Kelley Lou Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Oversee membership recruitment, retention and development with approximately 65 AAPI-serving CBOs to fundraise over $80,000-Piloted and created a Capacity Building Leadership cohort in partnership with The Management Center for 35 leaders around project planning and management skills -Wrote capacity building research report and guidebook to share capacity building framework and strategies with staff and membership -Introduced and led team building activities (including StrengthsFinders and Myers Briggs) for 16 staff members-Lead six cohorts of 10 fellows from across the nation on advocacy and leadership training - including creating the recruitment process, developing the curriculum, providing monthly trainings, and in-person trainings and meetings and evaluating the effectiveness of the program -Collaborate with departments internally to increase the efficiency and sustainability of member engagement around areas of housing, displacement, and economic justice

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Conducted a year-long research study on capacity building needs for 35 AAPI-serving CBOs-Led an advocacy and leadership development program for 10 leaders in the AAPI CBO community-Developed capacity building sessions for national convention

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Led a policy and awareness campaign around the Earned Income Tax Credit (#EITC4me)-Published Op-eds on Huffington Post and Shelterforce Blog-Facilitated webinars with coalition members on the #EITC4me Campaign -Delivered over 1,500 postcards signed by communities around the nation to members of Congress -Collaborated with over 20 local and national organizations on social media posts and postcard dissemination -Drafted comment letters for industry around Limited English Proficient communities and access to home mortgage opportunities -Created curriculum for Community in the Capitol Fellowship program that brought 10 community nonprofit leaders to Washington D.C. to engage in National Advocacy -Collaborated with National organizations through the Asset Building Policy Network and the Tax Alliance for Economic Mobility

Houston, Texas Area

-Led a department of more than ten people including six staff, three interns and five volunteers-Prepared grant proposals, articulated project deliverables to funders and prepared monthly and quarterly reports-Obtained and manage private and public grant funding annually of approximately $420,000 -Researched, developed and implemented best practices to design, create, and maintain programs that serve approximately 5,000 unduplicated clients annually-Reported and tracked yearly outcome management for United Way funding through developing logic models, summarizing, conducting continous quality improvement and analyzing data-Trained staff on outcome management and evaluation techniques for program planning -Promote services to funders and potential volunteers by giving speeches, going on television interviews, utilizing social media, creating newsletter articles, and conducting tours-Participated in multiple city-wide multi-disciplinary social service teams (Care for Elders, Access Network, Houston Alliance to Address Dementia, United Against Human Trafficking) to plan and develop system and programmatic changes for underrepresented communities-Conducted and analyzed 1,000 respondent needs assessment survey for Asian seniors in Houston in conjunction with the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work and other local partners -Designed and conducted a human traficking awareness survey to reach approximately 1,000 Asian community members; analyzed data from survey to design a culturally compotent human trafficking training program

Houston, Texas Area

-Recruit and develop partnerships with over 30 other nonprofit and government organizations to conduct site visits of entites involved in SCSEP to ensure program compliance and quality-Assess and conduct case-management for an average of 60 senior-citizens in the program annually-Develop quarterly meetings to benefit senior participants by engaging with outside community speakers to provide presentations on various educational topics related to health promotion, benefits and financial security

Beijing City, China

-Conducted home studies and post-placement visits for families; counseled and provided case-management services for families adopting via telephone and email and in-person throughout China and Hong Kong-Created and led a life-skills mentorship program for eight older orphans-Edited written materials for newsletter created quarterly

Austin, Tx

-Provided supportive guidance and therapy with 10 elementary-aged individuals one-on-one-Facilitated after-school group therapy and discussion for six elementary-aged individuals-Participated in multi-disciplinary teams in the school setting to conduct case assessments

Msw, Social Work

Activities and Societies: Children, Youth, and Families Student Representative; George Warren Brown School of Social Work.

Bsw, Social Work

Activities and Societies: Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award, Social Work Council -- BSW Representative, University of Texas Cactus.