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New York City Metropolitan Area

• Develops and implements a system for ensuring consistent implementation of exam administration, communication, and scoring across multiple test sites.• Monitors data and reports and works with schools, test administrators, and scoring-site personnel to resolve discrepancies.• Manages NYC Public School’s SAT and PSAT transition to computer-based testing.• Designs and implements strategic plans for the administration and scoring of assessment programs.• Creates communication, planning, and implementation of policy initiatives to reduce school workload associated with the administration and scoring of exams.• Monitors data and reports and works with schools, test administrators, and scoring-site personnel to resolve discrepancies.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Successfully spearheaded grass-roots campaign that established East 25th street as East Flatbush, Brooklyn’s First Historic District by NYC’s Landmarks Preservation Commission• Organized efforts that led East Flatbush to be recognized as one of the Historic District Council’s Six To Celebrate communities• Collaborated with elected officials including Councilmember Farah Louis, Assemblymember Rodneyse Bicotte and local community organizations like the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and Community Board 17 to further drive the initiative • Developed relationships with media including Spectrum News NY1, Brooklyn Paper and Bklyner to drive awareness of the campaign • Canvased for support from residents and community leaders with a letter writing campaign • Maintained social media marketing efforts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. • Managed communication pipeline between elected officials, community partners and other key stakeholders• Created brand recognition with marketing material including design of the logo, newsletters, info-graphic cards and promotional material• Organized an innovative event “PPE and Preservation” to reinvigorate the campaign during the time of the global pandemic • Guest lecturer for New York University Preservation class “Behind The Scenes in New York: Preserving a City Historic Neighborhoods”• 2020 Preservation Conference panelist “Designation Tales”• Co-lecturer for Historic District Council’s Preservation School “Preservation During the Pandemic”

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Collaborated with internal and external stakeholder groups to promote and enhance various Special Education Family Empowerment Initiatives.• Project managed various workflows and strategic planning to meet objectives to best serve families and communities.• The lead organizer for the Special Education Family Forum virtual conference attended by 5,000 + participants.• Managed the NYC Public School’s Disability Pride Visual Art Contest and celebration.• Special inbox management and facilitated high level escalations.

Brooklyn, Ny

• Responsible for managing vendor relations and ensuring a smooth roll-out of the Core Curriculum program to schools from the vendor selection, administration of the online ordering application, vendor projections, successful deliveries into the schools, and data management for each program.• Works with vendors to outline and/or develop procedures and work plans to meet requirement for curriculum materials while troubleshooting issues and escalates concerns, as needed.• Assists the Director of Vendor Management in the follow up, support, and tracking of respective functional workflows to ensure the provision of key deliverable within prescribed time-frames; makes recommendation for streamlining current practices. • Develops policy and tracking plan enhancements to ensure that all Core Curriculum materials are delivered accurately and in a timely matter, which includes ensuring that data collection and reporting requirements are being met by all schools. • Manage vendor showcase event work plan to include vendor booth mapping, staffing for both the preliminary set-up and day of assignments and serve as the staffing point person.

Greater New York City Area

• Monitor progress against objectives; adjusts plans and manages contingency efforts and resources as required.• Implement best practices for event revenue growth; drives, encourages creativity and innovation for the event • Create recruitment challenges with incentive metrics to motivate team to reach daily, monthly and event goals• Conduct on-board and staff development training for various season roll outs and outreach activities• Retrieve daily queries to create timeline event reports to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats• Manage collateral material for constituencies on various Making Strides portfolios• Fundamentally mentor recruitment staff in relationship building to drive fundraising dollars through market specific strategies• Motivate and coach community champions to drive donor dollars and launch their own campaigns to support the mission of ACS• Drive corporate and community engagement through sponsorship opportunities and high donor Pacesetter cultivation• Assist in the implementation of the Kick-Off Breakfast and Making Strides event (approx. 60,000 participants)• Exceeded fundraising goals within the Making Strides team garnering over $3,000,000 for the fundraising season• Booked talent to perform for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Central Park• Identify, recruit & educate team leaders on how to build their team and implement fundraising activities• Meticulously track and monitor participants using event management database• Outreach to new and retain past event participants to promote the Making Strides events

New York, New York

• Researched and strategized to improved firm’s PR image RE: environmental concerns in Cameroon, Africa• Specifically sort after alliances in the media with ties in both Africa and the US to mitigate damage to the Herakles Farm brand and its initiatives• Engaged in media calls, executive correspondence, media list creation and assisted in publicity• Conducted internal and external audits for crisis management optimization

Brooklyn, New York

• Created, designed and implemented an outreach event model for over 100+ participants • Liaised with American Heart Association insuring funding for park activities and increasing health awareness• Used social media and online surveys to create an interest in parks programs and share community events • Created new on-boarding activities for collegiate level internship team • Recruited and oriented new participants which increased cultural diversity at park sites and programs• Supervised the stewardship of natural resources and ecological balance within the national park sites

New York, New York

• Recruited new Community Based Organizations and individuals from diverse under-served communities • Collaborated with CBO senior management to increase productivity through support of professional networks • Planned and supervised program events including workshop series, modular learning stations, graduations and other special celebratory events• Resourcefully provided technical assistance for CBOs and individuals who utilized their services• Facilitated workshops, presentations for quality assurance of organizations and its participants though policy• Audited and maintained confidential records of home organization and participants • Attended various conferences, meetings and trainings for up to date productivity

Far Rockaway, New York

• Coordinated schedules, monitored medical education compliances with medical schools and resident programs, verified state medical board regulations, researched and provided information about continuing education providers • Arranged for: professional speakers, on-boarding orientation, and department physicals • Maintained payroll of 100 + employees and monitored their time and scheduling needs• Audited, gathered, organized and maintained professional files for medical education department• Performed administrative assistant duties including correspondence, answering telephones, faxing and typing