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Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• The Office of Performance & Data Analytics collects citywide data to monitor performance, improve service delivery, promote transparency, drive innovation, and creatively problem solve• Bring human-centered design and equity lens evaluation frameworks to assist the City in making data-driven and evidence-based decisions for policy and programming• Provided leadership in the creation of the City's first performance-based budgeting approach, which aims to incorporate outcomes into resource allocations that contribute to the City’s goals and objectives and drive continuous improvement• Co-lead research and policy recommendations for the creation of the City's Financial Freedom Blueprint, a multi-year plan to address the racial wealth gap in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• Managed pre-award and post-award activities of government funding; approximately $4 million in federal, state, and local funding that supports programs addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, gender equity, and systemic racism• Tracked and analyzed legislation, policy proposals, funding cycles, and research in relation to gender-based violence and gender equity and its impact on the agency and communities served• Met with elected officials to promote investment in successful, evidence-based, programming and projects• Management/ design of performance indicators, evaluation metrics, and data collection methods to measure program outcomes and evaluate programming effectiveness• Ensured grant compliance and that awards are utilized within the parameters of the funder guidelines• Sat on the Cincinnati Human Services Advisory Committee government funding subcommittee• Supervised a team comprised of a Grants Manager and a Grants and Data Systems Manager; assist inexploring professional growth and increasing contributions to the organization

Greater New York City Area

• Provided fiscal, policy, and programming analysis, oversight, and recommendations on the City’s budget, programming, and policies for the Committee on Women and Gender Equity and the Committee on Public Safety; a portfolio of approximately $4 billion• Advised NYC Council Speaker, all 51 Council Members, the Budget Negotiating Team, Women’s Caucus, and senior staff on budget and policy matters• Evaluated implications of local, state, and federal legislative proposals and its impact on New Yorkers• Oversight of over $30 million in discretionary funding provided to over 150 non-profit organizations• Fielded lobbyist, advocate, and constituent meetings and funding requests• Worked in collaboration with advocates and people with lived experience to shape community programming, interventions, and policy recommendations including legislation to close Riker's Island jail system, and $4 million in funding to support individuals involved in the sex-trade.• Distilled large amounts of data into digestible language and formats• Prepped for and staffed hearings for assigned Committees including research for the creation of Committee reports, statements and testimony, and hearing questions• Assisted in drafting the NYC Council Speaker’s 2019 State of the City Address on Criminal Justice and researched/ recommended areas of criminal legal reform• Tracked research, best practices, and advocate testimony and recommendations related to portfolio

Lansing, Michigan Area

• Program evaluation of non-profit, local, state, and federal initiatives receiving government funding• Specific focus on educational programming and Department of Labor’s Workforce Innovation andOpportunity Act programming (WIOA)o Developed policy research regarding workforce development specific to the needs of peopleexperiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) and unintended barriers traditional job trainingprograms create for individuals experiencing IPV• Performed quantitative and qualitative data analysis of client program data (SPSS, focus groups, etc.)• Developed and fielded data collection and reporting instruments including assisting organizations in bestpractices related to data collection to prepare for third-party evaluation• Conducted routine site visits for ongoing evaluation projects• Client report writing; outcomes and data visualization

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• The National Community Scholars program engages students with a specialized interest in community change work. Scholars gain skills to organize groups for social action, plan programs at the local level, advocate for socially just policies, and develop community-based services

Cincinnati, Oh

• Expanded youth and school-based programming in underserved rural areas of Ohio across a three-county service area• Implemented teen dating violence and sexual assault prevention programming utilizing evidence-based curricula in line with satisfying Ohio HB19 (Tina Croucher Act)• Assisted in building relationships, buy-in, and referral processes with area stakeholders including service agencies, public schools, hospitals, police, prosecutors, judges, and commissioners in an area with strong cultural stigma and specific barriers around gender-based violence• Provided technical assistance and community training on dynamics of gender-based violence• Co-facilitated YWCA rural service area Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Taskforce• Recorded and produced video documentary of local survivors of domestic violence for educational use• Maintained program evaluation data and monthly grant report requirements

Cincinnati Area

Delivered “Safe Dates” teen dating violence and sexual assault prevention curriculum in rural middle and high schools

Cincinnati, Oh

• Coordinated and presented educational programming to colleges and universities, high schools, civicgroups, churches, local business etc. on issues of homelessness and affordable housing• Mobilized constituents around issues of affordable housing and gentrification• Engaged in local policy and legislative advocacy on issues of affordable housing• Expanded the organization’s coalition and community support through community organizing• Developed educational stats sheets, materials, and brochures• Led volunteer engagement, coordination, training, and management

Evaluation Services Center

• Quantitative and qualitative data entry and analysis of local non-profit programming• Focus on evaluation of Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)Ohio, a federal grant designed to assist low-income and first-generation college students prepare for college• Developed and fielded data collection and reporting instruments utilizing a variety of software• Assisted Research Associates with report writing and data visualization

Cincinnati, Oh

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