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Massachusetts, United States

Boston, MA, US

Malden, MA, US

• Oversee all aspects of HR for approximately 1000 employees, including hiring and on-boarding 200+/- people
• Building systems and overhaul business processes to replace paper-based processes with more modern, digital solutions.
• Reconfigured applicant tracking system to standardize data collection and reporting.
• Rebuilding the workforce planning processes by building staffing templates to inform staffing levels and position decisions.

Boston, MA, US

• Managed HR functional team of 19 including Payroll (6), Staffing (10), and Data & Analytics (3)
• Support special projects such as Covid-19 Vaccination & Testing Policy Compliance.
• Lead the goal-setting and strategic workplan development and implementation.
• Liaise with various bargaining units.
• Successfully led cross-functional teams to create and manage staffing strategies around displaced educators and workforce diversity.
• Facilitated departmental leadership team meetings to ensure cross-team collaboration and problem-solving.

Boston, MA, US

Boston, MA, US

• Produce reports and analyses to inform decision-making, support early hiring initiative, workforce diversity initiatives, and measure progress towards goals
• Strategically determine metrics to measure success across the department
• Crafted presentations to City Council and School Committee on the progress of OHC's early hiring initiative
• Manage applicant tracking system
• Manage a team of data analysts
• Implemented systems to streamline data requests and document work to ensure replicability

Boston, MA, US

• Produce reports and analyses to inform decision-making, support early hiring initiative, increase workforce diversity, and measure progress towards goals
• Strategically determine metrics to measure success
• Crafted presentations to City Council and School Committee on the progress of OHC's early hiring initiative
• Manage applicant tracking system
• Manage human capital data & a team of data analysts; implemented systems to streamline data requests and document work to ensure replicability

Boston, MA, US

• Managed customization and roll-out of new applicant tracking system (TalentEd)
• Led TalentEd training for OHC staff and principals across the district, and provided ongoing support to principals throughout the hiring process
• Created and implemented systems to analyze and match applicant qualifications to district needs and flag top candidates
• Conducted analysis to monitor progress towards hiring goals, inform strategic interventions, and support recruitment
• Designed a teacher exit survey to enable BPS to collect and analyze data to better inform retention strategies

I was part of the 2018 Cohort of the Emerging Human Capital Leadership Initiative Fellowship co-sponsored by Education Pioneers and the Urban Schools Human Capital Academy.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Led workshops for the EP cohort: Strategic School Design, Public Narrative, and Urban vs. Rural Education Challenges

Facilitate dynamic leadership curriculum through the lens of U.S. history for middle school students.

Washington, DC, US

• Designed and taught integrated curriculum covering aspects of chemistry, physical, earth and life sciences;
• Redesigned and implemented a Learning Expedition entitled: Oceans in Crisis;
• Partnered with the National Aquarium in DC on expedition project—students designed presentations about the National Marine Sanctuaries to present as part or World Ocean Day.

• Trained over 800 leaders and organizers by hiring, training, managing, and coaching 66 program directors and 263 trainers; planned 32 weeklong trainings; implemented trainer feedback loop to facilitate professional.
• Increased revenue by 77% by analyzing tuition data to restructure tuition rates (increased rates, implemented sliding scale, promoted group rate, offered partial scholarships); led a team that authored a grassroots.
• Improved training quality and accountability by instituting annual director retreat to orient, train, and provide planning support for program directors; expanded leadership development opportunities by implementing.
• Increased training participation by 29% and reduced cancellations by nine percent by analyzing registration data to identify best-practices; launched teams to lead implementation of strategic recruitment plan and.

• Expanded Power Shift 2009 attendance by 100% and increased the conference impact by chairing the steering committee, facilitating planning process, training 12,000 youth, and conducting the largest citizen lobby event.

Amsterdam, NL

Coordinated a semester-long grassroots training program for college students. Mentored a cohort of 20 students leaders. Managed a network of speakers and experts in the field of environmental policy and grassroots organizing.

Start-up charter school. Integrated art and technology into innovative, student centered science curriculum for 9th and 10th grade. Advisor to Student Government. Taught electives in social action and journalism; started a student-written school newsletter.

Taught integrated science curriculum.

I designed and taught curriculum across a number of advanced classes including Conservation Biology I & II and Advanced Biology.

Oakland, CA, US

Coordinate volunteers; acted as spokesperson and media liaison for chapter; mobilized grassroots support for campaigns.

M.S, Environmental Studies & Teacher Certification

B.S., Environmental Conservation