Riley Harris Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

• Manage a caseload of 10 clients, ranging in age from 8 to 60, delivering individual therapy, skills training, and case management. • Develop and implement treatment plans tailored to client needs, focusing on long-term wellness and recovery.• Participate in individual and group supervision to enhance clinical skills and client outcomes.• Practice Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI).• Engage in advocacy efforts with Medicaid representatives at the state level to support client access to healthcare and services.• Completed extensive training in case conceptualization and clinical interventions. • Facilitate weekly DBT group therapy sessions, promoting peer support and skill development.• Collaborate with external clinicians, primary care doctors, and specialists, as well as internal teams of social workers and therapists, to ensure comprehensive, holistic care for clients.

Ojai, California, United States

• Led classes for first-time potters by demonstrating techniques and helping students on the wheel. • Mixed glazes, loaded and fired kilns, made custom-ordered pieces, and managed hourly staff members and apprentices.

Ojai, California, United States

• Managed a caseload of 10 clients experiencing economic insecurity, conducting thorough assessments, developing individualized care plans, and monitoring progress. • Advocated for clients' needs and rights, connecting them with housing, employment, healthcare, and social services to address immediate concerns and long-term goals.• Assisted individuals in navigating the application process for essential programs, including LIHEAP, food stamps, and MediCal.

Bath, Maine, United States

• Development: wrote solicitation letters and grants, processed and tracked gifts in Salesforce, communicated with donors, and strategized capital campaigns.• Communications: developed social media content and press releases, produced email and print newsletters.• Event Coordination: scheduled and advertised KELT events, coordinated day-of logistics.

Hallowell, Maine, United States

• Led Sources of Strength suicide prevention trainings in middle and high schools across the state.• Supported student leaders and adult advisors implement the Sources model within their school community after the training.

Hallowell, Maine, United States

• Created and oversaw NAMI's Teen Text Support Line, a mental health support line for Maine youth using a peer-to-peer model.• Managed seven employees and a yearly budget of $130,000.• Facilitated connections between youth in crisis and Maine Statewide Crisis Hotline (on-call 70 hours per week).• Led staff meetings, advertising campaigns, PR, and data collection/storage.• Created new text hotline manual, crisis protocols, staff wellness protocols, and oversaw their programmatic integration.

Hallowell, Maine, United States

• Learned and utilized Social Solutions Apricot software to create database now used by CIT participating police departmentsacross the state, seeking to track and improve interactions between law enforcement and people experiencing mental health crises.• Scheduled and organized community events and programs.

Portland, Maine Area

• Improved Bowdoin’s fire preparedness by developing new EGRESS routes and maps for 80+ buildings on campus—using AutoCAD software. • Bettered asbestos awareness on campus by identifying asbestos in older buildings and by establishing a public asbestos registry on AutoCAD. • Analyzed Bowdoin’s Areas of Refuge (AOR) to ensure ADA compliance and prepared memorandum summarizing findings. • Nominated for Bowdoin Student Rookie of the Year (2019) and for Bowdoin Student Employee of the Year (2020).

Portland, Maine Area

• Organized a campaign to raise awareness about arsenic in Maine well water.• Planned and led 11 community events in libraries, churches, and health centers across the state.• Collaborated with a team of three other interns and collected 500+ signatures to support EHSC legislation.• Lobbied Congress members at the statehouse and trained new citizen activists to help the EHSC's future campaigns.

Portland, Maine Area

• Researched and identified elected officials in California to target in an anti-fracking campaign.• Analyzed current policy response to fracking on local/state levels within California.• Collaborated with a phone-banking team to gather signatures of 150+ elected officials.• Participated in strategy meetings ahead of press conferences and media outreach.

Greater Boston Area

• Executed daily, team-based conservation work, including trail maintenance, water quality assessment, and lake hosting.• Improved water quality by learning SCUBA and diving to eradicate aquatic invasive species.• Developed and taught an educational program about climate change's impact on New Hampshire forests.

Master Of Social Work - Msw, Clinical/Medical Social Work

• Developed clinical skills in assessment, intervention, and treatment planning through evidence-based approaches.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Environmental Studies /// Government And Legal Studies, Alumni

Activities and Societies: • Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar (Dean's List) • Kappa Psi Epsilon Environmental Fellowship • Let's Get Ready.

Ihp Climate Change: The Politics Of Food, Water, And Energy, Junior (Fall)

Activities and Societies: Independent Project: Climate Change, Environmentalism, and Masculinities: A Call for Cross-cultural Research.