Directed an organization strategy for a self-funded community-focused partnership initiative between 4 local universities including strategic planning, funding operations, program management, and people strategy.Research Leadership:- Led the development of a 3-year K-12 state education research project from hypothesis definition to research execution and key findings analysis, securing a privately funded grant. - Performed a comprehensive competitive analysis including information gathering, database development, and gap and trend identification, deriving data-informed research priorities across academic, socio-economic, and cultural trends.- Cultivated strategic relationships across 5 local school districts from superintendents and union representatives to classroom teachers and students, establishing collaborative relationships with 6 key schools. - Built standardized research operations including hiring an undergraduate researcher, defining KPIs, creating research processes, and managing research quality for qualitative and quantitative information, producing 3 public reports.- Created dynamic data visualizations to highlight key findings across socioeconomic, cultural, and academic results from 15 high schools, informing conflicting priorities of research objectives. Program Development:- Developed a consulting client portfolio through community engagement, relationship building, needs assessment, pricing strategy, and proposal creation, securing contracts valuing up to $25K with local organizations. - Fostered a unified, mission-aligned team from hiring and onboarding to clear expectation and performance management, building teams of up to 6 employees. - Designed new community programs by understanding unique population needs, identifying aligned partnerships, and defining impact value, resulting in multiple successful projects.

- Created unique and relevant courses by aligning classical subjects with current events and concepts such as gender and sexuality, social organization, trauma, and war studies. - Developed customized curriculum and syllabi aligned with student needs and university guidelines, focusing on fostering productive discussions and philosophical questioning, facilitating classes of up to 150 students.

Notable Course Highlights: Combat Trauma in the Ancient World | Conceptions of Eros and Amor in the Ancient World | Tales of Transformation | Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Rome | Women in Latin Literature | Metamorphoses of Myth