• Extend AVID's reach by developing comprehensive partnership pipeline systems providing cross-functional transparency, enabling more strategic organizational growth• Generate new partnership leads, identifying and engaging decision-makers with targeted strategies that have resulted in an additional revenue stream for the organization.• Manage and optimize a portfolio of collaborative partnerships to support the growth of AVID to generate new revenue streams and build brand awareness through new relationships.• Crafted data-driven partnership pitches, aligning sponsor interests with organizational objectives and improving partnership effectiveness.• Develop business plans for prospective partnerships that encompass strategy, budgets, communication and marketing plans, measurement and effectiveness markets and cross-departmental engagement. • Ensure existing partnerships are being executed according to timeline, partner expectations and needs, leading to increased revenue and expansion.• Act as a cross-departmental liaison for multifaceted partnerships that spread across teams.• Applied for and received $300k grant from Adobe, Inc., establishing AVID's first Corporate Social Responsibility initiative for open education resources, launching Summer 2025.• Secured $150k sponsorship from Amazon Future Engineer to develop a multi-product program to support site leaders across the country in the design and implementation of equitable and sustainable K-12 Computer Science pathways.

AVID's mission is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. • Consistently establish instant credibility and trust with school and district leaders through consultative conversations and active listening, helping current and prospective partners understand the value of the AVID College & Career Readiness System• Research school district missions, strategies to better understand goals and initiatives and how those fit with the AVID mission.• Employ a growth mindset, continuously seeking feedback and constructive criticism internally and externally, always finding opportunities to grow both personally and professionally. • Collaborate across teams to successfully fulfill partners’ requests, as well as work within guidelines set for new vs. expansion business to achieve goal of reaching and serving new student.• Work with Marketing and Regional Teams to obtain AVID name recognition across a broader educational market during the COVID-19 pandemic. Projects include: Virtual Showcases, EdWeb national webinars, Virtual Selling mentoring, ESSER funding strategies, EdTalk webinars• Obtain partnerships with state education organizations to broaden reach with decision makers across the Northeast states

Responsible for developing partnerships with school districts in order to implement Discovery Education's award-winning suite of comprehensive digital curriculum products and support solutions helping schools and teachers engage students.Current territory includes : New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania

Waterford is the nation’s leader in research-based PK-2 software for reading, math, and science programs. Until recently, programs were sold through Pearson. Key skills and how they are used:• Expertise in elementary education. Partner with school districts to implement digital curriculums.• Relationship building. Create and maintain relationships at high levels in major school systems including New York City Public Schools, Boston Public Schools, Albany City Public Schools and Hartford Public Schools. • Team Building. Work with Implementation Specialists to identify goals of school districts and carry out Professional Development plan to assist in meeting those goals.• Presentations. Work with various organizations throughout region to present on advantages of technology in education. • Self-motivated. Ability to work from a home office and dictate own schedule, attending numerous scheduled appointments every week, in addition to trainings, webinars, and conference calls.

Developed three new sales regions centered in Washington D.C., Chicago and Alabama. Average sales volume, $3MM+. Key skills and how they are used:• Strategic thinking. Develop and implement national sales team strategies• Relationship building. Nurture successful relationships with system administrators, principals and teachers• Public speaking. Spoke at association meetings and conventions including Illinois Reading Council, West Virginia Reading Association and Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)• Expertise in elementary education. Wrote and delivered conference presentations on Common Core Standards, Non-Fiction Writing, Making Math Stations Work for You, Helping Students Express Themselves, and other topics• Management. Train and mentor sales reps to take over sales regions once they are launched• Self-motivated. Proven ability to work in a remote environment. Organize WebEx meetings and phone conference calls, set work schedule, and meet deadlines without external drivers• Problem solver. Ability to manage conflicts and remove roadblocks

•Plan Grade 5 Writing curriculum based on standards set up by DCPS and KIPP DC•Create and deliver Reading and Writing lessons •Track student mastery data using MS Excel•Collaborate with the grade level team, special educators, and across grade levels to develop and implement ways to assess student needs and appropriately differentiate instruction•Create original teaching materials to deliver lessons to students

•Plan and deliver lessons in all content areas using a variety of curriculum including Columbia University’s Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Investigations, Scott Foresman, Envision Mathematics and the Open Circle Social Competency Program•Collaborate with the grade level team, special educators, and across grade levels to develop and implement ways to assess the needs of students and appropriately differentiate instruction•Member of the Ridgewood district-wide Professional Development team that advises the administration on best practices for the professional development of educators•Served as Team Leader for grade 4, leading two first-year teachers•Mentored a Korean exchange teacher through the Bloomfield College TICKET program, creating a more diverse learning environment within my classroom•Traveled to Korea in Summer 2009 as the guest of the School District of Busan, South Korea to represent Ridgewood Public Schools, to further communications between the two school districts

•Selected to be one of the first Fifth Grade teachers when that grade was added to P.S. 196 in 2007•Worked with other teachers and the administration to develop the new Fifth Grade student curriculum (Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies, Science)•Created rigorous units to prepare students for New York State ELA and Mathematics tests•As of March 2008, 80% of students were at or approaching reading on grade level, a rate that is significantly higher than competitive schools in the district•Served as Grade Liaison, responsible for streamlining communications between administrators and teachers•Introduced Prep for Prep to P.S. 196, a program to get high-achieving Fifth Grade minority students into preparatory schools•Students achieved highest scores in the grade on the 2007 New York State Social Studies Exam and 2008 English Language Arts Exam

•Write press releases to be distributed both internally and externally•Attend and plan all aspects of trade shows•Maintain and organize office, ordering of supplies, cleaning schedules•Deal with outside vendors to assist in maintenance of office

•Sold houses through company that buys houses in foreclosure•Dealt with realtors, mortgage brokers, clients on a regular basis•Implemented targeted marketing plan•Did daily management tasks required in a small business

•Opened the second branch of the high-fashion store•Responsible for designing new store, ordering merchandise, merchandising, and selling•Daily responsibilities included opening and closing, bank deposits, dealing with vendors

•Assisted in fittings with VIP and celebrity clientele•Developed and issued monthly reports that highlighted departmental activities•Maintained and organized sample closets•Placed and tracked all VIP orders from Italy•Located merchandise available for purchase in various boutiques when requested by VIP and celebrity clientele

•Assisted and conducted meetings and fittings with VIP and celebrity clientele•Helped coordinate and plan with stylists, agents, and publicists the dressing of celebrities for various events•Developed and issued monthly reports that highlighted departmental activities•Assisted in the development of Marketing and Public Relations Strategy for Emporio Armani•Researched new up-and-coming talent•Maintained and organized sample closets

•Assisted in meetings and fittings with celebrity clientele•Assisted in the coordination and planning of celebrity dressing with stylists, agents, and publicists •Developed and issued monthly reports that highlighted departmental activities•Assisted the fashion editorial and show teams in conducting the Women’s Spring 2001 Collection Show