Karley Snyder, Mpa, Pmp, Prosci® Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

In March 2023, I was nominated and elected to serve as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. In this position, I lead SSDP’s board of directors, ensuring the effectiveness of the board’s governance role and processes. I also lead all monthly board meetings and the board’s Executive Committee. I represent the board across our network, maintaining effective relationships with board members, our network, and stakeholders to advance our mission of ending the War on Drugs.

In June 2023, I was nominated and elected to serve as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. In this role, I independently planned and facilitated our annual Strategy Summit to identify goals and priorities for 2024. I also led the Judiciary Committee, including the onboarding of appointed directors and elected directors for FY24.

In 2022, I was elected to the Board of Directors of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, a nonprofit advocacy and education organization with focus on drug policy and criminal justice reform. SSDP promotes global youth civic engagement as a tool in reforming drug policy. SSDP has expanded from a single chapter in upstate New York created by a handful of students to a network of over 150 chapters worldwide. I served as the Secretary of the Board of Directors for my first year, where I ensured exceptional notes and record keeping for all board meetings. I also led the onboarding process for new board members elected to SSDP.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

At Aptive, I support the Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)’s 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and Crisis Services Program Evaluation Task Order and Zero Suicide Evaluation Task Order. I provide training and technical assistance (T/TA) Technical Assistance (TA) to SAMHSA grantees to ensure data collection fidelity in relation to evaluation outcomes.I also am a member of the Mental Health and Special Populations Subcommittee, supporting Aptive’s bids and proposals process by performing technical writing for proposals related to mental health, substance use disorder, and opioid use disorder.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

I supported the High Reliability Organization (HRO) Project, which supports Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in decreasing patient harm and optimizing service delivery. In FY22, I supported the HRO assessment workstream for continuous improvement of service delivery and to foster a collective understanding of frontline patient care. I assisted with the creation of over 131 site-specific assessments, workshops, and implementation plans. I facilitated HRO Implementation Workshops with VAMC senior leaders and frontline staff members to develop HRO action plans to guide facility forward on Journey to HRO. In collaboration with VAMC, I developed tangible next steps toward future state of HRO within facility to improve safety, quality, and support for VAMC employees. For FY23, I served as the Workstream Lead for the HRO Consultation efforts (i.e., Assistant Manager for four unique projects). Additionally, I supported the execution of a professional development series to strengthen executive leader engagement in, and execution of, high reliability behaviors and practices to further engagement in VHA's Journey to High Reliability.

In this role, I oversaw several state and federally funded projects with annual budgets exceeding $1.6 million including project planning, trainings, data collection, evaluation, implementation, and reporting responsibilities. I provided expert consulting and evidence-based research on substance use disorder, opioid use disorder, harm reduction, and public health topics to the team, as well as a wide range of external stakeholders, to ensure program efficiency and sustainability. I utilized data and performance metrics to direct project staff, stakeholders, and decision making, and I provided technical consulting to various stakeholders and organizations to implement data driven, community level public health interventions. I delivered services including, but not limited to, county coalition-building and facilitation, statewide workgroup facilitation, event coordination, stakeholder management, strategic planning, program implementation, and organizational health assessments. I maintained an online database housing overdose death data from all 67 Pennsylvania counties gathered by coordinating with county coroners and medical examiners (OverdoseFreePA). I also oversaw the planning, execution, and evaluation of a series of workshops across Pennsylvania in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. In summary, I pioneered the implementation of a novel public health approach to substance use disorder via county coalitions to reduce and prevent overdose deaths.

Pittsburgh, Pa

I provided concierge-based technical assistance to stakeholders on two main projects: 1) Pennsylvania Opioid Overdose Technical Assistance Center and 2) Pennsylvania Opioid Use Disorder Center of Excellence Technical Assistance Center. With the Pennsylvania Opioid Overdose Technical Assistance Center, I also currently support projects from the Bureau of Justice Assistance and Vital Strategies Harm Reduction programs. Previous projects include technical assistance with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Suicide Prevention Technical Assistance Center (1 year), as well as SAEDR funding to support the counties I served with the Pennsylvania Opioid Overdose Technical Assistance Center project. Stakeholders included leaders of local and state government agencies, social workers, certified recovery specialists, treatment providers, healthcare professionals, law enforcement, public safety officials, businesses, insurance organizations, public health professionals, faith-based leaders, and community members.Technical assistance services included but are not limited to: county coalition-building and facilitation, product development, event coordination, stakeholder management, strategic planning, program implementation, data collection and analysis, and organizational health.I also helped maintain OverdoseFreePA (www.overdosefreepa.org), a website database that houses overdose death data from all 67 Pennsylvania counties. Our team worked with local coroners and medical examiners to standardize overdose death data and report to the public via the OverdoseFreePA website. Responsibilities for OverdoseFreePA included entering and reviewing pending overdose death cases and coordinating with coroners and medical examiners across Pennsylvania.

