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Texas, United States

Abaita-Ababiri, Entebbe, Uganda, Eastern Africa., Ug

ADIC is the Millennial-developed all-inclusion Pan-African thinktank and strategic action hub for Africa focused on creation equitable inclusion and diversity across African society. We work to ensure that governmental and business entities empower and have the tools to provide the most meaningful activation of the most underrepresented groups pancontinentally and locally.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Contributions to Ark of the Rainbow, Austin College, Gateway of Grace, TEDx, Junior League of Dallas, Kanarys, Morehouse School of Medicine, National Academy Foundation, Prison Entrepreneurship Program, and others• Develop, facilitate, and teach stewardshipship-oriented, humane end-to-end strategy, scaling, and deployment for efficiently integrated change, and sustainable organizational architecture• Specialize in complex and incremental transformation with nascent and established charitable nonprofit and social impact private sector organizations across maturity levels• Projects can scale toward small teams (5-50) or have broader impacts up to 70+ stakeholders groups

Houston, Texas, Us

(Pro Bono)• Led CEO and department teams through development opportunity gap assessment intensives, donor and stewardship strategy, deep needs assessments, scaling feasibility audits, brand and reorganization strategies that match with greatest community investment partnership opportunities and donor stewardship• Led multi-function inquiry and mapping processes for nontraditional and informally educated talent, and talent from underrepresented populations

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

• Led with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Cognizant Foundation, Employee Resource Groups, and community partners to create intersectional innovation opportunities in India headquarters, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Central America, and North America

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

• Associate Director, Organizational Change Management (2/17-8/18) with L.A., NYC, and DFW bases

Recognition by 30+ top lifestyle, fitness, and culinary brands inc. The Food Network, Dr. Oz, Food And Wine, and Muscle & Fitness!• Based on field work with the North Texas Food Bank and my own experience as a malnourished child, I designed 7 product lines addressing the specific needs of individuals experiencing malnourishment and food apartheid settings for long periods• Designed a 100% ethical, fair-trade, living wage, and zero-waste supply chain• Designed the first reciprocal rather than transactional compensation and process structure created for a corporate settingNorth American Traveling Field Work (7/15-1/17)• I conducted field research throughout my development of All Well to learn about the best supply chain and organizational structures for high-social impact organizations. I performed interviews and observations with west coast food supply chains, permaculture, commercial and farm settings, and manufacturing, rural high tech, and food desert productive disruptors that provide fun nutritional access across price points and markets. • Did you know that the same principles make organizations thrive or decay, that make horticultural ecosystems do thrive or decay? Talk to the farmers and you'll see.

Irving, Texas, Us

Recognition by DiversityInc, Forbes, and CEO - oh my!• Ideated, designed, and implemented Phases 1-2 of $100M human resource activation of underengaged talent• Engaged and aligned community and internal leadership with business unit/compliance requirements• Secured and facilitated development funding and recipient compliance across 2,000+ Millennial innovator community

Irving, Texas, Us

Special Assignment Digital Change Management & Resident Anthropologist (1/14-5/15), Change Master & Six Sigma Black Belt (1/12-12/13), Senior Account Representative (6/11-12/11)

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Co-led the engagement and communication strategy to reach diverse and underrepresented stakeholders in the #1 battery recycling process in industry with the executive sponsor and a team of 5

Chicago, Il, Us

• Conducted all aspects of ROI, stakeholder engagement, honoring, and adoption to optimize ecoimpacts of $13M-$60M

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Recognition by Fortune!• Analyzed culture-local buying patterns and designed engagement strategies for 6 global regions

New York, Ny, Us

• Designed and led a comprehensive stakeholder engagement initiative among community and company partners for $3M segment of a $100M luxury retail brand• Increased customer adoption 700% in initial 6-month deployment

Contributions to Dallas Baptist Association, Dallas County Community College District, ExxonMobil Foundation, Regional Chambers, and others• Among the first Cross-culture driven firms in the U.S. designing and executing primarily multiyear strategies through comprehensive Transformation plans using a Culture/s-driven approach to organizational and funding stewardship• Performed identification, audit, analysis, development, cohesive solution strategies, implementation, and transformation around functional, human, and structural factors of agility, strategic change, development, and satisfaction, from hyperlocal to later large-scale

State College, Pa, Us

• Created flagship relationship and fundraiser partnership with Hershey - Night of Wine and Chocolate• Supported the Executive Director and field team in creating and distributing stakeholder communications • Reconciled financials• Managed day to day donor relations

Plano, Texas, Us

Recognition by Oprah!• Designed and led bilingual all-function effectiveness audit to determine grant stewardship, operational, field, training, fiscal, public relations, stewardship, and cultural match to client needs for Kids Cafe clients during critical surge demand period (up 30%+) due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita• Identified and resolved issues leading to 10%+ immediate improvement in stewardship, despite higher urgent demand on each agency• Created culturally appropriate (8 primary culture groups), language-appropriate (Spanish/English) asst library that effected immediate process compliance improvement of 30%+• Collaborated with Communications to integrate branding and cross-participation from Kids Cafe into annual primary fundraiser golf tournament• Developed bilingual learning program for, trained, mentored, and coached a multicultural field team of 55 as a root cause identified need during a 6-month operational audit I led of multiple processes in a distribution center and downstream warehousing; these individuals developed into change agents and mentors for others as I engaged them while co-developing a library of bilingual training protocols that increased understanding, buy-in, cooperation, and accountability in the field and at headquarters

Kc, Mo, Us

• Taught public and private elementary Pre-K through Grade 5 peacemaking and conflict resolution curriculum• Collaborated with central office directors on improvement and outreach optimization techniques.

• Taught private school grades 3-4 Spanish and Kaqchikel Maya

London, England, Gb

• Led community partnership and hyperlocal engagement marketing for 3 stores

• Designed and led community outreach strategy in response to the feasibility study I performed as an intern• Created an expanded offerings strategy that leveraged the relationships I established with Dallas County Community College District, Chambers of Commerce, including focus groups, ethnography and other stakeholder data gathering, field analytics, establishing wraparound family and career training services and transportation

• Designed and led feasibility study and community partnership development to ensure activation ability for TWC's relocation of children's services as its first step to relocate all services during economic migration

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Assisted Executive Director with launch preparations for summer multisite inner city reading program • Served on a reading day camp team leading the 5th grade class • Acted as Spanish/English co-translator for the team

• Created programming and curriculum for highly diverse urban populations• Supported liaising with advisory board and other supportive community coalitions to stay within mission, budget, and grant parameters• Served as Director's assistant and program developer through thought and action partnerships

• Community engagement and kitchen manager for $500k restaurant/bar/nightclub fusion concept aligned with Velvet, Ltd. Houston-based innovation chain• Trained under Four Seasons chefs, updating recipes from original menu and winning a Taste of Dallas award in 1996 for the Cafe

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Latin American Studies (Anthropology), Gender Studies

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Food Service & Hospitality

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategic Leadership, Supply Chain Management, Market/Product Development

Research Fellow, Latin American Studies (Anthropology)

Anthropology & Social Formation