DiversiPro is a multidisciplinary team of diverse experts specializing in organizational assessment, capacity building, and learning and development that advance Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism (IDEA). We include “Anti-Racism” in the DEI construct because we believe it must be part of any desire to create an inclusive workplace.With prominent clients across Canada and around the world, DiversiPro has helped organizations build capacity and resilience to face challenges and leverage opportunities emerging from demographic changes and the fast-evolving social context. DiversiPro’s services include strategic and operational planning, communications and change management consulting, community building and organizational development. Research, training, and evaluation are the core activities in most of the company’s projects.

•Responsible for full cycle project management including project bidding, project design, budget management, completing builds. •My background in construction and project management allow me to complete projects on time and under budget with a high attention to detail.•All projects are built from upcycled and reclaimed materials, minimizing environmental impact.

•Worked in partnership with community based non-profits, houses of worship, Townships, and the State of Illinois to ensure that over 180,000 low income families in Cook County were eligible to apply for and receive LIHEAP benefits.•Ran entire Quality Assurance department for CEDA.•Managed 22 staff members at varying leadership levels from Intake Workers, Eligibility Determination Specialists, to Training Coordinators, Supervisors, and Team Leads.•Oversaw the Training Team, including all aspects of internal and external training.•Responsible for coordinating between 72 Partner Intake Sites that offer LIHEAP benefits to low income households throughout Cook County.•Planned and ran yearly Executive Director Roundtable meetings, providing an open venue for C-Suite Executives to share lessons learned during a tumultuous year impacted by COVID-19 and the economic hardships faced by CEDA’s customers.•Oversaw teams writing departmental SOPs and Policies and Procedures Manual.

DAUSA is a Rotarian Operated Project. We provide shelter, clean water systems, tools, mosquito nets and other items to survivors of disasters. DAUSA also partners with others to provide water filtration projects wherever needed. We vow to be completely transparent and welcome inquiries about how we use donations. We are partnered with Disaster Aid Australia, and Disaster Aid UK and Ireland.• Director on Rotary Zone 33 Board.• Lead for domestic Disaster Aid Response Team (DART) training.• Lead for creating youth focused programs to engage and educate youth about the organization and ways to get involved.• Facilitator for material logistics, site and project planning, personnel support and fundraising initiatives and event planning.

•Responsible for all mass care responses in Chicago and Northern Illinois, including sheltering, fixed base feeding operations, and mobile feeding operations using Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) and canteen vehicles. •Managed logistics related to preparing for and responding to emergency situations, including maintaining disaster fleet vehicles and shelter trailers, warehousing and inventory control, and volunteer supervision.•Representative to the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) Mass Care Sub-Committee to prepare for large-scale disasters in the greater Chicago area.•Established a partnership between the ARC and Uptake to better understand fleet usage and gaps in service delivery. •Led the Mass Care and Logistics volunteer team to refit 18 disaster trailers, increasing regional preparedness and readiness. •Updated the National Shelter System database with new facility use agreements and conducted site walk-throughs with regional partners to better facilitate disaster shelter openings during emergencies. •Deployed to national disasters in Iowa and North Carolina, where I worked as a supervisor in the distribution of emergency supplies and with mobile feeding teams. •Completed requirements to become a Disaster Action Team (DAT) Manager, supervising staff and volunteers responding to fires around Greater Chicago and providing services to clients to help them on their road to recovery.•Participated in various ARC and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trainings.•Logistics Associate Director for local disaster responses, leading distribution of emergency supplies to clients, inventory control, staffing shelter locations, and facilitating deployment of the regional disaster fleet. •Regional Logistics Associate Director for six Sound the Alarm events to install smoke detectors and educate residents in vulnerable communities about fire safety.

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Office of Pesticides Programs, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division•Planned and managed registration review activities and schedules for numerous active ingredient cases.•Led inter-agency teams that conducted ecological and human health risk assessment under the statutes of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).•Identified risk concerns and developed risk mitigation options as part of the pesticide re-evaluation process.•Researched and drafted written materials and fact sheets concerning pesticide usage for the general public.•Collaborated with various agency representatives to make it possible for the public and interest groups to obtain the most up-to-date information about effective pesticide usage, disposal, and safety.•Reviewed scientific information for accuracy, reliability, consistency and adherence to applicable laws related to registration and re-evaluation of pesticide products.•Organized internal and external stakeholder meetings, moderated discussions, and mediated conflicts in order to meet team deadlines and reach consensus on policy and technical issues.•Negotiated with private sector companies to mitigate ecological and human health risks from pesticide products, including adding additional mitigation language to pesticide labels.•Wrote briefing papers, decisions documents, work plans, communication materials, response to public comments, regulatory documents for pesticide registration review process which convey both technical and non-technical information.•Reviewed, analyzed, and coordinated the Agency’s response to public comments received during the registration review public comment period to communicate the rationale behind policy and decision making.•Developed and maintained working relationships with private industry and public stakeholders.

• Coordinate district-wide disaster relief work with Disaster Aid USA in Rotary District 7620.• District-wide Disaster Aid Response Team (DART) training coordinator.

