• Coordinates project management functions of SHVS, assisting in a policy role and in the delivery and tracking of technical assistance delivered to states via subject matter experts.

• Maintain program communications, including website, blog, weekly newsletter, Twitter, and LinkedIn. • Organize and promote in-person and virtual professional development events.• Manage diversity initiatives, including coding qualitative data from a survey with over 1,400 responses on behalf of the Combatting Racial Inequities Committee (CRIC).

• Authored a policy brief on incarceration and mental illness, which included statistics on arrest rates and police shootings of individuals with mental illness and a comprehensive summary of NJ policy proposals in the areas of crisis response and pre-arrest diversion, prison reform, and re-entry services.• Supervised an undergraduate intern to design infographics on available community resources (lawyer referral services, etc.) Together, the policy brief and infographics will help the volunteers who staff the NAMI Mercer helpline.

• Conducted foundation research and collaborated on current grant funding proposals. • Participated in special projects in the fields of development, civil rights, and community service by assisting with event planning.

• Assisted with event coordination, creating promotional materials and aiding with event set-up.• Responsible for maintaining program mailing lists, website, monthly newsletter, and Facebook.

• Collaborated on two successfully funded grant applications for a total of $15,000; conducted interviews for newsletter content; assisted with data entry into the Donor Perfect database and direct mail fundraising.

• Created manual for implementing Students Talking about Relationships (STAR) program; organized guest speaker series of local domestic violence advocates; facilitated lessons and mentored STAR participants.