• Wrote four grants to fund the Integrated Community Project (ICP) resulting in a $10,000 grant and a $25,000 grant from two local private foundations in New Jersey to implement the ICP at a local level in a municipality and expand work around supportive housing for individuals who are aging.• Directing Westfield ICP Initiative connecting with 75 local and regional organizations and held focus groups, trainings, and presentations to leaders• Researched, wrote, and published Aging in Supportive Housing Guide for Municipalities. Published September 2024.• Testified in front of the New Jersey General Assembly in favor of and participated in strategy team that drove effort to pass historic affordable housing legislation; testified at New Jersey state budget hearings• Consult with New Jersey Council on Development Disabilities (NJCDD) Cultural Liaison Program to provide training to the liaisons and support the NJCDD’s DEI consultant• Conducted advocacy training to 24 Finally Home NJ participants who support people with various personal needs• Facilitated a SHA Developers Meeting where 25 nonprofit developers heard plans for new affordable housing legislation• Presented a workshop, “The Integrated Community Project: Increasing Community Access and Quality of Life for All,” to 25 attendees at the annual INNOVaging conference and CT Age Well Collaborative Event* Planned annual 2023 SHA conference, including organizing conference workshop and soliciting sponsorships

* Wrote, launched, and promoted the ICP Toolkit for Municipalities* Presented Building Alliances and Improving Community for All workshop at SHA’s Conference * Assisted in securing new funding in 2022 to expand the ICP project* Advocate for individuals with disabilities and barriers at the local level* Work with municipalities to ensure residents have increased engagement in the cities and towns where they live* Won 1st Place for the Social Innovations NJ Award in the Legislative Impact category* Convened focus groups of people with lived experience * Lead Leadership Teams of individuals with lived experience and organizational leaders guiding the ICP* Guided individuals with lived experience in becoming leaders in the work to improve communities* Designed and administered ICP Municipal Assessment tool

• Raised money for Hereditary Angioedema Association (HAEA) through the 2023 HAEA In Motion fundraiser and volunteered at fundraiser's in-person event• Participated in 2023 US HAEA Virtual Capitol Hill Day, represented the HAEA at EveryLife Foundation's for Rare Disease'sLegislative in-person Conference and Hill Day events as a Grassroots Advocacy Network Regional Leader; participated in multiple meetings with federal elected officials and staff; Participated in 2024 US HAEA Advocacy Training and four meetings in Washington, DC with federal elected officials and staff• Presented on navigating school with a child living with HAE to 15 attendees at HAEA's Back to School Roundtable recorded webinar; has received 3,100 views as of August 2023; Participated in July 2024 HAE Speaks podcast episode "Spotlight on HAEA Grassroots Advocacy Network Regional Leaders."• Attended 2022 HAEA Summit; represented the HAEA at the 2024 HAEi Regional Conference of the Americas; and invited to represent HAEA at 2024 HAEi Global Leadership Workshop in Copenhagen in October 2024• Invited to share personal story of living with disease at a virtual town hall meeting of a pharmaceutical company

* Teaches online graduate Social Welfare Policy course to graduate students* Advised second year graduate students in writing their Capstone Projects

• Drive Foundation’s mission of partnering to advance health equity through learning, grant making, and advocating • Led recruitment of five new Trustees that represent race, ethnicity, and towns not previously seen on Board• Serve as Chair-Nominating Committee, and Member-Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team, and Member - Grants Committee; served as Member-Development, PR, and 10th Anniversary Celebration Committees

* Provided advice and teaching strategies to faculty through workshops, 1-on-1 Zoom meetings and collaboration.* Created new, and refined existing, teaching and learning materials to support faculty’s development* Taught courses including Introduction to Social Work, Seminar in Social Work, Current Social Issues in Child Advocacy (undergraduate classes), and Child and Family Policy (graduate class) * Managed class sizes ranging from 25-40 students and created the curriculum for all courses

* Recruited new and returning sponsors for the 2021 and 2022 statewide Homes Within Reach conferences, attended by 800+ people* Managed exhibitors’ hall and sponsors’ reception

* Increased civic engagement of people with lived experience and capacity of 23 nonprofit organizations through the PA Votes initiative* Strengthened the organization by investing in staff through facilitating staff retreat and hiring of two VISTA members and a Housing and Community Engagement fellow* Prepared brief on racial disparity in homelessness * Secured sponsors and planned plenary highlighting civic engagement speakers for statewide conference

* Developed and taught an ascynhronous graduate level macro course

* Directed public policy, advocacy and public relations work* Led organization’s federal advocacy initiatives * Coordinated and attended site visits, meetings, and events with Members of Congress* Managed external communications through policy updates, and blog and social media posts* Executed a series of annual Congressional Receptions in D.C. attended by 35+ partner organizations and 350+ NJ constituents* Planned and executed public forums that raised awareness within state/local government, and nonprofit/other sectors

* Mobilized federal advocacy network to lobby Congress

* Planned and implemented statewide advocacy campaign that created 4,400+ new supportive housing units* Led the strategic planning process for redirecting the Campaign and implementing the new plan* Spearheaded five dinner and awards events, the largest fundraising vehicles for the organization; organized 2010 dinner with 380+ attendees and raised $75k* Served as organizational spokesperson including presenting to audiences at national and statewide conferences* Educated state and Federal legislators and staff about supportive housing and ending homelessness issues * Supervised and evaluated team of five Campaign project assistants and graduate students* Managed the Campaign project budgets, and Federal and state budgets and processes

* Taught graduate level social work classes in the Policy Practice concentration* Advised Policy Practice graduate students in their field placements * nstructed Policy Practice graduate level interns at the Partnership for Strong Communities

* Served as legislative assistant to Hartford City Councilperson Dr. Robert Painter* Assisted with various initiatives around building stronger communities in the City of Hartford.

* Managed organization's day to day operations * Built and organized the membership in Hartford's neighborhoods and in towns in the Capitol Region * Maintained communications and mobilized its membership * Served as organization's chief spokesperson.

* Served as Case Manager at Bread & Roses Hospitality for Women and Children* Provided support services and employment readiness services * Coordinated and taught parenting classes