I offered freelance consulting for various writing and editing needs. My consulting work is typically in the form of content writing, blog posts, contributing articles, and Excel spreadsheet reconciliation.For more information on scheduling a freelance consultation, please email karleylynnsnyder@gmail.comwww.karleylynnsnyder.wordpress.com

Pittsburgh, Pa

I promoted events with social media posts, posters, and flyers to generate visibility and increase audiences. I maintain a social media presence to market local events and upcoming shows. I worked alongside a team of 115 other promoters to throw events, concerts, and festivals in the Pittsburgh and surrounding area.

Remote

I created and edited online article content on a variety of topics with the purpose of teaching anyone how to do anything. With this position, I crafted a minimum of three instructional articles per day. Topics included: Health and wellness, lifestyle, gardening, DIY crafts, home renovations, cooking, travel, social support, etc.

Pittsburgh, Pa

I coordinated with both departmental and external faculty and staff to schedule seminar speakers. I prepared travel arrangements for guest speakers, including lunch and dinner reservations, hotel accommodations, flights, and car transportation. I communicated with department faculty to prepare a detailed schedule for each speaker, and I scheduled catering for all departmental events through the university catering department. I was also responsible for event advertisement, as well as managing social media platforms. Additionally, I oversaw departmental room reservations and schedule room reservations on behalf of students and faculty, and I answered and direct phone calls and emails, as well as met and directed visitors.

Pittsburgh, Pa

I managed a case list of over 200 clients, covering immigration applications including: Hardship Waivers (I-601 & I-601A), Fiancé Visas, Alien Relative Petitions (I-130), Consular Processing, etc. I consulted my clients by providing detailed instructions and immigration information to clients throughout application process. I utilized immigration case management database system INSZoom to complete immigration forms and paperwork and coordinate with clients in order to prepare and file petitions. I drafted and submit affidavits, waivers, and immigration forms for client immigration cases to obtain lawful status and communicated on clients’ behalf with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the National Visa Center (NVC) and U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world.

Pittsburgh, Pa

I established an event space and work directive alongside an opening staff for a brand new hotel. This location utilizes the Gym and Ballroom, two historic, preserved event spaces to throw private and public events. I provided exceptional customer service to customers and guests, set-up and broke-down event space, organize event furniture and supplies and maintain rented supplies, and specialized in weddings and private parties.

Pittsburgh, Pa

I acted as the Manager on Duty, leading all team members to ensure day-to-day tasks and routines are complete. I assisted in Michaels’ events sample creations, set-up, tear-down, scheduling, and execution.

Pittsburgh, Pa

With this position, I acted as liaison between the customer and company, I serviced customers’ needs both on phone and instant messenger chat service, and I used a database to solve customer problems, issue refunds, give discounts, and leave notes for other Advocates.

Pittsburgh, Pa

I oversaw the event planning and volunteer management of Pitt’s move-in organization called Arrival Survival (Now Pitt Arrival). The University of Pittsburgh is an urban campus, in the middle of the city, so my job was to plan and organize the entire move-in of the residence hall students at the end of August. Arrival Survival also acted as a welcome organization, encouraging upperclassmen students to volunteer, assisting incoming students and their families move their belongings into their subsequent dormitories. I recruited and trained over 800 volunteers in order to move in over 8,000 students in a one-week period. I spent the other 51 weeks out of the year coordinating with both University departments and the city of Pittsburgh to best accommodate the large influx of traffic during Arrival week. I maintained Arrival Survival’s social media accounts for the two years I held this position, and I’ve also edited and published official university documents such as the move-in instruction booklet and attached documents. I edited and rewrote the instruction manual for successive Arrival coordinators. Through my involvements with Arrival Survival, I realized my confidence and capabilities with event planning, peer leadership, organization, and management. I maintained a nearly $200,000 campus-wide event.

Pittsburgh, Pa

I volunteered my time with The Original Magazine, a biannual arts and culture publication all about Pittsburgh. The Original was founded in 2006, offering students the opportunity to expand their understanding of the city of Pittsburgh and the University as a whole. I started off submitting poetry and contributing articles, before moving up to the executive board, where I served as Illustrations Editor. My senior year, I was invited to be the next editor-in-chief, where I managed and edited the last two issues. As editor-in-chief, I presided over the executive board and publication staff, facilitating between writers, illustrators, photographers, designers, marketing interns, event coordinators, and readers. I launched recruiting, advertising, fundraising, and social initiatives/events aimed at club development. My main focus was to increase distribution, readership, and magazine awareness across University of Pittsburgh campus and city of Pittsburgh and to establish creative community for students, including: teaching writing techniques, establishing unprecedented writing workshops, and providing writing edits, suggestions, and positive feedback.My writing has been featured in a total of eight issues (8-16), in the form of nonfiction and poetry. I acted as editor-in-chief for two consecutive issues. My previous roles include Illustration Editor, Staff Editor, Staff Writer, Staff Illustrator, and Copywriter.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Social Policy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Cultural Anthropology, English Writing, Cumulative Gpa: 3.4

Activities and Societies: Arrival Survival Move-In Program, The Original Magazine, and Panthropology publication (Anthropology.

High School Diploma, Ap Classes, National Honors Society, Dean'S List, Honors

Activities and Societies: Link Crew, Phoenix Literary Magazine