Regional Emergency Action Plan Coordinator• Activated department Emergency Action Plan during natural disasters, political unrest and other crises.• Coordinated the notification, location and consolidation of up to 12 Peace Corps volunteers during emergencies by using technologies such as email, telephone, as well as short wave and commercial radio.• Promoted travel safety best practices amongst the regional and national Peace Corps volunteer population.• Communicated with the Peace Corps Macedonia Safety and Security Office to improve situational awareness before, during and after regional emergency situations.Interfaced with local Macedonian law enforcement and other government officials to improve the safety of Peace Corps volunteers in the region.• Participated in an 11-week technical, language and cultural training which included training on needs assessment and analysis using the SWOT process and other techniques. • Created project plan for town’s first youth center including funding through the US Embassy in Skopje, Macedonia.Primary Work Site with an organic farmer's cooperative in Mustafino, Macedonia, called "ZZ Eko Ilinden"• Supervised creation of strategic plan and business plan.• Developed a fully funded program with two villages in the Municipality to decrease pollution levels and increase environmental protection by creating clean and garbage free villages. Community education paired with Municipal garbage pickup provided a positive example to citizens on sustainable environmental practices as well as a clean and safe community.• Developed and ran a 6-week program management and planning workshop with a diverse group of locals.• Provided business development opportunities to 11 farmers.• Increased online presence through better functioning web development and database management.

• Cross-cultural skills building facilitator through members of other global Rotaract Clubs.• Leading teams of up to 20 people on development projects.• Lead for food drives, disaster response, Habitat for Humanity, school beautification, wetland restoration and Salvation Army Grate Patrol.• Lead on new member development.• Civilian-Military liaison for Walter Reed Military Hospital volunteer events.• Lead on recruitment and placement of volunteers to peer mentors from within Rotary.• Identified and led teams for international service projects in the areas of clean water in Africa, well drilling in Mexico and the Caribbean, mosquito netting in the Amazon and dental hygiene in rural Guatemala.

The Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) is a statistically reliable, cross-culturally valid measure of intercultural competence adapted from the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity.•Managed $1.5 million in contracts for the 2014 fiscal year. •Performed data and project management using SalesForce, Excel and QuickBooks. •Project support for Qualified Administrators, Universities, law enforcement and corporate partners. •Provided intercultural development through customized individual and group feedback using the IDI assessment. •Conducted focus groups and baseline assessments. •Program management for Ph.D. candidates.

•Registered the non-profit as a 501(c)3 in the state of Missouri. •Aided in the development of a yearly budget and expenditures tracking. •Team leader for fundraising and grant writing, including the incorporation of web-based communication and donor-tracking. •Developed the strategic plan, goals and objectives for the organization. •Taught English courses to refugees from Shan State in Myanmar and internally displaced peoples from Thai hill-tribes.

• Researched and wrote reports on youth movements, child soldiers, youth violence and youth drug issues.• Built the foundation for a new program entitled The Program for Global Youth Empowerment.• Created the organizations website.Gathered participants and speakers for the first Youth Advocate Program International Youth Summit.

•Performed analysis using quantitative and qualitative methods. •Researched topics in the peace and conflict field including refugees, gender inequalities, current topics in Middle Eastern studies and the future of peace. •Wrote reports on Middle Eastern conflicts such as the Arab Spring and current Muslim/peace issues.

• Led a team of volunteers to care for over 3,000 evacuees of natural disasters. • Responsible for housing, food, security, media interviews and general well being of evacuees. • Disasters worked: the Day Fire- Ventura County 2006, the Tea Fire- Santa Barbara County 2008, and the Jesusita Fire- Santa Barbara County 2009.• Helped reconnect families separated by war and disasters.• Supported the well being of families of deployed armed forces personnel.

• Assisted in a program for at-risk DC high school students comparing their gang experience to the Rwandan Genocide.• Researched and wrote reports on youth issues such as gangs and violence around the DC metro area.• Co-wrote USAID grant for the creation of anti-violence program.

• Rotary District 7620 Representative.• Responsible for recruitment of volunteers, procurement of donations and outreach to the youth of the D.C. Metro Area.

Global Fellowship for Peace is a non profit organization aimed at providing education, life skills, and the process of upward mobility opportunities for those affected by war and genocide. Global Fellowship for Peace works with non profits, community partners, individuals and governmental organizations to bring awareness about world issues with the promise that by working together, from the bottom-up, we can improve the lives of the disadvantaged, change the world and bring peace and fellowship to all humans, despite religion, politics, race, color or creed.

• Worked in partnership with the Rotaract Club of Kigali, Rwanda and the Rotaract Club of California State University Channel Islands, C.A.• Helped over 120 children, young men and women, all survivors of the 1994 Genocide, who live in 22 houses in an orphanage village called Duhumurizanye Association in Kigali. • Petitioned and was awarded $10,000 from the Rwandan Government to renovate the houses, bringing them up to United Nations SPHERE standards.• Installed power utilities to the 22 houses. • Built a warehouse where two cooperatives were established, woodworking and welding.• Aided in the creation of a budget system for the orphanage in order to facilitate the proper maintenance and care for the facilities out of the earnings of the cooperatives and monthly donations from the community.

• Conducted legislative research.• Helped with constituent inquiries.• Opened and routed incoming mail.• Performed data entry and general office duties.• Directed constituents to the different offices within the Federal Government.• Aided in immigration casework such as creating letters to US Citizen and Immigration Services and constituents in order to ensure timely completion of all Federal immigration claims.

• Ran the county-wide “Trick or Treat for UNICEF” campaign which generated over $15,000 for UNICEF programs.• Helped build community relationships to foster better understanding and support for UNICEF programs throughout the West Coast of California.

California State University San Bernardino and California State University Channel Islands on the subject of Leadership and the Future of Today’s Youth

Assisted the President of the University in the coordination, development, and control of a long-range plan for the physical development of the campus, within a framework of policy established by the Trustees of the California State University

Aided in the creation of the Center’s mission statement and purpose, a pillar of CSUCI’s long term Strategic Plan and Mission Statement

Over 2 months spent living in New Orleans Louisiana, with a grassroots organization, Emergency Communities “Made with Love Kitchen,” helping to gut houses, rebuild the city, provide counseling, and feed the residents of the lower 9th Ward, the worst hit area of Hurricane Katrina