Molly Larson Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

One of six Senior Staff reporting to the President & CEO leading $40M workforce development nonprofit social enterprise of 230 staff across five geographies. Establish vision and strategy for organization. Responsible for core programming, serving 6,500+ systemically excluded low-income and unstably housed clients annually with job readiness skills, individualized support, and resources to navigate barriers to the workforce to secure employment. Provide cross functional management, directing two Assistant Vice Presidents and overseeing 70 staff and 175 volunteers. Make presentations to and reports for Board of Directors and Program Committee. • Entrusted with goal of doubling client job outcomes in line with Strategic Plan leading to increased primary outcome of clients securing jobs by 47% to 2,552 in three years. Empowered Directors, established vision and collaborative goal setting process, implemented new staffing model, updated course curriculum, and increased attention to employee wellbeing. • Expanded services to fulfill unmet needs. Added two new offices, serving new County and co-locating in Probation’s Reentry Opportunity Center, DOORS. • Designed and led process to develop a two-year Strategic Plan, in response to changing nature of business after pandemic. Included facilitating working sessions, writing final document, and creating implementation plan. Spearheaded efforts to develop organization’s first Diversity Equity and Inclusion Action Plan. • Developed client training program to upskill clients in industries, such as IT and green jobs, leading to living wage jobs through $5M grant including development of program model through partnership with LA County Office of Diversion and Reentry. • Led IT Department as Interim Vice President of IT during leadership transition that coincided with start of pandemic. Grew team under new structure, increased team morale, and established infrastructure to transition 180 onsite employees to working remotely.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Managed all customer accounts for Works, a rapidly expanding street maintenance and cleaning enterprise. Responsible for business expansion of adding a new enterprise, Roads, with potential for geographic expansion. Contributed to development of five-year Strategic Plan as part of cross-departmental working group. • Created programmatic and operational success to the extent that I was promoted into a newly created executive level position overseeing a different department.• Conceptualized and launched new collaboration – New Roads to Second Chances ($9.2M) – with City of Los Angeles and Caltrans in expedited fashion from proposal to contract negotiation to implementation (equipment design & fabrication, program creation, and relationship development with State Parole, County and Federal Probation, and other referral partners). 35+ clients have secured full-time, permanent employment with Caltrans as a direct result of program. • Reduced organizational exposure by revising Employee Handbook and developing protocols and training to provide feedback and support for improvement to employees. • Designed and implemented innovative solution for regional unattended property storage for City of Los Angeles City Administrative Officer (CAO) and Council Offices. Developed infrastructure, inventory tracking systems, and training for City staff to collect property to be reunited with owner who is experiencing homelessness. • Connected transitional workforce of 500+ clients with health coverage in compliance with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Competitively selected to be a part of the Executive Leadership Network (ELN) program, a leadership development program for cross-sector senior leaders and executives. ELN expands participants' leadership mindsets and strategies, and cultivates a thriving professional peer network ready to address leadership challenges and opportunities together. ELN pairs individualized one-on-one executive coaching with facilitated peer learning to accelerate leadership growth and professional networking. The curriculum includes a wide range of professional skills-building, such as Adaptive Leadership; Building a Personal “Board of Directors;" Creating a Culture of Trust; DEIB & Organizational Change; Effective Communication & Feedback; Effective Inquiry & Critical Thinking; Interpersonal Leadership Styles™; Leadership Versatility Index™; Managing Diverse Teams; Mindfulness Practices; Self-Awareness & Self-Management Tools; and Systems Thinking & Stakeholder Analysis. Learn more about ELN at https://corola.org/eln/

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Advised nonprofits, foundations and corporations as part of business strategy consulting firm with expertise in organizational visioning, strategic business planning, growth strategy, leadership, governance, and impact. • Assessed nonprofit organizations ($400K - $24M budget) in eight key areas of performance and worked with Strategy Teams of board members and staff to develop capacity building implementation plans. • Developed decision making tool to frame and guide key strategic considerations and practical tradeoffs for philanthropic organization with workforce development grantees. • Built pro forma financial model for nonprofit client ($1M budget) as part of larger strategic planning process.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Developed, implemented, and oversaw initiation of retail program, including vendor selection, inventory system, and order forms, to sell supplies to current customers.• Audited current supply purchasing and recommended transferring to new vendor for a 20% cost savings.• Ensured risk management precautions were taken by rewriting curriculum for employee safety orientation training and creating a hands-on training class.• Composed new customer contracts for maintenance services.

Malibu, Ca, Us

• Oversaw planning committees and event spending and secured sponsorships for 8 – 10 special events annually. Events attracted up to 5,000 participants with an approximate annual increase in attendance of 5%.• Developed and monitored annual $350,000 budget; allocated funds during the fiscal year; operated all programs within budget.• Increased revenue by 46% by assessing community interest and offering higher quality programs.• Scheduled and oversaw 120 recreation classes and 30 contract instructors annually.• Hired, supervised, managed, and trained 45 assistants.• Collaborated with community organizations, including County Library, Pepperdine University, and Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District integrating their program models and facilitating access to more activities and venues for the community.

Malibu, Ca, Us

• Managed activities between City, recreation software provider, and bank to launch online registration through City’s website, which presently accounts for approximately 40% of registrations.

Malibu, Ca, Us

Mba

Bs, Physiological Science