Lizz Kelly Mahar, Mpa, Cva Email & Phone Number

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Manages, plans, organizes, and manages projects and activities. Manages maintenance & interpretation of data relevant to the needs of the Family and Children First Council, Human Services Levy Council, the Homeless Solutions Policy Board or other identified Health & Human Services Advisory Boards, supports & implements policies and practices, and develops specific action plans for effective administration, supervises the combined funding process and the evaluation of proposals/applications received, the negotiation and awarding of human services contracts, and the monitoring/assessment of contract performance, provides continuing refinement of the human service contracting process, interacts with other county and community agency staff, gathers and analyzes key information, communicates practices and policies to the community, conducts meetings, consults with and/or provides recommendations to various community leaders, agency directors, volunteers and other involved parties.Monitors and evaluates plans, identifies and researches opportunities and coordinates the proposal writing process, ensures compliance to fiscal regulations and local, state and federal regulations, guidelines and requirements, supervises assigned staff, provides financial consultation to the agencies receiving funding, provides technical assistance regarding the allocation of Levy funds, prepares and reviews preliminary and final budgets for the council.Supports Health & Human Services committees, subcommittees, or team activities, manages and coordinates financial resources of various boards and councils, provides program, financial and technical consultation, interacts with lead agency staff, gathers, and analyzes key information, communicates practices and policies to the local community, conducts meetings, consults with and/or provides recommendations to various community leaders, agency directors, volunteers, and other involved parties.

Dayton, Ohio, United States

• Supported the ongoing maintenance and expansion of the e-CImpact Community Vendor Portal including training, troubleshooting, and assessing functionality for Culture Works, the Office of Strategic Initiatives, Job & Family Services, and Purchasing department• Annually updated mandated Levy agency service data and department key performance indicators in the ClearPoint Strategy System• Contributed to research efforts and analysis needs of the department related to grant processes, community training opportunities, and emergent community needs• Provided graphic design and communications assistance throughout the department for flyers, presentations, and website updates• Managed contracts for Ohio Early Intervention services for Montgomery County, overseeing two subcontracts totaling over $1M impacting more than 1,000 children birth to age three annually• Coordinated the Western Ohio Regional Prevention Council of the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund providing child abuse and neglect prevention services to 13 counties including prevention plan creation, issuing RFPs, monitoring contracted programs, reporting processes, and contributing to statewide efforts• Supported the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District operations with application and reporting for multiple funding processes in the e-CImpact Community Vendor Portal

Acts as lead professional (e.g., provides work direction and training) over assigned support personnel to provide planning, coordination and evaluation of programs for assigned committees and agencies, develops and directs programs for county, establishes goals and objectives, coordinates services with related agencies, evaluates and monitors programs being performed by contractors.Gathers and interprets services needs and data, plans related meetings, prioritizes needs, reviews program plans, recommends approval/disapproval on allocations of community, state and federal funds to director.Acts as consultant to boards, agencies and community programs, interprets laws, policies and procedures relative to program needs, acts as liaison between county and community agencies in contract negotiations and information and resource sharing, organizes and/or represents section at meetings, seminars and conferences.

Dayton, Oh

Teaching in the Department of Urban Affairs and Geography. Growth and Change in Urban Society (URS 2000) and Managing Volunteer Organizations (URS 4230/6230)

Dayton, Ohio

• Began and managed the implementation of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) managing a caseload of more than 600 senior boxes each month• Managed program operations for weekend backpacks for children in grades K-3, senior outreach, Ohio Benefit Bank, and gap-closing mobile pantries• Recruited, trained, and engaged more than 2,500 annual volunteers including long-term volunteers, volunteers with special needs, corporate volunteer groups, and episodic volunteers providing more than 13,100 hours of service; growth of 116% and 204%, respectively, over two years• Collected, organized, and reported statistical information from more than 100 hunger-relief programs monthly to various local, state, and national venues on a monthly basis• Utilized Tableau software to create dynamic visualizations of collected data• Coordinated Canned Food Drive Participation; growing food drive donations 62% over two years.• Developed volunteer program, including on-boarding of volunteers and standardizing processes• Designed and led tours with multiple stakeholder groups daily, specializing information to each• Worked hands-on with episodic volunteer ensuring excellent relationship management and increasing the number of returning volunteers• Managed The Foodbank’s Mobile Farmer’s Market pantry reaching individuals in rural areas not supported by brick-and-mortar food pantries and those unable to travel to existing pantries, reaching nearly 1,000 people and distributing more than 341,000 pounds of food annually in a three-county area• Supervised AmeriCorps*VISTA members, Certified Application Counselors, work study students, light-duty workers, and externs providing further resources and assistance to mobile pantry clients• Redesigned logo and designed banners, flyers, and collateral material as needed for agency and events• Worked as part of a dynamic development team to improve relationships and develop support

