Shermica Farquhar Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

New York City & Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Analyze client’s professional developmental strategy to design and implement future performance management process• Create and execute change management strategies to support organization human capital initiative• Lead client regional expansion via community outreach, school partnerships, and internal process improvements• Develop site expansion process playbook and supporting marketing materials• Support leadership with executive coaching sessions to prepare for strategy development

Soka Tribe is a community that represents the spirit of Caribbean Carnival culture and shares the carnival vibes through fitness, education, experiential activities and branded apparel. Soka Tribe has taught over 2,000 class participants and performed in front of thousands in cities throughout the U.S., the Caribbean and Africa. Soka Tribe has been featured in The Washington Post, Good Morning Washington, Great Day Washington, Mid City DC, and performed with the likes of Soca King Machel Montano, singer Patrice Roberts and at the Washington Wizards game half-time show. Follow Soka Tribe on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Created interview rubrics to promote equitable and skill based recruiting • Designed interdepartmental responsibility assignment matrices for critical processes• Facilitated grant funding applications and reports for critical funding opportunities• Support transition and onboarding documentation for incoming leadership

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Faculty in the Management department focusing on Entrepreneurship & Managerial Organization Behavior

Washington D.C.

• Established DC Regional office: negotiated space, procured furniture, and coordinated digital set-up • Designed and executed communication plan to engage families and negotiated service cost reductions• Negotiated SFA vendor transfer mid-year to ensure compliant meals were served to students at reduced cost to school• Audit operational processes for new school opening and manage school based operations staff• Create National Operations staff competency model and associated training modules

Nyc

• Organization Design: Facilitated organization design process of centralization of functions across several business units. Completed stakeholder analysis and communication planning. Developed and executed engagement plan to influence constituents.• Change Management: Created an enterprise-level change management plan for global consumer product company for creating Digital Service Center to centralize the digital marketing efforts. • Training Design and Delivery: Designed and developed training materials for the initial launch of custom Salesforce system. Delivered full-day training to over 200 client staff.• Workforce Effectiveness: Designed role mapping strategy to understand the capacity and talent distribution across the international conglomerate. • Organization Design: Designed the organization structure for state Health Benefits Exchange to operate multiple state and federal programs on the new web portal. Worked with senior management to benchmark existing organization for transition planning to future operations.

• Formulated a regional outreach strategy for 35 regions to achieve attendance goals for national summit. Built outreach toolkit including key messaging, communication tools, technical interface for outreach strategy.• Conduct internal interviews to asses resources available for strategy implementation and cross divisional overlays. Developed tool to analyze registration trends of alumni base and corps members.

• Analyzed client retention study, defined key opportunity seasons and recommended promotion program changes to increase membership numbers. Developed group pricing structure to increase operating efficiency. • Formulated a framework for managing the social network strategy to streamline site maintenance.

• Created automated training for corporate digital campaign management, reducing training time by 50%.• Coordinate the efforts of sales development teams and ad operations traffickers to launch online media campaigns with accurate contract information.

• Planned and executed all advertisement sales, and promotions campaigns designed to secure new business and reinforce the magazine’s brand image.• Negotiated and secured theatrical releases with major movie studios used for the consumer loyalty and outreach programming.• Managed promotions budget of $262,000, performed budget forecasts to determine financial feasibility of various events and projects, aimed at increasing revenues and brand visibility.

Mba, Strategic Management And Managerial And Organizational Behavior

Activities and Societies: Caribbean Culture Club, Class Agents, Management Consulting Group, Chicago Global Citizens, Net Impact.

Certificate In Women'S Entreprenuership

B.S., International Business And Marketing

Activities and Societies: Ritmo y Sabor, Groove Theory, MSB Academic Council, Back to the Fashion Show Director, Caribbean Culture Circle

High School, Social Sciences

Activities and Societies: SING Annual Competition, Lady Dragon Step Team, National Honor Society,