Business Retention and Expansion

• Advocated and directed 180 Boards of Education in Georgia, representing more than 1,000 school board officials that govern over 1.7 million public school students for the equity, equality and excellence in public education.• Led national conversations about equity in public education, advocated for public policies that students everywhere have access to excellent public education, created a better understanding and importance of school boards and local governance.• Cultivated and… Show more • Advocated and directed 180 Boards of Education in Georgia, representing more than 1,000 school board officials that govern over 1.7 million public school students for the equity, equality and excellence in public education.• Led national conversations about equity in public education, advocated for public policies that students everywhere have access to excellent public education, created a better understanding and importance of school boards and local governance.• Cultivated and maintained positive working relationships with employees, executives and other stakeholders.• Administered day-to-day operations, including accounting and budget management, business development, performance metrics and evaluated the executive director, set annual salary and benefits. Show less

• Executive leader with 22 facilities, approximately 16,600 students, 2,900 employees including the evaluation of the Superintendent and the General Counsel.• Managed a balanced budget of $179 million, while maintaining and executing a debt free school system.• Adopted policies that gave the county direction to set priorities and achieve goals by gathering and analyzing cultural, education, social, and demographic data to guide in development.• Participated and presented in numerous… Show more • Executive leader with 22 facilities, approximately 16,600 students, 2,900 employees including the evaluation of the Superintendent and the General Counsel.• Managed a balanced budget of $179 million, while maintaining and executing a debt free school system.• Adopted policies that gave the county direction to set priorities and achieve goals by gathering and analyzing cultural, education, social, and demographic data to guide in development.• Participated and presented in numerous education board member trainings and conventions, including cultural competency, diversity, and inclusion. Show less

• Planned and organized the daily operation of the department to include evening classes, continuing education, off campus activities, industrial projects and customized training for service area—DeKalb, Rockdale, Newton and Morgan Counties.• Created and executed work force development programs resulting in 85% placement hires of the participants and hired, trained, on-boarded and managed employees.• Built and developed collaborative partnerships with the public and private sectors that… Show more • Planned and organized the daily operation of the department to include evening classes, continuing education, off campus activities, industrial projects and customized training for service area—DeKalb, Rockdale, Newton and Morgan Counties.• Created and executed work force development programs resulting in 85% placement hires of the participants and hired, trained, on-boarded and managed employees.• Built and developed collaborative partnerships with the public and private sectors that aligned with the college's activities and provided clients with recommendations for improvements to increase efficiency, developed optimization of training objective, and outlined problem areas for compliance.• Developed trainings, tools, and reports to assist in driving decision- making for businesses, managers, company leaders, and employees and developed partnerships with businesses, industries, agencies, schools, churches and organization to make community impact and economic development programs accessible. Show less

• Provided strategy, sourcing and implementing diversity, equity and inclusion programs designed to support the overall positive and inclusive culture of the plant as well as coordinated, developed and directed activities for diversity, inclusive, and positive relationship team building activities for the plant.• Planned, managed and executed self-design of technician pay for skills certification program responsible for the evaluation and promotion of technicians resulting in a balanced and… Show more • Provided strategy, sourcing and implementing diversity, equity and inclusion programs designed to support the overall positive and inclusive culture of the plant as well as coordinated, developed and directed activities for diversity, inclusive, and positive relationship team building activities for the plant.• Planned, managed and executed self-design of technician pay for skills certification program responsible for the evaluation and promotion of technicians resulting in a balanced and equitable recognition of the workforce.• Championed and facilitated workplace inclusiveness meetings which established the plant's value statement on diversity and inclusion and set, created, and executed plant-wide training goals and initiatives for a high-performance work system of 400+ employees.• Chair of the Community Action Council and responsible for corporate and community grant distribution and scholarship program resulting in a best practice within General Mills and coordinated internal and external events to ensure positive employee relations and communications, i.e., safety, family integration, celebrations, meetings, etc.• Led and managed recruiting, hiring and onboarding process for new employees ensuring they understand the plant values and objectives of an inclusive and diverse environment. Show less