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New Haven, CT, US

New Haven, CT, US

• Develop strategies for civic engagement and non-profit agency outreach
• Build strategic partnerships with and among community, businesses, and non-profit agencies
• Created and manage the Neighborhood Leadership Programs
• Created and administer www.GNHCommunity.org, a web-based network of nonprofits, community leaders, and business owners exchanging information about their work for the greater good in Greater New Haven
• Promote awareness of the work and value-add of local nonprofits through social media

• Established new Community Development Department
• Managed professional community organizer and dozens of resident volunteers
• Developed annual resident customer service survey
• Developed and coordinated marketing plan for a statewide homeownership initiative combining the efforts of six non-profit housing agencies

• Developed fundraising strategies to raise $400,000 annually
• Expanded house visibility statewide through media and public outreach
• Managed 3 professional staff and 60 volunteers, as well as transition to Raiser’s Edge fundraising software
• Oversaw $1 million renovation of historic building

• Recruited and managed 325 community and corporate volunteers
• Produced bilingual recruitment materials (English\Spanish)
• Created and managed volunteer schedule

• Facilitated the educational and volunteer experiences of over 700 short-term delegates, including students and professionals in health, education, community development, economic development, and agriculture
• Supervised 35 to 40 long-term, professional volunteers per year
• Organized international conferences on agrarian reform, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, creative arts therapy, deaf education, and pain management
• Implemented field programs in agriculture, community development, construction, economic development, the environment, health, leadership development, and transportation, in collaboration with Nicaraguan and foreign.

• Implemented strategic plan for community and church member engagement on social concerns, including elderly services, affordable housing, and corporate investment
• Supervised Chaplain at the State of Connecticut corrections facility in Enfield
• Promoted church member volunteerism and matched volunteers with volunteer opportunities

• Developed programs to reduce the Latino drop out rate in New Haven Public Schools, including the first community-based agency program to operate in public schools after school hours
• Supervised 3 staff and 15 student volunteers

• Student representative to the Learning in Field Experience Committee, tasked with revamping volunteer and internship programs
• Interviewed students for volunteer placements
• Managed student placements in volunteer jobs and internships

Mmhs, Management

Certificate, International Law And Human Rights

Ba, Business, Psychology, Social Work