• 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 national organizations

• 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