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Seattle, WA

• Scope and write consulting proposals
• Craft and deliver new in-person and virtual trainings (including trauma-informed care, self-care, de-escalation, and boundaries and transparency)
• Project manage training and technical assistance contracts, ensuring on-time and on-budget deliverables and efficient use of team members’ skills and interests
• Create time and process management techniques to improve efficiency and streamline processes internal to CSH
• REDIT Consulting… Show more
• REDIT Consulting Committee member Show less

Greater Seattle Area

• Managed the hiring, training, and staff development for CSB’s Nutrition, Care Advocacy, Warehouse, and Distribution teams
• Oversaw the provision of direct services and quality of care for CSB clients
• Led the development of policies, procedures, and program standards
• Ensured compliance with contractual requirements, completed all required reporting for CSB’s multiple funding streams, and prepared staff for internal and external audits and site visits
• Developed annual budget… Show more
• Developed annual budget and monitored program spending and administrative decisions

Seattle, WA

• Wrote and monitored service contracts with agencies awarded funding for homeless health care services. Negotiated performance commitments and reporting requirements, developed project budgets, conducted monitoring and.
• Worked with program funders and contractors to assure that contractors provided sufficient data to satisfy reporting requirements. Provided technical assistance to support growth and effective functioning of.
• Worked with program funders and contractors to assure that contractors provided sufficient data to satisfy reporting requirements. Provided technical assistance to support growth and effective functioning of.
• Updated internal processes and procedures to ensure smooth and efficient work functions and reduce duplicative work across contract monitoring functions
• Worked with contractors, community partners, and HCHN staff to plan, organize, and execute meetings, events, and other functions related to HCHN scope of work Show less

St. Paul, Minnesota

• Directed the Request for Proposal process for the anticipated amount of $14.93 million, including writing, garnering community input, and gaining approval and input from staff across multiple state agencies
• Provided leadership to FHPAP grantees, including oversight and monitoring, sharing best practices, analyzing performance, and working on program development and improvement
• Worked jointly with other state agency staff to provide state coordination of the Continuum of Care… Show more
• Worked jointly with other state agency staff to provide state coordination of the Continuum of Care groups
• Served as agency representative on state agency and community committeeso Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness (MICH)o FHPAP-MICH subcommitteeo American Indian Supportive Housing Initiativeo Homeless.

St. Paul, Minnesota

• Worked with guests to make connections with local organizations to work towards housing, harm reduction, independent living skills and other self-identified goals
• Made referrals and provided information to guests
• Provided a safe and respectful environment for guests awaiting overnight shelter

St. Paul, Minnesota

• Managed the Twin Cities Metro Regional Project, September 2008-July 2012
• Coordinated programs and service delivery for seven mobile teams and four site-based communities that span the seven-county Twin Cities metro area, serving over 650 homeless individuals
• Contracted with and managed direct service providers, comprising ten agencies and thirteen contracts
• Conducted contract audits to ensure compliance and improve procedures
• Create and fostered partnerships with direct… Show more Managed the Twin Cities Metro Regional Project, September 2008-July 2012
• Create and fostered partnerships with direct service providers, county staff, government partners and community stakeholders in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area

St. Paul, Minnesota

• Case Manager, 11/06-4/08
• Provided case management to chronically homeless adults
• Networked with area landlords to find and maintain housing for clients
• Developed treatment plans, including setting realistic and achievable goals
• Worked with clients to obtain medical, dental, and other professional care
• Built relationships with community professionals to improve services Outreach Specialist/Mental Health Practitioner, 8/05-11/06

Maplewood, Minnesota

• Program Supervisor, 1/06-3/07
• Direct Supervisor of eleven front-desk staff charged with maintaining the positive environment and safety of the 54 resident facility
• Worked with County and Community Representatives to facilitate an effective and efficiently run program
• Created staff manuals and procedures to improve clarity and accountabilityHousing advocate, 3/03-1/06
• Provided information and referrals to residents and moderated issues that arose between residents… Show more Program Supervisor, 1/06-3/07
• Provided information and referrals to residents and moderated issues that arose between residents

St. Paul, Minnesota

• Maintained a safe environment and moderated any arguments or incidents that arose by using principles of conflict resolution and de-escalation
• Documented issues of individual clients so as to monitor behavior patterns and better serve his/her needs in the future
• Provided guests with information and referrals to other appropriate organizations

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Organizational Leadership

Research Action Project: “The Intersection Between Customer Service and Social Services”

Certificate, Dispute Resolution

Study Abroad: Hamline University School of Law Dispute Resolution Institute/Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel; January 2011: "Conflict.

Certificate: Strategic Management

Certificate: Ethics And Leadership

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology, Justice And Peace Studies

Study Abroad: School for International Training, Geneva, Switzerland, August-December 2003 "International Studies and International.

Education record