Launched Y.ENGAGE, a national youth leadership development training program aimed at building young leaders for personal, group and civic leadership with an emphasis on advocacy and policy. As CEO, I lead a team responsible for project management, training development, training support and training delivery.

Offer mentorship and coaching to incoming fellows on policy research, memo development and briefs to Councilmembers. Supported policy research on homelessness for Ward 2 Councilmember.

Supported policy research and recommendation for homelessness in Ward 2; efforts contributed to significant changes in the District.

My policy research and recommendations contributed to equitable legislation supporting alternatives to policing and residents who suffer from mental illnesses.

Senior staff and key advisor to VP of Training Operations in the Youth Program’s division of a global non-profit organization, whose mission was to increase the capacity of over 5,000 community-based coalitions to promote substance abuse prevention and population-level change. Quickly advanced from Associate to Senior Manager, taking on Executive leadership duties of overseeing programmatic operations, high-profile projects, consultants and staff for a fee-based training unit sponsored in-part… Show more Senior staff and key advisor to VP of Training Operations in the Youth Program’s division of a global non-profit organization, whose mission was to increase the capacity of over 5,000 community-based coalitions to promote substance abuse prevention and population-level change. Quickly advanced from Associate to Senior Manager, taking on Executive leadership duties of overseeing programmatic operations, high-profile projects, consultants and staff for a fee-based training unit sponsored in-part by The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) with an annual budget of up to $1M Show less

Served as primary advisor to executive wing leadership (Wing Commanders) regarding all aspects of deployment, mobility and logistics contingency planning processes. Oversaw and managed all aspects of deployment planning and logistics command and control processes of a Wing composed of over 1300 military and civilian mission personnel from seven units and twelve squadrons.