- Sets the organization’s comprehensive DEI strategy and vision and develop all aspects of critical DEI commitments and investments across every corner of the organization.- Support UCare leaders as they examine policies and procedures with an equity lens and develop strategies in their areas that advance equity and inclusion and eliminate strategies that negatively impact underrepresented and underserved groups.- Leverage methods, metrics, and benchmarks to measure DEIA progress and continuously improve efforts.- Develop, grow, and lead UCare’s Employee Resource Group (ERG) Program.- Partner closely with senior leadership to develop, implement and maintain specific DEIA plans for each department, including periodic equity audits.- Promote and facilitate cross-departmental collaboration and connecting with employees through forums where anyone can have authentic conversations, strategize around DEIA issues and share thoughts, hopes, and concerns about the organization.- Manage DEI staff, including hiring, training, career development, performance metrics, monitoring duties for accuracy, performance reviews and feedback, and providing backup, as necessary.- Partner with the VP, Chief Human Resources Officer to ensure the centrality of DEIA in all aspects of the organization’s human resources and people management work, particularly in recruitment, hiring, onboarding, retention, workforce planning, and talent management.- In partnership with Marketing and Public Relations, help to build and manage the communication strategy internally and externally for promoting and highlighting our company DEI position- Promote leadership engagement by educating, coaching, and providing feedback to leaders to optimize people practices in a way that strengthens and reinforces diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism

The Black Collective Foundation, started by Black philanthropic leaders in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd, is giving a total of more than $1 million to 15 nonprofits and for-profit companies. I participated in a community-centered decision-making model to design the grant program and select the first grantees.

- Lead a diverse team of early and mid-career professionals working across the City enterprise and within community to ensure policies, practices and programs contribute to eliminating disparities for Black, Indigenous, People of Color, transgender and gender non-conforming communities in Minneapolis- Use proven and innovative methodologies to engage City staff and the community in the development of plans and actions to address racial and place-based disparities- Develop qualitative and quantitative measures of progress and success and report back to public and elected officials on City's equity efforts- Ensure equity-related initiatives and programs in City departments are coordinated around a common vision- Partner with City departments, government agencies and other organizations within the region, across the state, and nationally regarding equity policies and projectsKey Accomplishments:•Successfully led the City of Minneapolis in developing its first strategic and racial equity action plan focused on advancing equity across seven policy priority areas. •Co-created and oversaw implementation of embodied anti-racism capacity-building program for City staff and leaders that increased participant capacity to dismantle structural racism. •Collaborated with City Council and the Mayor to create an ordinance establishing the Division of Race and Equity and two associated resolutions forming key internal and external leadership structures that solidify the City’s long-term commitment through legislative action.•Served as a member of the steering committee developing and implementing the City’s comprehensive plan, a 20-year long range planning document centering racial equity among key values.•Secured and oversaw a $5M federal grant to support capacity-building by community and staff to understand personal and community-based trauma and foster collaboration to address root causes of trauma in government policy and practice through shared decision-making.

- Serve as project manager/lead business analyst for cross-segment claim systems migration and integration programs- Manage a team of senior business analysts through direct and dotted line reporting relationships- Developed enterprise-wide best practices for business analysis in systems decommissioning projects- Reduced requirements analysis cycle time from 18 weeks to 8 weeks using Six Sigma DMAIC approach- Designed innovative, differentiated approaches to requirements analysis based on project complexity- Serve on UHG's BA Community of Practice steering committee to ensure consistency and best practices in general for the BA role across all corporate segments/functions.- Designed and manage change control process across multiple enterprise-wide system migration programs

- Identify product enhancements and roadmap- Partner with technical groups to drive business requirements- Partner with operations teams to determine change impact and assist in developing P&P's- Work with legacy and other cross-program teams to determine future product capabilities- Perform product gap analysis- Act as point of contact for business related decisions

~ Provide leadership to team of mid to senior level business analysts. ~ Ensure that projects are properly staffed. ~ Support team members in resolving project and administrative issues. ~ Continually examine the Business Analyst role within the organization to maximize efficiency. ~ Develop plans to ensure growth in skills and advance team member's career path. ~ Interview, hire, and onboard both full-time and contract resources, as necessary.

- Identified, pursued and maintained partnership opportunities to drive the strategic mission and vision of the district- Systematized monitoring and reporting processes for compliance of state and federal No Child Left Behind regulatory guidelines for teacher preparedness- Partnered with executive leadership to increase operational efficiency- Served as primary point of contact for the superintendent’s office on high-profile projects and relationships including local and state government, higher education, corporate partners, and various community boards.

- Developed business systems implementation strategies with the goal of increasing operational efficiencies for the key clients and revenue growth for US Bank- Led business process reengineering and workflow improvement initiatives within the client organization- Managed cross-functional project teams of up to 15 members including development, technical support, and quality assurance