"Helping persons with disabilities to find happiness in their own homes, in their personal relationships, and as contributing members of their community"

Fostering a safe and caring environment that enables residents to feel welcome, cared-for, and safe in their day-to-day lives. Engaging senior activity through daily cognitive, social, and athletic programming to help promote a healthy lifestyle. Residents include assisted living seniors, with a primary focus concentrated upon varying levels of memory empairment and care needs.

• Actively completed 1,700+ hours of community service within the specialty fields of environmental protection, disaster preparedness, and outreach education in support of the municipalities of Barnstable County, Massachusetts• Engaged the community through dynamic volunteer projects promoting conservation of Cape Cod• Participated in educational presentations with youth focusing on water conservation and protection

• Established the logistics and inventory processes implemented to support the first-in-state Regional Sheltering Plan within Massachusetts• Coordinated an interagency and local government process resulting in the detailed site inspection, issue identification, and resolution of six major locations, allowing sheltering capacities throughout the Cape for over 10,000 residents and visiting tourists during a regional emergency• Recruited and supported a team of 20 community volunteers to maintain the responsibilities and ensure ongoing continuity of the initiatives and goals of the Red Cross during a period of nation-wide organization restructure

•Management of first year and upperclassmen dormitories with all-women and co-ed environments.•Addressed student problems and assisted students with personal, academic and residential concerns.•Communicated with students, parents, faculty, and all administrative members of campus community.•Sustained a safe and functional residence for students: make thoughtful room assignment, address and follow-up with maintenance concerns, control keys, prepare weekly and monthly dormitory occupancy and safety reports•Academic Student Success Coach (December 2007 – June 2010) Provided mentoring guidance to students struggling academically. Conducted assessment sessions with students to identify needs and appropriate goals for long-term achievement. Established weekly one-on-one meetings to maintain progress and continue adjustment to a collegiate environment.•Administrative Discipline Hearing Officer (September 2007 – June 2010) Facilitated administrative judicial hearings for students documented to be in violation of college policy. Upheld college policy and assigned sanctions as appropriate for violations. Completed paperwork and necessary follow-up for students found in violation of college policy.•Administrative responder for student or staff-reported sexual assaults. Balanced confidentiality rights and expectations of involved individuals with college reporting procedures, serving as an on-call resource advocate, as needed. •Administrative lead for planning and implementing year-round training of 65 resident assistants •Primary lead for housing selection and placement of approximately 1,000 students campus-wide•Maintained dormitory damage and vandalism records, applying charges to student accounts as appropriate

•Management of freshman dormitory with capacity of 130 all-women students (Dec.2007 – June 2008)•Supervision of upperclassman dormitory with capacity of 470 co-ed dormitory (July 2007 – Dec. 2007)

• Trained in emergency-response, Adult CPR, OSHA, and First Aid certifications• Experience in situational-response mediation and counseling with fellow students• Facilitated monthly activities and programming for over 30 residents in both educational and social content

Elected position, responsible for the management, maintenance, and distribution of student-requested funds for purposes of College activities and programming. Supervised board of seven members and worked closely with College administration and student group representatives to facilitate the effective allocation of account funds.

Established marketing plan and related distribution materials for the launch of a new non-profit business venture, the Habitat ReStore, in which quality used and surplus building materials and household furnishings are sold for a fraction of their original retail value.