Key responsibilities include: • Supporting and contributing to strategic and tactical planning with WNC HPI leadership, support team, and partners to identify and execute on project goals, objectives, and deliverables to address health and healthcare policy impacting Western North Carolina. • Working with regional, state, and national partners and subject matter experts to plan, coordinate and facilitate policy discussions, presentations, and events. Key activities include: coordinating and facilitating regular Friday Forum regional policy conversations/presentations, planning/producing the WNC HPI's annual WNC Legislative Caucus and other events, hosting the 2024 WNC satellite site of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' 2024 Women's Health Awareness Conference, etc.• Facilitating partnerships and connections with and between regional, state and national subject matter experts, policy makers, health and healthcare leadership, human service organizations and other stakeholders to further collaborative efforts to address health inequities and disparities in Western North Carolina.• Supporting learner engagement via practicum/internship opportunities to provide hands-on exposure to/experience with regional health policy advocacy and development efforts.• Content strategy and development for the WNC HPI website, blog, podcast, issue reports, and other public-facing materials.• Supporting WNC HPI and NCCHW grant research, development, writing, reporting, fund management, and related activities, as well as other NCCHW operational support tasks, as needed.

The WNC Health Policy Initiative (HPI) at UNC Asheville was created to inform strategies for improving the health and well-being of all people of WNC through scholarship, collaboration, policy development, and advocacy, and to support research, education, and cross-sector conversations to inform health policy (health care and public health related policy) decision-making in NC.As Research Associate, I contributed to, documented and disseminated information generated by WNC HPI projects and policy discussions, and worked collaboratively with WNC HPI leadership, Experts In Residence, and contributing partners to support grant and other project deliverables, web and print content, research, policy reports, etc. I additionally supported WNC HPI leadership in coordinating and facilitating WNC HPI policy discussion forums.Highlights:• Supporting the planning, coordination and production of the HPI’s inaugural 2023 WNC Legislative Caucus event (Focus on Healthcare and Health Policy in WNC), an issues-based event focused on educating and informing WNC state legislators and regional public/community health and healthcare leaders about regional healthcare needs, opportunities and challenges.• Assisted in the successful planning, coordination and launch of a public-facing WNC HPI website, blog and podcast.

Contracted to assist with event planning and coordination for the Ideas To Action Leadership Forum Sept 22 event and Oct 28 community leadership gathering. Assistant to Executive Director for event, venue, and vendor planning, communications, and coordination. Management of attendee records and information. Day-of-event hosting, attendee relations, and operational support. Other duties as required.

The McCullough Fellows engage in faculty‑advised, applied research projects addressing one or more of the following areas: land use and conservation; urban planning; sustainable agriculture; resilience and environmental sustainability. My project supported the environmental, community, and human sustainability aspects of BeLoved Asheville’s Micro Home Village, an community-designed, -funded and -built project that seeks to create an intentional community of “deeply affordable” small-footprint homes with a focus on sustainability, community resilience, healthy environments, and producing equity. I worked with the Core Team of BeLoved to conduct academic research, develop a model framework and create a sustainability action plan to support the successful achievement of these goals for the current project, as well as to support the creation of a model for replicating this project in the future.Project: "The Village Green: Exploring Pathways for Healthy, Sustainable, and Affordable Community Development."Project Deliverables• Evidence Review: “Sustainable Affordability: Exploring the Compatibility of Green/Sustainable Community Development and Affordable Housing.”• Case Study: “BeLoved Village: An Intersectional Model for Environmentally, Economically and Socially Sustainable Housing.”• Supporting Framework: “Sustainable Affordability: A Framework.”• Partial Audit of BeLoved Village sustainability practices, using LEED and other sustainability certification guidelines as a baseline.• Sustainability Action Plan: Recommendations for implementation of sustainability and healthy-building practices and methods into the BeLoved Micro-Home Village build and future model.• Presentation of completed project to McCullough Institute board and partners.

