In partnership with Workforce Development, Inc., The City of Rochester is working to create more access For Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color in Built Environment industries.Collaborate across community organizations to create equitable processes for BIPOC women looking to enter Built Environment careersSuccessfully implemented co-designed principles to ensure more industry partners have Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) best practices in placePartnered with the Building and Maintenance department to implement a six month preventative maintenance internship program for BIPOC women Managed four work streams and found sustainability partners in the community to ensure the program continues past the grant periodElevated and leveraged existing programs in the community to build into the system to decrease redunancy and streamline the experience for both employees and employers

Personal and Professional Strategist grounded in evidence-based decision making and transformative learning theory. Experienced facilitator helping groups of people move from idea to action with measurable results.Proven consultant in the following areas:Executive Coaching - Developing the art of leadership that includes the ability to articulate individual tenets of leadership and how their style aligns with organizational mission and values.Strategic Planning - develop strategic plans with measurements that are data-driven and evidence based.Neutral Facilitation - facilitate meetings, focus groups, and co-design efforts to help groups come to consensus, create action plans, and commit to momentum.Curriculum Development - specialize in adult learning and trainings that include standards, experiential learning, call to actions, and reflection activities.Frameworks used: Clifton Strengths®, Results Based Accountability™, mixed methods data collection including co-design

Oversee College of Education policies and procedures for assessment and accreditation in conjunction with the CLAA Director.Engage in College of Education, departmental, and programmatic assessment and accreditation decision making for continuous improvement of academic and student service programming (including-- planning meetings/events for data dissemination and maintaining data driven culture; developing data and assessment documents/materials; engaging all stakeholders in assessment literacy discussions; and completing statistical analyses of College of Education and Unit-level data both quantitative and qualitative).Use research, assessment and innovative thinking skills for problem solving, proactive and reactive assessment which furthers the productivity of the College of Education and the Professional Education Unit. Consult, coordinate, and communicate relevant knowledge and expertise in all communications to institutional partners, faculty, staff, students, administrators and external stakeholders. Represent the Dean of the College of Education in communication and relationship-building regarding assessment and accreditation issues to the College of Education, Professional Education Unit, and other external partners. Serve as a liaison for the College of Education Dean’s Office in partnership with the CLAA Director for strategic planning and assessment needs of faculty/staff for external accreditors, boards, and partners.Provide professional development through managing leadership opportunities for faculty, staff, student, and B-12 partners including serving as a College of Education delegate by the Dean of the COE.

Responsible for starting up a community-wide initiative with seven networks of community partners aligning their program data to shared results that span lives of children from birth to early career. Grew staff of Data and Community Engagement departments, opened two networks, engaged over 30 community partners to dedicate time and/or resources to the success of the initiative.Partnered and provided staff support to the Nonprofit Consortium to successfully facilitate a cross-sectored approach to COVID19 response.Built a diverse funding stream that included state government, philanthropic, and private investments.Lead staff of 5 in a Clifton Strengths work cultureLead community partners through data informed and data driven projectsUse a data collection process grounded in Results Based Accountability (RBA) to create, clean, analyze, and report locally produced data across network partnersUse co-design process to evaluate and create community wide programsFacilitate and create strategic plans with measurable results with Network PartnersPresent to community groups about the importance of Cradle 2 CareerDevelop relationships with local and state leaders to ensure investments came to our initiativeResponsible for a $500,000 - $1,000,000 budget and establishing sound financial practices for a start-up initiative

