I am currently the Vice President of Youth Programs at the YMCA of Metro Atlanta. I have 24 years of youth development and program design experience in nonprofit industries across Georgia and North Carolina. My background examples service as a facilitator for executing new processes and developing creative non-profit programs. I am recognized as an innovative and vision-oriented community affairs leader adept at identifying problem areas and creating new and engaging solutions to solve it. I served as a trusted leader and coach to over 20 Boys & Girls Club Directors across Metro Atlanta serving over 2,500 youth and families. Under my leadership, I have guided the development and growth of multiple Boys & Girls Club sites and have for almost a decade supervised, modified, and managed program implementation across the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta organization. My philosophy is to help youth and community-serving organizations develop and execute strategies that achieve organizational success, through the development of their people and community relations. I enjoy creative big-picture thinking and utilizing my strategic planning expertise to resolve business challenges and consistently deliver high-quality work. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a concentration of Law from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I am a former board member of the Guilford County NAACP and I am an active member of the United Way of Greater Atlanta's Young Professional Leaders program and Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.Specialties: Strategic planning, employee coaching, program design and delivery
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