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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Manage portfolio of large projects - Launch, ROI, and Scholars program - with direct reports; responsible for strategy and goal attainment of initiatives focused on youth college and career readiness.• Lead the implementation of Boston’s plan to prevent and end youth homelessness; facilitating the Executive Committee and implementation team, tracking progress towards shared objectives.• Lead the training strategy for the regional youth homelessness response of Essex County.• Organizational consultant to Metro Boston youth homelessness regional lead; leading and facilitating partner meetings, collecting and analyzing programmatic data to create a regional vision.• Provide content expertise and technical assistance for Post-Secondary Pathways for Opportunity Youth funding area including managing relationships with a portfolio of 21 grantee organizations.Participate in city-wide collective impact efforts including Boston Opportunity Youth Collaborative and Rising Together.• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council member; Co-created and led organization wide initiative designed to build more effective social justice habits, particularly those focused on race, power, privilege, and leadership.

Boston, Ma

• Provide content expertise and technical assistance for Post-Secondary Pathways for Opportunity Youth funding area including managing relationships with a portfolio of grantee organizations. Participate in collective impact efforts• Manage multiple initiatives focused on ensuring young people are college, career, and life ready, responsible for data analysis, writing grant proposals, partnership management, budget management, and providing overall quality improvement efforts. Initiatives include Launch, a coordinated network of providers funded by the MA Dept of Housing and Community Development; ROI, a training series and community of practice focused on training youth workers to be financial coaches; Marian L Heard Scholars Program, a scholarship for first generation, low-income college students; and Youth Venture, a social entrepreneurship program for young people across Boston• Manage Launch Project Manager and Community Impact Coordinator as well as seasonal interns

• Program and project management for UW’s Youth Venture and Marian L Heard Scholars Program, responsible for curriculum development and delivery, supporting program evaluation and continuous improvement• Relationship management with initiative partners including the City of Boston, Boston Centers for Youth & Families, and community based organizations• Event management for 8 events annually such as coordinating logistics, development and distribution of materials• Recruited, trained, and supported on-going and one time volunteers, supporting the coordination of the Youth Venture Advisory Board, an advisory body that assist in the generation, advancement, and enhancement of key program goals

Boston, Ma

• Led volunteer projects for current and prospective corporate partners in order to strengthen and deepen their relationship with United Way, projects ranged from 5-100 participants• Created a strategy to track, manage, and manipulate data on volunteer projects, events, and participation and was responsible for data input and integrity of the Volunteer Engagement team● Responsible for administrative and communicative tasks involved in small- and large-scale events including contracts, invitations, program books, stewardship, and post event engagement

Boston, Ma

• Responsible for a portfolio of 150 agency accounts amounting to over $300,000 in monies raised• Managed and monitored employee campaigns which includes public speaking, creating timelines, tracking results, and personalizing campaigns to fit the organizational culture● Coordinated the Community Voices program, arranged speakers from United Way partner agencies to present on behalf of the partnership at corporate fundraising events

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Executive Master'S Of Public Administration, 3.9

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology And Public Health

Activities and Societies: Special Olympics at Boston University, Community Service Center, Student Support Network, Alpha Kappa Delta.