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St. Louis, Mo, Us

St Louis, Missouri, United States

* Collaborates with community, academic and non-traditional partners to plan and carry out community based participatory research including focus groups, qualitative interviews, and other data collection.* Engages in collaborative work focused on improving the health of and investment in Black people who use drugs in St. Louis and are most affected by addiction and overdose; supports new, innovate interventions through convening, grant writing, and operations and technical assistance support.* Assists with recruiting and mobilizing a Community Advisory Board and working with people with lived and living experience to co-design research initiatives.* Works to create pathways to educate and train community members and providers on harm reduction, drug user wellness, and trauma informed care.

Ely, Minnesota

* Educates community and stakeholders about mental and behavioral health and advocate for WBD programs including Northern Lights Clubhouse (NLC) and Behavioral Health Network (BHN)* Work closely with WBD board to create and implement annual development plan including soliciting individual donations, hosting fundraising events, and grant writing and reporting* Hires, supervises, manages, and evaluates staff and volunteers to meet organizational mission and goals* Prepares and manages annual budget and monthly bookkeeping

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

* Provided custom data requests, data visualizations, and data analysis to other government agencies and organizations about state and local demographic trends* Manages external communications including writing the DATA NEWS newsletter and building the state’s Census 2020 website* Develop curriculum and lead classroom training and 1:1 technical assistance to 250+ city and county staff across the state on engaging hard-to-count populations in the 2020 Census. * Convened the first 75+ member State Complete Count Committee on behalf of the Governor of Minnesota. Planned quarterly meetings, created meeting presentation and materials, recruited diverse membership, and managed PR.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

* Supported research and data analysis on workforce program outcomes, annual program summaries, an agency-wide community engagement inventory, and other survey projects* Assisted in authoring reports to meet legislative requirements , briefs/memos to senior leadership, and blog posts for the public; this included creating interactive data visualizations

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

* Developed and delivered in-person and web-based training on mentoring best practices to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and corporate groups* Worked 1:1 with 30+ Midwest mentoring program to provide technical assistance on strategic planning, program evaluation, and volunteer recruitment and training as a contracted “National Mentoring Resource Center” provider through OJJDP* Creatively convened program network through annual conferences, learning circles, advisory groups, and other events* Managed the “QMAP” online continuous quality improvement tool with 70+ mentoring programs across the State of Minnesota including recruiting programs, conducting site visits, and providing custom program goals and objectives. Updated the QMAP tool to incorporate updated best practices and worked closely with programming vendor on a national rollout.* Collaborated with the Youthprise Foundation on a $3 million CNCS grant to serve disconnected youth with career pathways: participated in program design, sub-grantee selection, and provided sub-grantees with in-depth technical assistance.* Designed custom contract training curriculum and delivered group training in topics such as cultural humility and social-emotional learning to over 40 community organizations* Lead advisory council of program representatives

Minneapolis, Mn

* Drafted, designed, and produced online and print external communications such as e-newsletters, invitations, powerpoints, and identity pieces* Prepared fund appeals including creating mailing lists, editing copy, organizing photography, and communicating with print vendors* Tracked all incoming donations; write and send funder acknowledgements* Administered database; coordinate staff users; create and generate reports* Tracked grant seeking efforts and funder relationships

* Seasonal Position: Spring 2012 & 2013* Taught STEP-UP work readiness curriculum to a class of 30+ teenagers* Created an environment where young people are comfortable learning and working together* Coached students individually in goals for their future

Minneapolis

* Facilitated daily professional development workshops* Developed new curriculum focused on technology and employment skills* Recruited, trained, and supported 16 volunteers in the Access Lab.* Created video and print marketing materials for PPL’s employment services.

St. Paul, Mn

* Collected and organized national data on local elections as part of a grant funded research study

Master’S Degree, Public Policy

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science, Urban Studies, Geography