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Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Advised social impact organizations on strategy and operations, increasing efficiency and impact.Dedicated to aligning operations to organizational values through strategic decision-making + communication.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Directed HR & Operations for consulting firm that centers racial equity and inclusion (REI) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies and processes.Built HR systems and policies from the ground up, including processes for recruiting, hiring, interviewing, onboarding, performance reviews, and termination/offboarding, enabling company to scale.

Cleveland, Ohio

Led organization-wide processes and tracked and reported on progress of those processes including the organization's strategic plan, event support strategy, and community-wide initiatives.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Developed and managed organization's strategy for engagement with Cleveland's neighborhoods. Co-created and implemented pedestrian wayfinding program featuring in-ground signage, maps for publications, and a digital map database, creating a regional wayfinding standard.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Managed strategic planning accounts for nonprofit, for-profit, and quasi-governmental clients, leading data analysis and research efforts.Led external research and brand analysis, internal reviews (interviews, focus groups, employee surveys), and integrated planning processes and drafted, reviewed, and produced client reports, presentations, and other.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Managed strategic planning and communications accounts for nonprofit, for profit, and quasi-governmental clients.Supported external scans, internal reviews, and planning processes and contributed to client deliverables.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Led community outreach efforts for 35,000 visitors leveraging cross-functional collaboration across organizational business units (communications, marketing, finance/sponsorships, events, operations) and volunteer + vendor management.Coached and advised a team of interns to execute engagement and special events strategies.Developed and managed partnerships.

Boston

Project managed progress against goals for a $90 million global organization and coordinated strategy implementation in partnership with multiple country offices and departments.Improved internal communications and HR processes for international and interdepartmental collaboration, particularly at the intersection of programs, finance, and human resources.

Coordinated organization, analysis and reporting of HR and programmatic/donor-requested data, collaborating with leadership from programs across Africa and Mesoamerica.Liaised with site-based programs staff, connecting to, streamlining, and improving internal processes and protocols.Prepared and managed $3 million budget supporting cross-site support.

Triaged communication needs for PIH's Haiti Program, which provides health care in Haiti's Central Plateau and responded to the 2010 Earthquake with emergency medical and psychosocial relief as well as long-term economic development support..Supported relief effort through internal and external inquiry management and the synthesis and analysis of relevant.

Provided logistical support for the Northeast Regional Summit attended by more than 20 nonprofits and government institutions.

Led teams of 15 mentor-mentee pairs in an after school program with an annual budget of more than $250,000 that promoted pro-social skills and helped adjudicated youth in the District of Columbia comply with the orders of their probation. Trained and mentored over 75 college students to serve as tutors and mentors for program participants.Managed.

Provided event assistance for the 2008 Continental Cup, an international youth soccer tournament. Responsibilities included scriptwriting for and organization of opening ceremonies, coordinating international dance groups, preparing and managing tournament headquarters operation as well as providing volunteer supervision. Aided in preparation for other.

Summarized articles and synthesized information for Cuyahoga County Treasurer James Rokakis on the foreclosure crisis in Cuyahoga County and across the US. Helped prepare presentation to Congressional Subcommittee, July 2007.

Mentored adjudicated youth in the District of Columbia 6-8 hours per week.

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology; Social Justice

Master Of Urban Planning, Design, And Development, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning