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• Supervised up to eight staff directly and indirectly across distinct areas of work• Shared the duties of National Director, including working with national leadership to implement decisions and strategic plans and ensuring overall leadership of staff and big picture planning and problem-solving• Oversaw organizational compliance and legal matters, human resources, data and technology services, local chapter development, workplace infrastructure, national events, and more• Delegated projects and tasks to staff and provided direction, training, and support• Managed operations budgeting and expense monitoring, as well as organizational contracts and vendors• Continued coordinating and executing large national event planning

New York, New York

• Coordinated large national events, including conventions, conferences, leadership meetings, and trainings reaching as many as 1,200 attendees at a time• Managed organization-wide projects, coordinating staff and leaders throughout the planning process with detailed task management to ensure clear delegation and deadlines met• Supervised interns and volunteers in completing essential tasks for large events and other projects• Developed systems to ensure the integrity and efficiency of democratic processes for national conventions• Created templates for task management, run of show, budget, and more to simplify future event planning• Built a system for coordinating and hosting hundreds of large virtual events during COVID

Greater New York City Area

• Supervised six staff and directed Community School program, including attendance mentoring, after school programs, family engagement, mental health services, community outreach, events, and more• Directed attendance and academic mentoring for more than 500 students in three years• Led major school events, reaching more than 700 family and community members yearly• Coordinated school branding initiatives, from design and messaging to canvassing the neighborhood• Managed the Community Schools site budget, contracts, reporting, and administrative processes

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Managed gift processing and donor database in Salesforce and coordinated donor acknowledgment processes• Planned and led large events from vision to logistics and execution, including annual fundraiser• Supervised and coached an AmeriCorps member in leading large-scale service projects, engaging more than 1,000 total community volunteers• Developed branding and visual elements for events• Wrote and edited print and electronic communications• Created and facilitated large-group presentations and trainings• Awarded City Year Milwaukee’s Idealism in Action Award

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Built and directed an after school program, summer camp and teen leadership program working with an average of 25 refugee and immigrant youth per day and more than 150 in 3+ years• Managed a volunteer program that engaged more than 300 community members as tutors and mentors• Wrote grants and raised the majority of program funding for more than two years• Conducted all partnership development and management, as well as program outreach and social media engagement, including the creation of a Facebook page with more than 630 likes• Co-organized a 15-bed organic garden built by community partners and refugee youth, with two years of accompanying weekly summer gardening and nutrition programs and a youth-led farmer’s market• Facilitated parent education meetings, enrolled students in school, and acted as family liaison to teachers• Awarded 2013 Outstanding Community Partner by the UWM Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership and ResearchCheck us out at facebook.com/pacawi

•Increased enrollment to 80 students, with average regular attendance tripling from 8 to 25•Built 6 service-learning and work study partnerships with local universities•Created a summer camp serving 20 students per day with eight employed as youth counselors•Recruited and managed 110 volunteer tutors for more than 1800 hours of service•Facilitated monthly parent meetings with workshops and listening sessions•Enrolled new students and acted as family liaison to schools

•Served as After School Program Coordinator at Pan-African Community Association•Created, as part of a team, an arts and leadership program and curriculum at Sherman Multicultural Arts school, culminating in a mural and open house

Greater Milwaukee Area

•Acted as the first point of assistance at the Milwaukee Public Schools Parent Information Center•Managed a parent outreach and book giveaway project that reached nearly 1,000 students•Re-designed office displays and improved parents resources

Greater Milwaukee Area

•Served at Rogers Street Academy as a full-time tutor and mentor to 28 seventh grade students, with a focus list of 10 for one-on-one and small group tutoring•Helped build an after-school program that reached 30 students four days per week and created and facilitated a weekly literacy club•Wrote, compiled and edited stories for a monthly team sponsorship newsletter•Coordinated media for Camp City Year and Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, both of which reached more than 150 people•Managed recruitment and registration for a service project that reached 110 volunteers•Wrote monthly posts for City Year Milwaukee’s blog, as part of the social media team

Graduate Certificate, Nonprofit Management And Leadership, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Planned and coordinated events with the Nonprofit Leadership Student Association

Ba, Journalism, Multimedia Digital Arts

Activities and Societies: Published in the Royal Purple Newspaper and The Muse Literary Arts Magazine