Michelle Carson Email & Phone Number

Kansas, United States

In year 1 (FY24), under my leadership, the team, in collaboration with the JFF's business units closed $35M in government business opportunities, submitted more than $115M in proposals (for both FY24 and FY25), and built a pipeline to over $300M. Our overall win rate--70%! We established more than a dozen new processes/policies and designed a government proposal development toolkit to support our business development operations and growth. JFF is going into the next fiscal year solidly positioned for more growth and I am energized to see JFF's expertise expand to support communities, organizations, and government in transforming systems and removing barriers to quality jobs for $75M Americans by 2030.

Topeka, Kansas, United States

Leader in building the company's business development pipeline and portfolio. Over the last 2 years, with a 70% win rate, I have been instrumental in the company's winning more than $73M in new contract, grant, and BPA awards with over 15 diverse Federal, state, and local agencies. I am an effective partnership developer with large and small businesses and have a decade of established connections in workforce dev and education. Most recently, I began leading the U.S. Department of Labor's WorkforceGPS Technical Assistance BPS TA contract ($30M ceiling). As the Project Director for DoDEA's Grant Management, I oversaw the design and development of a grant management services website (www.dodeagrantees.org) with a custom-built community of practice, grant reporting, and financial management system. For the DOL's Division of Research and Evaluation project, I lead the work that supports state and local entities in building capacity for conducting research and evaluation activities to expand the evidence base for what works in workforce development. Previously, I was the Project Director for the DOL Office of Apprenticeship, Closing the Skills Gap Grantee TA and Grant Management project and implemented a coaching cadre, TA and performance management activities, and built and developed content for a grantee community on WorkforceGPS. For OCTAE, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, I am an SME who has worked on multiple projects including 4 integrated education and training TA projects, an online business-education collaboration toolkit, and a qualitative analysis of state adult education annual report narratives. As the Project Director, I led the Planning for Research and Evaluation of Adult Education and Literacy Activities project, and was an SME for the Department's follow-on project with the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for the National Assessment of Adult Education Activities under WIOA.

Houston, Texas

Led OCTAE's Planning for Research and Evaluation of Adult Education and Literacy Activities project to develop the national research agenda for adult education by conducting a literature review and policy analysis of WIOA legislation.

July 2015 LINCS National Trainer in Career Pathways and Evidenced-based Professional Development2013 - July 2015 LINCS National Trainer for Content Standards and Program Management. Provided Standards-in-Action teacher and administrator training for LINCS Region 3 Regional Professional Development Center (RPDC) for Iowa and Indiana Adult Education and LINCS Region 2 RPDC for South Carolina Adult Education.

Topeka, Kansas

Built on a solid Midwest work ethic, Carson Consulting & Training, LLC is focused on providing services tailored to your organization's specific needs. Specializing in education and workforce development with services that include project management, professional development, technical assistance, strategic planning, e-learning instructional design, program evaluation, performance-based programming and funding, virtual community of practice development and management, grant writing, conference planning, and presenting. Experienced at the local, state, and federal levels and able to strategically connect your project to resources and human capital to deliver exceptional results.

Topeka, Ks

Managed final performance period of U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration $19.6 million grant to retrain unemployed and lower skilled persons in high demand jobs through a consortium of seven community and technical colleges in Kansas called Technical Retraining to Achieve Credentials. Visit the website at www.trac7.org/

Princeton, Nj

Strategic consulting for Educational Testing Service's HiSET™ program which provides an accessible, affordable alternative to the GED® test for states, educators, test takers, and test center administrators. Consulting services provided include conducting teacher professional development, developing training materials, facilitating meetings, and presenting.

