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.

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 &.
• 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.

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.

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.
• 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.

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.
• 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

• 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

• 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 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

• 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

- 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.