Nathan Hays Email & Phone Number

Waco, Texas, United States

• Provide guidance to 12 different teams developing and implementing innovative projects designed to expand a sense of purpose in diverse communities as part of the larger Called to Lives of Meaning and Purpose Initiative of Lilly Endowment Inc.• Financial and budgeting acumen as evidenced by managing cost estimates, cost control, contracts, procurement, payment requests, and reimbursements for $1.5 million Soundings grant• Ability to enhance process efficiencies as demonstrated by implementing Kanban-style board, knowledge base, and Microsoft Project along with related training resources and standard operating procedures to facilitate work between 5 undergraduate assistants, a graduate assistant, and 3 full-time staff members• Strong communication skills demonstrated by sending regular messages through a mass email system to a list of 5,500+ people and by building out and managing websites and posting on social media for 2 Baylor programs

Waco, Texas

• Collaborated internally and with external stakeholders to plan the largest annual conference at Baylor in 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 (approximately 500 participants in 2023), with particular responsibilities in scheduling, communications, and website design• Cross-functional collaborator with research team to provide feedback on quantitative and qualitative research conducted nationally across 13 different programs and to develop customized evaluation tools for program partners and for the leadership team’s activities• Documentation and reporting skills as demonstrated by collecting data for and composing 4 interim and 4 annual reports to Lilly Endowment Inc.• Evaluated partner project proposals to ensure alignment with overall program objectives and with Lilly Endowment Inc. goals• Planned 6 large meetings with program partners and 4 multi-day retreats (averaging 31 participants)

Waco, Texas, United States

• Designed curriculum and led 2 undergraduate-level and 2 graduate-level in-person classes (96 students total) and a fully online, asynchronous graduate-level class (24 students). Total value of instruction provided (based on cost per credit hour) is $490,122.• Presentation effectiveness as evaluated by last end-of-semester student feedback survey was 10% higher than comparison group

Waco, Texas, United States

• Assisted 3 professors with gathering and processing research• Performed copyediting duties on 5 different book projects

Waco, Texas

• Assisted Associate Dean of Baylor's Graduate School with engaging community of graduate students and developing and implementing programming, including small groups, with graduate students. • Performed copyediting duties, especially in the area of Social Work

Waco, Texas, United States

• Writing and editing skills as evidenced by ensuring that books, book chapters, dissertations, and journal articles conform to various content and formatting standards• Ability to manage project timelines as demonstrated by working closely with clients to ensure that results are delivered within tight deadlines

Waco, Texas

• Assisted 2 professors over a two-year period with student engagement, grading, proctoring, and leading review sessions (as needed) for 8 different undergraduate classes• Taught classes when the professor was absent

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Religion/Religious Studies

• Earned five-year full tuition scholarship with additional stipend • Research and communication expertise (oral and written) as evidenced.

Master Of Divinity (M.Div.), 3.9

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Religion/Religious Studies, 4.0