Kratos Learning

Deputy Project Director for the Designing Instruction for Career Pathways project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, OVAE. Managed the day-to-day execution of the client's contract, conducted regional training events on Designing Contextualized Instruction for Adult Career Pathways, coordinated, edited, and contributed to the development of six online courses for teachers and other stakeholders on ACP design and implementation relevant topics, managed the content and creation of a bi-monthly ACP e-newsletter, executed the resource center strategy for collection of instructional career pathways resources and materials, in particular bridge course resources for adults. Led the development of career pathways technical assistance training and delivered or co-delivered the training in over 10 locations around the country. Also, created the concept and content for live webcasts featuring national experts and OCTAE staff as well as other ACP related events. Supported the development and expansion of the online ACP community and website which has subsequently transitioned to the LINCS online community of practice. For the Literacy Information and Communication Systems (LINCS @ http://lincs.ed.gov) (www.lincs.ed.gov) project, also funded by OCTAE, I executed OCTAE's vision for high-quality adult education materials and research- and evidence-based professional development offerings in order to expand the LINCS online resource collection within 16 targeted topics. As the Community Manager, I successfully managed the transition of the LINCS community from a listserv to the Drupal 7 platform. Worked with a team and led the creation and implementation of the community functions and features of the LINCS community. Coordinated the LINCS Community Advisory Board. Grew the LINCS community to over over 6,000 members in 16 public groups led by 15 subject matter experts. To join, LINCS community of practice @ http://community.lincs.ed.gov Follow us on Twitter @LINCS_ED

Kansas Board Of Regents

*State Director (interim March 2011 to August 2011) managed the administration of the $3.2 million WIA Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act grant, wrote Adult Education State Plan, and oversaw 24 local education service providers.*Lead projects with demonstrated project management, communication, and leadership skills as Project Lead for Teachers’ Investigating Adult Numeracy (TIAN), Standards-in-Action (SIA), three-year Adult Basic Education (ABE) Leadership Academy, Technology Task Force, and Kansas Adult Education Content Standards Task Force in order to meet project goals and objectives and establish a plan for sustainability following completion of the projects. * Provided targeted technical assistance to program administrators in the design of system elements of an effective program, including program planning; enrollment, orientation and goal setting with students; professional development and staff evaluation; student support services; data collection and reporting; and, program evaluation of student learning.* Represented Kansas adult education with government officials of other agencies.*Led state-wide efforts with Kansas Department of Commerce and WIA, Title I partners in improving local area working relationships and developing shared state objectives and data systems. *Analyzed data to drive program improvement and professional development decisions *Evaluated program quality, effectiveness and local program compliance with requirements of applicable federal and state regulations, policies and procedures* Developed professional development policy, revised state content standards, developed the state's adult education strategic plan, managed the MIS for adult education *Designed and delivered the state’s adult education communication and training--including the New Adult Education Directors’ Training and Leadership Academy

•Responsible for Law School and undergraduate loan program administration with over $27 million in loan volume•Demonstrated leadership in Sungard Banner implementation and staff training and coordination with other university departments and staff•Provided training as a High School Counselor Trainer for the state’s financial aid association Kansas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (KASFAA) and conducted High School Financial Aid Information Nights across the state •Site Coordinator, facilitator and presenter for College Goal Sunday--Topeka site

Wichita, Ks

•Supervised and developed 13 staff members--strong people development passion and experience•Responsible for Admissions, Financial Aid, Registrar’s and Career Services Offices and the development of the Jenzabar modules for those offices’ operations•Acted as part of a three-member inter-departmental leadership team for implementation of Jenzabar Business Office Module•Revamped department and provided vision for cohesive enrollment services •Managed departmental budgets and monitored expenditures

Wichita, Ks

Developed and supervised 5 staff members.Administered federal Title IV financial aid programs as well as state and local aid.

Topeka, Ks

Administered Title IV financial aid, state aid, and veteran's educational benefits programs.Acted as a liaison with the admissions counselors, teachers, and other school administrators. Assisted adult learners and their families with information to finance their education.

Topeka, Ks

Upgraded the financial aid system to Micro-FAIDSAdministered federal, state and institutional aid programsResponsible for institutional loan program Recognized by national corporate office for minimizing bad debt expenses

Topeka, Ks

Taught Wordstar and other software applications, business communications, 10-key, and keyboarding to adult learners

Post-Graduate Hours, Adult And Continuing Education And Teaching, Ph.D.

Need to write and defend the dissertation and complete one Adult Education Theory course. Coursework includes statistical methods.

Adult And Continuing Education

Activities and Societies: Adult Basic Education Leadership Academy Co-Developer and Teacher

M.S., Adult And Continuing Education

B.A., English

Activities and Societies: Theater Arts, Published poetry in Loomings annual student publication, UMOJA, and Volunteer at Atchison Youth.