Dayton, Ohio Area

• Coordinated Dayton Habitat’s yearly 3,000 build site volunteers including corporate, faith, social, and professional groups as well as school-related and court-ordered volunteers• Applied for and coordinated Habitat’s involvement with Southwest Ohio GiveCamp which provided a full website redesign saving the organization between $10,000-$15,000 and an additional $150 in yearly hosting fees in addition to providing a more functional and easier-to-maintain website• Maintained website and social media presence for the affiliate ensuring a consistent message that met the needs of multiple stakeholder groups• Improved response time to volunteers and streamlined process for groups to reserve dates resulting in quicker, more accurate scheduling of groups• Established and maintained community outreach efforts through corporate and organizational volunteer fairs and involvement with schools, colleges, and universities• Performed layout, writing, and design tasks for newsletters, annual report, volunteer thank-you cards • Contributed to the organized development of the affiliate’s electronic photo and media library

• Provided assistance to all aspects of the affiliate’s community outreach efforts• Performed layout, writing, and design tasks for quarterly newsletter, annual report, volunteer thank-you cards and event invitations ensuring adherence to graphics standards• Wrote and edited press releases, human interest stories, and articles for use in newsletters, grant proposals, and website promotions as well as by media outlets and Habitat International• Created, edited, and updated brochures, sponsorship, and event materials for print and electronic distribution• Managed regular website updates to ensure the website was responsive to the needs of a variety of visitors• Assisted with the development and implementation of strategic uses of social media outlets• Contributed to the organized development of the affiliate’s electronic photo and media library

• Created and coordinated 6 Academic Service-Learning events with a total of more than 1,200 participants completing more than 7,473 hours of service with an independent sector value of approximately $151,328• Solicited and received more than $12,000 of in-kind goods and services in support of completed events• Hired and managed 25 students in Community Service Work Study positions at 16 non-profit organizations• Recruited and managed 11 Michigan Service Scholar students• Created a brochure and posters to inform faculty/staff, students, and community partners about programs• Authored 8 articles for GRCC Today which reaches all GRCC faculty and staff members as well as local media• Created 4 orientation videos for students which have been viewed more than 600 times

• Created and coordinated 6 Academic Service-Learning events with a total of more than 1,200 participants completing more than 7,473 hours of service with an independent sector value of approximately $151,328 • Solicited and received more than $12,000 of in-kind goods and services in support of completed events• Hired and managed 25 students in Community Service Work Study positions at 16 non-profit organizations• Recruited and managed 11 Michigan Service Scholar students • Created a brochure and posters to inform faculty/staff, students, and community partners about programs• Authored 8 articles for GRCC Today which reaches all GRCC faculty and staff members as well as local media• Created 4 orientation videos for students which have been viewed more than 600 times

• Designed and implemented an aid program for 6 professional Greek organizations at Ferris State University• Designed, created and distributed a bi-monthly poster informing students of University activities• Created and coordinated a weekly campus-wide e-mail program of special events

• Coordinated media presence for 13 print, radio and television outlets; including a Spanish-language newspaper, during the 12-day Ohio State Fair which attracted nearly 810,000 people in 2008• Created and implemented the first social media campaign for the Fair on Facebook and MySpace resulting in more than 1,000 direct contacts• Authored 3 feature articles for the center-fold of the Columbus Dispatch targeting specific demographics • Monitored and evaluated media coverage of the Ohio State Fair for 13 media outlets • Pitched stories, arranged interviews and wrote press releases for multiple media outlets resulting in more than 100 news stories• Designed a template for the daily internal newsletter informing more than 900 employees of activities • Created a mailing to more than 200 vendors and coordinated the resulting coupon program

- Supervised and trained a team of 15 people to ensure 24/7 desk coverage in a residence hall of 300 people- Created schedules and handled general personnel issues

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa)

B.S. Business

A.A.