Collaborating with public and private sectors to ensure growth and stability for all working residents of SE MN.Implement Public Policy, Workforce Innovative Opportunity Act, (WIOA) through the Regional WIOA plan which ensures all Southeast Minnesotans have access to or are on a career pathway that leads to a family sustainable wage. Consult regional businesses through the eyes of employees from outreach to retirement and create action plans for their next best step.Collaborate with regional representatives to connect businesses to state and local resources.Research and present workforce development best practices for numerous stakeholders.Facilitate workforce development task force groups to create strategic plans to serve special populations with high unemployment rates. Including, but not limited to, people with disabilities, people of diverse backgrounds, and the previously incarcerated. These plans include sustainability, succession, project management, and management action steps with measurable outcomes.Communicate effectively, to various audiences, regional labor market data and what it means for communities. Serve as committee chair for the Southeast Minnesota Disability Education Network (SMDEN) through the MaxAbility Taskforce. We deliver quarterly workshops to connect hiring organizations to the resources necessary to diversify their workforce. Implement state workforce strategy through the Governor's Workforce Development Administration.

With 1.1 qualified candidates per open job, we work with experts in the Rochester, MN region to Develop, Attract, and Retain the best talent fit for our local businesses. Project Management:Creating Hubworks.mn, an online tool that will connect people to jobs, resources, and opportunities in Southeast Minnesota. Weekly interaction with the Technology Company's Project manager to ensure we are on schedule, within scope, and the team has what they need to build the website. Manage communications with Board of Trustees, and upper management to create a constant and clear flow of communications.Realize Rochester: Setting strategy for a collaborative marketing initiative that creates and shares the perks of doing business, living, and playing in the Southeast Minnesota region and primarily Rochester. With collaborators, creating a five year plan that will attract people to move to our region through a multimedia approach. Strategic Partnerships:Working with important community partners to create more experiential, hands on learning for students of all levels.Staff Management:Manage Workforce Development staff to maintain key partnerships, meet deadlines, and manage events.Budget Management:Work with staff and Board of Trustees to create and maintain annual budget.

Program Management:Leadership Greater Rochester: a 31 year old program dedicated to producing invested and engaged community leaders at the end of the 10 month program. Work with a 12 member steering committee to manage a 45 volunteer ran program that provides access to quality personal and professional growth materials and community leaders.Women in Leadership and Development (WILD): Work with steering committee to create a robust program to serve women leaders and business owners within the Chamber Membership. Manage volunteer chairs for three portions of the program: monthly roundtable for women to network, Atypical Tea, a quarterly professional development series, and Mentorship.Job Shadow Program:Partnered with Byron High School to create a job shadow program to place all 11th graders into a career relevant job shadow for a day.Process Management:Manage Workforce Development staff in creation of processes for existing programs and events.Creation of outcomes and assessments based on membership needs data.Content Management:Final copy editor for the Chamber Advantage, a monthly publication. Writer for the Chamber Advantage. Produce monthly content that range from 200 - 3000 words.Manage content produced for Foundation Website including SEO. Budget Management:Work with staff and Board of Trustees to create and maintain annual budget.

Journalism co-advisor:Collaboratively grew the journalism program to produce 3 publications: Annual, Quarterly Magazine, and daily web-based newspaper. Managed a staff of 60 daily.Trained Journalism staff to lead peers to produce high quality content on revolving deadlines, create and implement project management processes, and how to train successors. Received Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Award for Print/Web publications in 2014.Advanced Placement (AP) Literature and Language lead educator:In collaboration with other AP instructors, split our AP symposium class in 2010 to include AP Literature and Composition at 11th grade and AP Language and Composition at 12th grade. Built curriculum for the AP Literature program that was recognized and endorsed by the College BoardUsed data from the AP tests to create and implement curriculum to raise participants taking the AP assessment and number of participants scoring a 3, 4, or 5 on a 5 point scale.Classroom management:Managed 5 classes of 25 - 35 students dailyAssigned, edited, re-taught writing techniques, helped revise, and assessed writing at various skill level: below grade level to higher collegiate level.Worked with each student on an individualized learning plan to assess where they were and where they wanted to go and taught them the skills and steps to get to their desired outcome.

Piloted the first team approach to instruction on our campus. Trained other educators both on our campus and in the district on the team approach.