Founder/President
De La Salle Middle School
FounderIdentified, cultivated relationships with, and organized constituent groups to start a new middle school for underserved students in the under resourced The Ville Neighborhood of North St. Louis.Manage all logistics related to curriculum, facilities, human resources, and other needs of new organization.Develop and coordinate successful communications and marketing campaign to introduce new educational opportunity to families of the area, populating a full first class of studentPresidentCollaboratively create and sustain a high performing educational community in a distressed urban area, inclusive of students, families, staff, faculty, and administrators.Develop, articulate and model mission and vision of the school.Sell the mission to donors, including foundations, corporations, and individuals, to sustain an annual operating budget of $850,000. Train and manage staff of 15 employees and many volunteers from diverse backgrounds.