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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• Build interactive reports and dashboards in Tableau to facilitate access to data

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 development• 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 fundraising guide• 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 co-director model• 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 execute retention efforts

• 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 in U.S. history

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