and encourage active learning. - Fostered classroom environment conducive to learning by utilizing differentiated instruction.

State College, Pennsylvania Area

• Counseled individuals with federal student loan debt• Attended training for over two months to gain a full comprehension of this type of loan• Assisted individuals from the lower, middle, and upper financial classes• Designated new employee trainer due to above average statistics and work ethic

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship & Operations

Professional Teaching Certificate Program, Education

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

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