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West Chester, PA, US

Serves as a partner in innovation and strategy who focuses on the people side of strategic planning. Guides leaders at all levels of the organization to embrace a rigorous, evidence-based approach to strategic planning while coaching them to adopt the planning process, own the work and the outcomes, and lead others (and themselves) through change.

Remote

• Serves as a consultant for Entangled Solutions, now a part of Guild Education, in a strategic generalist capacity. Deeply contributed to projects surrounding change management, education innovation and expansion.
• Conducted primary research via interviews and focus groups virtually and in person, including transcription and survey result coding
• Conducted secondary research through credible sources to identify current landscape trends, barriers and opportunities.
• Conducted job and degree demand analysis using BLS, IPEDs and Burning Glass.
• Synthesized research findings into concise, actionable points to inform recommendations to clients.Client Management
• Created and maintained work plans for task analysis of each project.

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

• Managed the research agenda for Dr. Jeanne Liedtka surrounding the impact of design thinking on the innovators as well as outcomes. Research Design and Implementation
• Processed and coded transcriptions into Nvivo software for insight development as well as digitalpreservation.
• Designed and collected mixed methods data from first and second-year students, completed IRB protocol andcreated data reports of findings.
• Edited publication drafts and slide decks as necessaryBook Authorship
• Currently serving as a co-author of a book on the impact of design (Experiencing Design: The Innovator’s Journey) in agreement with Columbia University Press. Led data analyses that inform general insights, completed.

Remote

Designed and instructed PAF 421: Leadership Capstone for Public Service Academy students. Taught roughly 40 students each semester on systems mapping, actor mapping, cross-sector collaboration design and stakeholder involvement through individualized and group projects that reflect students’ growth throughout their time in the program. Completed all.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Managed the recruitment, program design and launch of the ASU Public Service Academy, a four-year, university-wide leadership program that develops character-driven leaders from all majors to lead change via collaboration between the public, private, nonprofit and military sectors. Created a student leadership model centered around individual growth and.

Dually served ASU's Office of University Initiatives and College of Public Programs as the Manager of Public Service Initiatives, a role that complemented a commitment to catalyzing social change and a passion for public service.Advanced programs that inspire young leaders within the College and across the university to be instruments of change in their.

Tempe, AZ

Assembled documentation and planned ASU's Ashoka U Site Visit by the Co-Founder and Ashoka U Team in preparation for ASU's Changemaker Campus Site Renewal. Coordinated student-to founder discussions and experiences to ensure Ashoka U documented progress of ASU social innovation through cross-sector leadership development and entrepreneurship. Partnered.

Tempe, AZ

The Fellowship in University Innovation is a highly selective 12 month program for high-achieving young entrepreneurial professionals interested in innovation, executive leadership and policy in higher education. Fellows function as strategic advisors on new partnerships and special initiatives of interest to President Crow. Fellows work in a collaborate.

Represented the University of Alabama Undergraduate Admissions in the states of Arizona and New Mexico, resulting in a regional applicant increase of over 320 percent and a commitment increase of over 266 percent. Advised and communicated with over 200 admitted students through high school visits, emails, phone calls, and after-school one-on-one meetings..

Taught a self-contained cross-categorical special education classroom spanning grades fourth through eighth in a Title I school in Glendale, Arizona. Served as team leader for the Special Education Department, as well as a grade level tutor. Coordinated and led all Individualized Education Program meetings with students, parents, and administrators, and.

Master'S Degree, Education

B.S.B.E In Economics; B.B.A In Marketing, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Kappa Alpha Theta