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New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

• Campus leader of an allied health school with 1000+ students, 40+ faculty, and 3 academic departments including a Practical Nursing Program.
• Advise on strategic initiatives, i.e. workforce development, branch campuses, partnerships, and maintaining regulatory compliance for a $33mil enterprise.
• Tripled the enrollment capacity to significantly expand the Nursing Program.
• Led 90% increase in annual enrollment in the associate degree program.
• Design and manage student success programs, engagement, retention, and re-entry.
• Direct campus academic operations/HR, policies, and compliance, and lead departments including Academic Advising, Career Services, Student Services, Registrar, and the Library.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Founder.*Higher Education Management*Strategic Planning*International Education*Program Design and Assessment*Workforce Development and Education Advisement*Student Empowerment and Engagement*Academic Operations*Allied Health Education

Brooklyn, New York

• Administered a $14mil budget and led 600+ students, 50+ full-time faculty, and 9 academic departments and programs including: PhD program in Clinical Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Humanities, Social Sciences.
• Developed a diverse and engaged alumni advisory board and designed an alumni fundraising campaign.
• Managed outreach and enrollment initiatives for prospective and continuing students.
• Collaborated with department chairs and faculty for new program design, program review, outcomes assessment, self- studies, course scheduling, academic support services, faculty searches, and promotion and tenure.
• Co-created the Dean’s Scholars Program to expand student engagement, diversity and inclusion and establish a formal student advisory group to the Dean’s Office.
• Increased new student enrollment by 26% in the college from Fall 2019 to Fall 2020.

Austin, Texas

• Managed fee-for-service consultancy contracts in international development/international education and led the business development unit
• Represented 31 public universities in Texas and led comprehensive internationalization, English language training (Texas Intensive English Program), student services, and strategic international partnership development.
• Managed revenue-generating multi-institutional projects that aligned with member-universities and achieved the organization’s mission and goals.
• Co-created a highly collaborative re-branding process and new strategic plan
• Designed and executed projects including contract for a customized program delivered to Saudi Arabian students; a contract with the US Embassy in Panama for a youth entrepreneurship program; the development of a.

San Marcos, Texas

• Served at a Hispanic Serving Institution, as the Senior International Officer, managing a $4.5mil budget, leading comprehensive internationalization and providing strategic direction for the Latin American Engagement.
• Implemented a Latin American Engagement Plan (funded by alumni) that led to a 90% increase in incoming students from Latin America and a 15% increase in students studying in Latin America.
• Increased the number of study abroad students by 30% between 2015 and 2016 and created a Diversity AbroadScholarship Program.http://www.txstate.edu/internationalminds/

City University Of New York

• Served as a student affairs leader at the most ethnically diverse campus in the Northeast, developing and executing the institution’s comprehensive international strategic vision.
• Directed the expansion of international student recruitment, enrollment and retention and increased the number of new international students by 70% between 2011 and 2014.
• Re-imagined the Office of International Student Services including student advisement, support services, student programs (i.e. orientation, International Education Week, Leadership Retreat), SEVIS processes, Brooklyn.
• Served as the College’s lead Designated School Official (DSO) and Responsible Officer (RO) for the Exchange Visitors Program hosting scholars and students from around the world.

• Directed student affairs areas including the Office of Residential Life, Student Activities Central (120+ clubs and organizations), Student Center operations, Conference Center, community collaborations, international.
• Administered all aspects of Student Center Corporation including an annual $1.5 million budget, a staff of over 50 people, a 68,000 square foot building, student programming, and various revenue generating enterprises.
• Increased external revenue by over 300% in the first year as Director; 120% increase in the second year (all revenue allocated for community/student programming and capital improvements).
• Expanded student usage of the building by 70% in two fiscal years as Director.
• Retrained, reassigned, hired and developed new and existing staff to align with the College’s core values and advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
• The Brooklyn College Student Services Corporation that I directed was a separate 501(c)3 non-profit entity, I directed the entire organization with a Board of Directors, coordinated organizational strategic planning.

Selected for the inaugural group of fellows with We Are All Brooklyn, a consortium of emerging community leaders in New York City founded by JCRC and CAUSE-NY.

• Executive administrator that served as the Dean of the Office of Student Services at Globe Institute of Technology, managed international marketing and recruitment, career services, student activities, athletics.
• Managed contracts with international agencies

Managed recruitment data and provided analysis for the recruitment staff at Southwest Regional Office and coordinated press releases and marketing materials for recruitment and outreach

Peace Corps Volunteer that managed the Khorol Community Resource Center and taught English language, American culture, computers, and ecology in workshops, classrooms, and camps throughout the Russian Far East. Also I supported volunteer development and trained Russian teachers of English on integrating technology in the classroom.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Public Policy

Activities and Societies: The Robert J. MiIano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy Interests: International.

Ma, International Politics

Activities and Societies: Johnny Christian Peace Studies Scholarship, Field research on refugee experience in Czech Republic, Founder of.