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• Leadership and Team Management: Responsible for recruiting, hiring, and leading a team of six (and growing) members, focusing on developing skills and aligning efforts with strategic objectives. • Strategic Planning and Execution: Setting and implementing strategic goals, priorities, and measurable metrics for a statewide targeted violence prevention program, ensuring alignment with agency objectives. • Training Development and Delivery: Developed and managing comprehensive training programs for local partners across New York State, enhancing statewide targeted violence prevention capabilities. • Metrics and Reporting: Establishing and reporting key program metrics to principals including the Office of Counterterrorism Assistant Director and Director, as well as the DHSES Commissioner.Key Achievements: • Successfully reached 90% of New York counties, training over 1,300 individuals through more than 50 course deliveries as the lead facilitator within the first 18 months • Designed and implemented a post-course evaluation process, achieving a 79% response rate with more than 97% of participants agreeing or strongly agreeing that the courses were useful, engaging, accessible, and recommended to peers. • Rapidly responded to Governor's priority, engaging over 30 higher education institutions within six months. • Instrumental in expanding the New York State behavioral threat assessment and management team network from three teams in 2022 to 47 teams in 2024. • Created specialized training modules tailored for diverse groups including houses of worship, school resource officers, and higher education institutions, enhancing community resilience and safety.

Launching inaugural domestic terrorism prevention unit policy and research team, establishing program priorities, creating product lines, and supervising facilitation team.Leading an instructional team in the delivery of behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) training to law enforcement, education, health/public health/mental health, private entity, emergency management, religious, and other community stakeholders.In the final 6 months of 2023, 15 training deliveries (five 3-Day, nine 1-Day, one 3-Hour) to 250+ multidisciplinary stakeholders across New York State, reaching 31 Counties and New York City. Supporting the expansion of county-level threat assessment and management teams from 3 to 31 in New York, providing case support and awareness campaigns.Certified Master Trainer (CMT) - DHS National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) Office, DHS Intelligence and AnalysisEmphasis on school (primary, secondary, tertiary) threats and case management with training, policy, and informational briefs.Conceived and led the development of briefs focused on individuals, groups, and locations subject to acts of targeted violence.Weekly contributions to executive briefs on hate crimes, domestic terrorism, and international terrorism.Financial management, program delivery, team supervision.

• Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) - Conducting interviews with subject matter experts in support of policy revisions to U.S. security assistance to ensure public/civil society participation in order to protect civilians from harm and respect human rights - Wrote literature review on legal and normative basis for public/civil society participationin public affairs, in security oversight/governance, and U.S. security assistance• Peace Direct - Author of consultation report, Aid Exits and Locally-Led Development - Co-Facilitator with Nagwan El Ashwal of online discussion with 96 global participations of the importance of inclusivity to atrocity prevention; authored discussion report for inclusion in Atrocity Prevention publication - Contributor to consultation, Peacebuilding and Preventing Violent Extremism• European External Action Service (EEAS) - Authored summary report of national (governmental and non-governmental) early warning/early response mechanisms - Revised EU Conflict Early Warning Systems fact sheets• CSS - Authored Preventing Violence: Community-based Approaches to Early Warning and Early Response for CSS Mediation Resources series - Launched publication in Geneva (NGOs), Bern (FDFA), and Zurich (ETH)

United States

Responding to natural and human caused disasters across the United States of America as part of the Compassion, Peace, and Justice mission of the Presbyterian Church (USA)

Colorado, United States

Thought leadership in national security with emphasis on national security elements of international conflict and development, violent extremism, climate change, immigration, natural and human caused disasters, and as related to Colorado and Texas.Co-"Rookie of the Year" 2019Chapter MVP 2020

Responsible for the design and implementation of mentorship program with 28 mentors and 150 new associate members; liaising with Distinguished Fellows and Membership Team.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Board President overseeing three free standing structures, a $100,000+ budget, and a management companyResponsible for addressing long ignored problems within the association in a manner projected to restore reserves and improve structures

United States

2020 co-Chapter of the YearFostered chapter growth and community, recruiting two new member classesConvened events on U.S. foreign policy, the domestic security threats of climate change, inclusion in the U.S. military, Colorado election security, the role of religion in conflict, and other topicsBuilt partnerships with complementary organizations in Colorado resulting in collaborative eventsRepresented Colorado chapter interests in regional and national forums

Home-Based With Field Work

• Consulted and developed intervention plan and programs with Zanzibar team• Trained and supported CYD staff to launch “Enhancing Youth Engagement” project• Conducted interviews with 49 youth to establish project baseline and write report - Triangulation through consultation of literature on youth violence and “radicalization” in southern and eastern Africa - Opportunities identified and revisions implemented with regard to context-appropriate and effective programming, shaping the overall project design for improved outcomes

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Leadership Studies 2Preparing students to engage in people management, decision making, adaptable processes, collaborative leadership, effective communication, time management, analytical reasoning, and persuasion to lead groups and organizations.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Project Manager – From Early Warning to Response in Preventing Violence: Transforming Conflict through Citizen Engagement - Liaised and Coordinated with project partners: Zanzibar Interfaith Centre (Tanzania), People’s Voice for Peace (Uganda), Local Peace Committees (South Africa), and the Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations (Coventry University, UK) - Planned and Facilitated site visits and local workshops; supervised 2-8 colleagues on international trips; wrote visit/budget reports; drafted resulting policy briefs - Wrote/Approved narrative and financial reports to funders, research reports• Developed and maintained relationships with organizations engaged in community-based interreligious work in Africa• Designed and facilitated workshops with the youth of the Zanzibar Interfaith Centre• Launched and operated new organizational office in Cape Town, South Africa

Identifying Potential Funders, Learning Application Process, Writing Tailored Grants, Compiling of Support Document, Submission of ApplicationsGeneral Funding and Project-Specific Grants

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Providing emotional and spiritual care through regular visits on the pediatric and adolescent units as well as to the whole hospital (with a special focus on all ER admissions) during regular on-call shifts at at Trauma 1 facility1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), International Relations

CVE ‘from the Soil Up:’ Identifying the Pitfalls and Shortcomings of CVE in Zanzibar

Master Of Divinity (M.Div.)

Activities and Societies: Clinical Pastoral Education - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick - 1 Unit Writing Centre Tutor

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Magna Cum Laude, Classical Studies, Ancient Mediterranean And Near Eastern Studies And Archaeology, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Residential Life, Campus Publications, Student Government, Intramural Sports, Blue Key, Mortar Board, San.