The Food Equity Initiative is a student-run organization dedicated to eliminating food insecurity within the UNC Asheville community, with a focus on health and sustainability. It operates in partnership with the Healthy Campus Initiative.As Project/Program Manager, I oversaw program growth from initial start-up to distributing over 2,500 pounds of donated and purchased food via food distributions, community meals, cooking workshops, and healthy snack stations to over 2000 students, faculty, and staff by the end of the first year.Project Management: ∙ Co-developed original program structure, goals, and strategy in partnership w/Healthy Campus liaison.∙ Provided project management for initial program start-up phase, as well as ongoing project management of programming development and delivery, events, and partner collaborations.Program Management∙ Assisted in hiring, turnover, mentoring, and performance reviews of student employees.∙ Directly managed 4-5 person core team as well as external teams responsible for developing and conducting program activities, promotional campaigns, and partnership events.∙ Engaged in partner relationship development with on- and off-campus departments and organizations to secure financial and institutional support, enhance scope and reach of program, and explore opportunities for collaboration.∙ Developed and managed marketing and client communications strategy and implementation.∙ Participated in grant writing, fundraising, and community outreach activities.Research and Development∙ Conducted original research and evidence reviews in support of program strategies, goals, and activities, and to inform the creation of client-facing resources.∙ Organized and managed internal/external teams involved in research, resource development, and advocacy/policy development.∙ Engaged in strategic planning for program growth and development.

The Key Center for Community Engaged Learning is the hub of community engagement at UNC Asheville, connecting students, faculty, staff, and community partners in meaningful and transformative relationships that strengthen communities and address societal needs. Responsibilities: Providing administrative, operational and marketing support for the Key Center. Developing and delivering educational, training, and administrative workshops/presentations. Developing and updating marketing and branding materials, website content, and messaging. Managing Key Connect volunteer coordination/community engagement database. Key Accomplishments: • Worked with Key Center Director to identify needs and develop a Strategic Rebranding and Marketing Plan to boost awareness and name recognition of the Key Center and its activities, and to bring messaging into alignment with new university strategic directives. • Worked with two off-site teams to facilitate the transition of Key Connect database from stand-alone to a hub connected to the database at Hands On Asheville-Buncombe. This change streamlined user experience and offers access to a greater number community partners and opportunities.

The Healthy Aging Programs Initiative (HAPI) Lab is a student-run resource created to promote a healthier, happier and more productive community through Fitness and Strength Training, Research and Assessment, and Community Programming and Events.Programming Team Leader (Fall 2014)I worked with the Faculty Supervisor to envision, plan and implement health and wellness programs, curricula, assessments, and other client-focused services for the HAPI Lab and the Wellness Activities for Successful Aging (WASA) program. Focus: To create a roster of services that would be clinically relevant in terms of generating reportable data, provide evidence-based assessments and programming for our clients as well as leadership and educational deliverables for student team members, and become self-sustaining from a revenue standpoint. Assisted the Student Lab Coordinator/Director in creating a set of protocols, policies and systems to enable incoming student leaders and trainers to step into their roles seamlessly, thus ensuring consistent operations as student teams change from semester to semester.Marketing Team Leader (Fall 2013)Managed student team tasked with creating and maintaining a marketing strategy and materials for the HAPI Lab. Developed and maintained a core marketing package for the lab, including a presentation kit (slide show, brochures, tabling backboard, etc) and other collateral materials as needed. Created and maintained web and social media presence. Promoted lab-sponsored programs and initiatives to increase participation and awareness of the facilities. Developed strategic plan for achieving the long-term goals of the facility.

Assisted client fitness assessment using the FitLab's fitness assessment systems:• BodPod Body Composition Assessment (Air Displacement Plethysmograph)• Tanita Body Composition Scale• MicroFit Fitness Assessment System (RoboBike, FAS-2 Equipment Suite, FitCart Software)Conducted basic maintenance, upkeep, and calibration of FitLab equipment.

Specializing in content, product development, and marketing support for the personal and professional development industry. Provided product development consulting, copywriting, ghostwriting, and editorial support for print and web applications to individuals and organizations. Projects ranged from basic sales letters, web copy, blog articles, and marketing campaigns, to full-length books, e-learning and community platform development, and multi-featured coaching/training programs.

Wrote, edited, and produced core content for "ZO.I.N.K.S: Zombie Outbreak Incident Neutralization and Kill Squad," an online zombie-apocalypse-themed choose-your-own-adventure fitness game blended an online text-based narrative with customized fitness programs and storylines tailored to players’ skill levels and activity preferences. I coordinated with a team of writers, production staff, and player group administrators to create a monthly web-based CYOA game in which players navigated an unfolding narrative as members of a group of zombie apocalypse survivors and challenged themselves physically and mentally with real-life physical activities, group mindset challenges, and other activities based on character type and choices made in-game.Responsibilities:• Generated monthly story line arcs with unique narrative options and fitness-related or other challenges for 8 unique player character types. Player challenges might include: doing specific physical activities to mimic in-game activities; doing research on a topic related to the storyline; or generating their own narrative to describe their in-game choices. Players then logged their activities online for points/confirmation.• Performed research related to the current storyline, and collated any required information, resources, files, links, images, etc. for placement in the core narrative.• Wrote and edited core content.• Coordinated with, assigned work to, and edited content contributed by a team of contributing writers (Bards), and merged that content into a single, seamless multi-branching narrative.• Marked up content to make the game interactively playable on GoogleApp game engine, and uploaded content along with other associated files to the backend.• Provided online community support and management, including participating in game chat, celebrating wins, cheerleading players, and operating as a point-of-contact for community for questions, bug reports, and other feedback.

