Protégé Search™ is a retained executive search and leadership advisory firm focused on diversity and public affairs. We work with corporations, trade associations, and nonprofits to advance their strategies in diversity and public affairs in four ways: executive recruiting; diverse talent pipelines; executive coaching; and talent advisory in diversity.

o Planned, promoted, implemented, monitored, and evaluated current and projected public health programs.o Managed grantee performance monitoring systems, including collecting and analyzing grantee data, ensuring quality, accuracy, and completeness of data, and providing technical assistance.o Conducted analytic assessments to define issues and develop solutions for management and stakeholder consideration.o Developed proposals, protocols, data analysis plans, reports, manuscripts, and presentation of study findings.o Collaborated with diverse stakeholders to advance public health and program goals.

o Conducted community needs assessment via literature review, environmental scans, and key informant interviewing (including public health personnel).o Recruited and interviewed community members regarding sexual behaviors and HIV/STD risk factors.o Administered HIV/STD prevention and risk communication and education to project participants.o Collected, transcribed, coded, analyzed and wrote report related to qualitative project data.o Reviewed and edited materials developed by staff to ensure program objectives were being met.o Reported the results of research activities to appropriate stakeholders including project staff, community contributors, and funders.

o Increased student mastery in science from previous year’s 30% pass rate to 92% pass rate on standardized testo Implemented innovative education strategies to educate and effectively communicate with identified target audiences. o Designed and implemented competency-based curriculum, creating instructional criteria and tools for content-area classrooms.o Facilitated classroom instruction and management, record keeping and organization, parental communication, assessment creation and administration, data analysis, and ongoing evaluation.o Fostered student investment, achievement, and positive classroom culture.

Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, College of Natural Scienceo Aided production of online publication documenting changes in taxonomic and nomenclatural status of Bacteria and Archaeao Performed literature and data search, data entry, database management, and review and revision of material developed by staff to ensure the project objectives were being met.

o Implemented innovative education and communications strategies to educate and influence identified target audiences.o Mentored and provided technical assistance to pre-veterinary medical undergraduate students.o Tutored secondary students in the sciences and mathematics.o Planned and facilitated science and health workshops/activities in community including area elementary schools.o Collected data, conducted initial analysis, and contributed to preparation of performance reports and program documentation for assessment and evaluation of program operations.o Received 3 certificates of excellence in facilitation of student services and community outreach.