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• Identify and frame the most critical strategic and organizational issues facing nonprofit and philanthropic clients
• Develop and manage team workplans to ensure the highest quality, data-driven analyses and client interactions, and implementation-ready solutions and ensure on-time execution of key deliverables,
• Effectively manage the formal and informal professional development of team members through skill planning, coaching, and performance feedback
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative senior client relationships with nonprofit and foundation leaders
• Facilitate client decision making using all modes of communication: formal and informal; written and verbal (1-on-1, small group, large group presentation)

San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Oakland, CA

• First Talent Development hire, charged with initiating and building out programs within this sub-department of the People Ops team.
• Designed, facilitated, and executed learning and development program, training over 60 staff with over 90% employee satisfaction.
• Project manager for College Track's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work, resulting in an organizational philosophy and multi-year plan.
• Rolled out, implemented, and continuously improved performance management and evaluation for all staff.
• Lead compensation benchmarking, including managing our external consultant, confirming data with leadership team and CEO, and implementing the rollout of new salary bands.
• Analyzed part-time staffing model and created proposal for resource allocation to improve the part time staff experience.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Project managed the initial resource development for Summit’s employee learning platform, including design, quality control, and initial rollout to over 1000 users in summer 2016.
• Supported educator professional development by creating content and facilitating workshops for our 100+ teachers.
• Co-lead Summit's efforts on cultural responsiveness, diversity, and equity, bringing together 40+ staff members from across the organization in cross-functional working groups to improve our organization; efforts.
• Other projects as needed, including curriculum development, recruitment, and knowledge management.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Selected from highly competitive applicant pool to participate in a full-time leadership development program that places top-tier professionals in strategic leadership roles with education organizations.

• Designed and facilitated curriculum for 60 participants focused on creating change in their schools and communities through working in partnership with their school administrations and teachers.
• Co-led recruitment for youth programs.
• Managed program relationships with city stakeholders and government agencies, including partnering with the Department of Education’s Office of School Design to facilitate the inclusion of youth voice in the culture.
• Recruited community volunteers provide skills-based workshops, participate in program activities, and attend presentations and events.
• Led hiring for part-time program facilitators.

• Facilitated recruitment process for two programs through communicating with candidates, planning events, updating marketing materials, and evaluating applicants.
• Conducted organization-wide evaluation of the recruitment process for the 5 sites of the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs. Research resulted in a national rebranding effort and a 25% increase in applications at.
• Cultivated relationships with 20+ high-level stakeholders in the public and private sector to support weekly volunteer speaker series for the Coro Fellows Program.
• Maintained Coro’s Salesforce database, running reports, tracking events, and documenting partnerships.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Created and implemented five weeks of engaging, challenging lessons for eighth grade students.
• Organized program-wide events attended by students and their families.

• Recruited potential applicants and their families through events including daily student visits, open houses, and interview days, representing the school to 2000+ yearly visitors.
• Acted as a liaison to parents, responding to inquiries, hosting meetings, and supporting their admissions process in order to recruit them into the school community.
• Communicated with schools and non-profit organizations to gain additional information on applicants and make strategic admissions decisions.
• Conducted research on the admissions practices of similar schools to align our work with regional norms.
• Evaluated and participated in determining admissions decisions of 700+ applicants to yield a class of 116 students.

San Francisco, CA

• Developed and delivered daily lessons for third and fourth grade students in concert with the needs of daytime teachers.
• Managed a team of 5-10 part time staff and volunteers in supporting lesson delivery and working with high-need students.
• Supported parent engagement through monthly events to further “college going culture” and strengthen school-community ties.
• As site liaison for Girls on the Run of the Bay Area, trained new coaches and supervised adult volunteers; led school recruitment efforts, doubling the number of girls served yearly from 2011 to 2012.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History

Senior thesis received departmental distinction.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Sociology And Education, Policy Concentration