As the Product Manager I worked with authors, coaches and trainers to convert their books and other content into digital coaching programs for both B2C and B2B markets that combined live coaching support, e-learning content, actionable information, and online workbooks in a simple, accessible format.Responsibilities:• Designing, creating and producing the flagship product (The Compass MAP), a library of 3-month-long digital coaching programs based on our featured books or authors' work.• Liaising with and managing workflow of the featured authors, our marketing team and our audio team to create and publish the final products.• Creating associated marketing/website copy for each product, as well as other marketing, promotional and in-house copy as needed.• Creating monthly Compass Coach Facilitator's Guides, a coaching tool designed to enable our in-house coaches to craft group coaching sessions to address the challenges their clients were facing (e.g. time management, dealing with change, overcoming imposter syndrome, etc.).Key Accomplishments:• Expanded core product from 30-day to 90-day program• Expanded supplemental workbook content from one to three client buy-in levels. • Increased publication and production from one program/month to three+ programs/month. • Proposed and implemented shift of Facilitator Guides from program-specific instructional supplements to stand-alone guides focusing on universal coaching solutions that could be used with any product based on the clients’ needs.

Provided private coaching and consulting to help others achieve sustainable balance, discover their true values and purpose, and regain stability after life/business changes. Created and delivered original presentations, workshops, programs and other intellectual property.

Volunteer coordinator in the public school system and at a homework club providing low-income children with homework help, nutritious snacks and positive role models in a safe, nurturing environment. Also served in a local resource center providing food boxes, workshops, a community garden and crisis help for residents of an under-served community.Responsibilities:• Recruiting and coordinating schedules for volunteers, managing volunteer activities. • Community outreach.• Co-managing after-school assistance program for "at risk" children.• Managing food pantry organization, supply and distribution.• Providing technical support for outreach center time-bank database.Key Accomplishments:• Co-delivered two 6-part student participation programs, including a pre-test, a learning component, a service component and a post-test. Topics: Children and Poverty/Children and Hunger.• Community Service Project: Guest ambassador at Project Connect homeless services event.

Wrote, edited and produced a weekly e-newsletter with over 30,000 subscribers, featuring original articles, industry and organizational news, profiles, features, trend-based industry tips and future-casting, and other related content.

Worked alongside Community Coach Kim George and Community Partner Dr. Ivan Misner (founder of Business Network International) to produce and deliver core virtual curriculum, training, workshops, and community member special interest calls for the Social Capital and Networking Community, an online learning community that provides members the skills, resources and support necessary to develop strong communication and networking skills for their business or personal needs.I also created additional related learning materials and resources on topics related to professional networking and social capital, updated and maintained community webspace and copy, including email updates and monthly newsletters, and provided primary point-of-contact and support to community members, community leadership/instructors and special guest speakers. Created and delivered original 5-part Online Business Networking training program with e-book, live tele-seminars and supplemental materials.

Part of a team responsible for providing a permanent on-site building crew as well as volunteer supervision and training.Responsibilities: Day-to-day construction and site maintenance. Training and supervising on-site volunteers. Attending board and other administrative/planning meetings.Key Achievements:• Helped build and dedicate 20+ houses (including a 12-house Blitz Build) for low-income families in the Durham NC and surrounding area. Several houses qualified for and received Energy Star rating.• Trained and supervised mostly unskilled on-site volunteer teams of up to 30+ people at a time.• Helped maintain our chapter's ranking as 27th in the nation for productivity.• Service Project: Illegal dump site clean-up.

Over a decade of live performance experience - including set, costume and prop design and construction - for both regular in-house performances and off-site privately contracted performances for parties and special events.Non-performance responsibilities included hostessing, customer service, and participation in promotional events/sales.Also responsible for creating and producing multi-performer shows, including:• Recruitment of performers and supporting team members.• Organization, scheduling and delegation of production tasks (set building, costumes, music selection, etc).• Organization and scheduling of rehearsals, set-up and take-down of sets and performances.• Liaison with venue management for advertising, in-house promotion and other related tasks.