Led a team of professionals in implementing and administering Harvesters’ programs, including Kids’ Cafe, BackSnack, School Pantry, USDA Programs, and SNAP Outreach. Developed and implemented Food+ (Food Plus) collaboration initiative, including emerging partnerships to address the root causes of hunger in healthcare and economic mobility fields.

Led diverse team in implementing and evaluating Harvesters’ strategies for all programs, including Kids’ Café, BackSnack, USDA commodity programs, SNAP Outreach, and traditional food pantries and onsite feeding programs. Planned, implemented, and evaluated program initiatives and day-to-day operations involving agency partners and other distribution programs to ensure organizational goals were met, including agency training, site compliance, and partner capacity-building.

Developed and managed agency relationships in 13 Kansas counties. Coordinated agency monitoring visits, agency training, and capacity-building activities. Oversaw SNAP Outreach team and activities (effective July 2014).

Established community partnerships to support Harvesters’ mission in Kansas service area. Completed scheduled site visits to monitor for compliance and train for capacity growth for traditional food pantries, mobile distributions, and USDA programs.

Assisted with tasks of Missouri Balance of State Continuum of Care and Missouri Housing Trust Fund.

Bilingual case management

Assisted students in Special Education program in reading and math