Dana Marks-Washington, M.S., Shrm-Scp Email & Phone Number

Mclean, Va, Us

As the Founder and Board President of The Larger Than Life Foundation, I lead an organization dedicated to destigmatizing mental health and providing culinary art therapy and resources to underserved communities. My primary responsibilities include:Strategic Leadership: Guiding the foundation's mission to foster a compassionate approach to mental health and employment barriers through culinary training and holistic support.Program Development: Designing and implementing impactful community-based programs focused on culinary arts, career development, and mental health.Advocacy and Public Speaking: Representing the foundation as a mental health advocate, including being a featured speaker for NAMI Chicago.Fundraising and Partnerships: Leading efforts to secure funding and build partnerships to support the foundation’s initiatives.Board Leadership: Managing board activities and fostering collaboration for the foundation's growth.Community Engagement: Developing relationships with local organizations and stakeholders to drive lasting community impact.

Westlake, Texas, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

• Spearheaded the change management and implementation of Workday Learning LMS for over 4K team members and achieved user adoption timely and in partnership with business groups. • Created a leadership development program for 100+ property and regional management designed to develop skills such as communication, coaching, and conflict resolution, increasing manager retention rates by 20%.• Consulted and partnered with executive leadership to facilitate analysis, design, development, and implementation of role-based training initiatives domestically for 5K employees, improving efficiency by more than 40%.

Kilkenny, Ie

• Led 10+ AGILE learning delivery project teams to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate blended learning solutions. Incorporated hybrid training to solve needs, forge relationships, and build curriculum increasing learning retention by 10% YOY.• Innovated a comprehensive SAP Power-User certification program and governance that included virtual and in-person instruction and peer mentoring. • Added 50+ and rewrote 75+ federation of learning and enterprise knowledge management courses • Expanded global cross-functional community of practice CoP for 70 SuccessFactors LMS admin community and stakeholders.• Managed HR cloud products such as SuccessFactors delivering strategic product roadmaps aligned with business priorities. • Assessed over a dozen new features & recommendations, driving new feature adoption. Ensured technical requirements mapped to the enterprise experience, vision, and architecture yielded a 20%+ increase in positive training satisfaction feedback.• Designs and implements new programs and processes to improve Business Systems Training (SAP, JDA, and others). These processes improved operational performance in crucial manufacturing locations by 17%.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Owned the product roadmaps, assessing new features (sprint planning, backlog management, and sprint review), making recommendations, and driving new feature adoption for five products and services, shortening rollout by 20%+ YOY.o Created Financial management course for consumers, which won new training of the year 2012• Developed an advanced, comprehensive virtual cohort-based onboarding program for new hires that included mentoring by senior leaders within the organization with a 70+% promotion rate• Created job-specific competence models; streamlined and scaled global leadership competence model and finance courses. Models enabled learning analysis, solution design, evaluation measurements, and career development.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Organizational Performance And Workplace Learning

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Project Management