Lori Ransom Mpa Email and Phone Number

• Identify, establish and maintain relationships with Vocational Rehabilitation, High Schools, Post-secondary institutions, business partners, parents, students and other stakeholders• Administer the grant and comply within the state guidelines.• Actively participate on Columbus Community Employment leadership team and Columbus Community Center’s directors committee• Prepare invoice on a monthly basis to the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation-Workforce Services• Report on a quarterly basis to the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation-Workforce Services who fund the grant for this program.• Participate in monthly one on one meetings and quarterly meetings with Utah State Office of Rehabilitation-Workforce Services.• Create the Columbus Connects Budget• Have a clear understanding of WIOA and IDEA legislation• Have a clear understanding of Columbus Community Center’s programs and services• Set clear expectations for team’s performance and expected outcomes.• Set and communicate boundaries for the team.• Ensure the team has access to the knowledge and skills needed to do the work.• Set the commitment and enthusiasm level for the team.

• Voting Board Member of Early Childhood Utah (State)• State Committee Member of Parent Engagement (State)• Prenatal to Three Co Chair-of Community Partners (Local)• Three to Five Chair-of Community Partners (Local)• OgdenCAN – Intergenerational Poverty – Chair of Education 9th to Career • Promised Partners Regional Council-Kindergarten Readiness• Attend and participate on local, regional and state level meetings• Promote Statewide Developmental learning and Kindergarten Readiness• Responsible for marketing and promoting Statewide “Bright By Text”• Responsible for System Leadership in facilitating conditions within various stakeholders, including early childhood service providers, university faculty, data partners and parents to achieve community-wide social and economic change• Developed models to strategically select partnership fit• Work in collaboration with other team members to develop new partnerships and connections with additional stakeholders• Ensure the coalitions are identifying and working toward shared outcomes• Develop and implement new strategies to accomplish desired results• Work with partners to facilitate action between coalition meetings• Identified needed system change to streamline processes• Work with local, state, and regional partners to advance the work of Early Childhood Coalitions• Creating systems to match and manage volunteers for Non-Contingent Home Visits• Work alongside United Way’s Research and Evaluation team to develop and implement data- driven processes and systems to inform the work• Work within multiple state grants

• An entrepreneurial spirit in developing and implementing public-private partnerships to achieve community-wide social and economic goals• Responsible for the planning, organizing, staffing, motivating, directing, and management of Life Paths’ educational committed to serving the at-risk youth and their families• Identifies, cultivates and solicits major and planned gifts, and relationships with foundations, corporations, individuals and community organizations• Manages and coordinates volunteer and professional relationships in support of Life Paths events, major/planned gift fundraising activities, and the annual campaign• Creates and oversees the distribution of marketing materials for Life Paths• Meets with community members and organizations to tell the Life Path story and to gain financial support• Accountable for budgeting, financial management and marketing• Extensive experience in leading processes of ongoing strategic planning• Experienced in public speaking/public relations.

• Management, review, and revision of all aspects of advising including program development, implementation, evaluation, and modification of all processes, procedures, and programs• Provide leadership to ensure the utilization of a variety of effective and best-practice advising delivery systems and methodologies, in an environment conducive to provision of quality student support services and learning.• Responsible for Single Mothers and the Horizon of Hope Scholarships• Matching career volunteers with needs of students• Designed and implemented Certification Programs• Design, implement, and track Early Alert System targeting undecided students.• Design and implementation of mini training courses for campus volunteers• Developed models to strategically select partnership fit• Coordination of cross-campus advising of factuality and staff working together to integrate and coordinate unified advising• Development of effective, contemporary, professional, and responsive programs that meet individual student needs• Design and provide training (e.g., seminars, workshops, etc.) for advisors and staff about advising services of the Student Development Center• Oversee and implement the advising of STEP-Student Tailored Education Program to increase retention in meeting the goals of the college. • Develop recommended budget for areas of responsibility and monitor allocation of resources.• Recruit, select, orient, supervise, evaluate, and develop peer advisors & volunteers consistent with college needs, policies and procedures• Created and developed 100-page department wide policies and training manual• Responsible for coordinating all phases of New Student Orientation for incoming new students including Event Planning for NSO• Board Member of Utah Advising Association (UAA) creating an advising experience to gleam best practices for all advising participates. • Representative for our institution with UBAAN Utah Business Academic Advisors Network

• Establish, develop and implement guidelines, policies and procedures• Maintain critical operations of the registration office• Responsible to oversee International Student Orientation• Research and study International regulations• Work with outside government agencies with regulations of out of country travel and study• Advise: addressing challenging circumstances while encouraging and showing concern for each individual• Correspond with foreign embassies and consulates• Coordinate all facets of qualifying International Students to legally work on or off campus• Ensure that all published information regarding the registration office is current and accurate• Attended Off campus training meetings and conferences for the VA, USCIS, UACRAO, and UBIE• Orient, supervise, train, and mentor a team of student employees

• Oversaw all financial aspects of company P&L, Cash flow and all internal and external reporting and analysis.• Improved the financial flow of information by implementing new procedures• Implemented and oversaw the development of budget projections and forecasting • Responsible for: Account Payables, Account Receivables, payroll, taxes, GL, and Month Ends• Implemented an inventory-recording program that saved time, space, and efficiency• Preserved a competitive edge by developing new production methods • Strengthened client and vendor relationships• Expanded client base by obtaining faster delivery of service and product• Managed and evaluated the abilities and placement of employees