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Nutmeg State LSAMP Project Director, Southern CT State University, 2024As the LSAMP Program Director for the Nutmeg State Alliance, I serve as the central point of contact at Southern Connecticut State University for all activities spanning the four Connecticut State Universities (CSUs). I provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for the LSAMP grant and associated programs.Key Responsibilities:Grant Management: Direct day-to-day oversight of the LSAMP grant, ensuring compliance with funding requirements and strategic alignment with alliance objectives.Program Management: Coordinate and manage all aspects of LSAMP programs, including student scholars' support, on-campus activities across alliance institutions, and collaborative efforts among partner universities.Financial Management: Responsible for budgetary oversight, managing finances, and allocating resources efficiently to support program initiatives.Reporting: Prepare comprehensive monthly reports for submission to the LSAMP Governing Board, outlining progress, achievements, and challenges encountered.Collaborative Leadership: Facilitate biweekly meetings with the LSAMP Executive Director and monthly meetings with Institutional Coordinators to foster collaboration, share best practices, and ensure alignment of efforts.Personnel Management: Supervise project personnel, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to ensure effective team performance and achievement of program goals.Program Coordination: Oversee and contribute to coordinating more extensive LSAMP program activities, including outreach events, workshops, and research initiatives.Student Recruitment and Retention: Lead efforts to recruit and retain a diverse cohort of students, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment conducive to academic and professional success.

University of New Haven (PCOB)Adjunct Faculty August 2022- Present Teach Marketing Analysis & Customer Value. Plans and reviews syllabuses; engages students with various teaching methods; analyzes student performance; attends faculty meetings; identifies students’ strengths and weaknesses and maintains detailed attendance records. Provides lectures based on authentic experiences, fosters trust among students, and demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of pedagogy and curriculum design. Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and ensure equitable participation for all students. Assists students with disabilities in determining their success in the course by providing appropriate accommodations.

• Plan and reviewed the syllabus, engage students with various instructional techniques, assess student performance, coordinate with the college bookstore, teach assigned class materials, attended faculty meetings, identified students' strengths and weaknesses, and maintain detailed attendance records.• Deliver lectures based on authentic experience, cultivates trust among students and demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the field, as well as pedagogical and curriculum design skills. • Ensured inclusion of all students, demonstrated cultural sensitivity.• Assists students with disabilities in determining their success in the course by providing appropriate accommodations.

• Organize and coordinate municipal health and human services programs sponsored by the City of New Haven Community Services Department, including Community Health, Youth, Elderly Services, and Homelessness Department.• Manage collaborations between sectors with the objective of improving access to health and well-being for residents of New Haven while addressing diversity, geographic, and income inequalities. Liaison between departmental staff and other departments.• Manages the department's 2-million-dollar budget, approves payments for services provided to the department, resolves billing problems, controls expenditures, creates financial reports, and supervises the preparation and administration of budgets, grants, and contracts according to guidelines established by the City of New Haven. • Managing events and conference facilities, contract negotiation, operational, contractual, planning and vendor management.• Manages the allocation of workspace and equipment for the staff, as well as improvements and renovations within the assigned department• Manages the department’s HR activities including hiring, staffing, labor relations, compensation, payroll, and training. In conjunction with labor relations, coach designated staff to ensure policy and procedure compliance, initiate the disciplinary process if needed.• Managing a staff of eight exempt and non-exempt employees. Conducts annual and probationary performance evaluations for all employees.• Analyze data indicators and benchmarks to identify program success and recipients' needs; ensure critical access to the key and necessary community programs. • Forge strong partnerships by collaborating with external agencies and service providers in the community.• In the absence of the Community Service Administrator, serve as interim administrator.

• Planned, developed, and implemented programs and initiatives to help underserved and high-risk children and families. Assessed and modified existing programs to maximize the benefits to recipients.• Consulted regional offices with the Department, social services agencies, courts, and childcare institutions to ensure program delivery met Department’s standards and goals• Developed and led professional development training programs and workshops to develop skills and expertise across the department.• Represented DCF on key committees designed to improve services for children while representing the agency's objectives.• Trained and mentored members of the Department through training, consultation, and troubleshooting.