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Houston, Texas, Us

Executive Leader aimed at developing strategic partnerships, ideation, and program development. An expert in solution-based practices in educational governance, organizational leadership, community relations, and success working with boards. Leader accountable for the overall operation and effectiveness of The Adult Education Workforce and Literacy programs. Responsible for ensuring a quality educational experience and maintaining a student-focused environment that leads to improved student learning, retention/persistence, and student goal attainment. Develop strong community partnerships and with long- lasting community presence. Innovative leader, responsible for modeling and executing the Education and Enrichment division’s priorities: 1. Collaboration with heightened focus on impact 2. Focused, Strategic Partnerships-Have a seat at the table 3. Innovative, Purposeful and Aligned Services that proactively meet the needs of our clients 4. Process Driven 5. Continuous Cycle of ImprovementCommitted to meeting key outcomes of a 5M grant funded program related to the strategic leadership of the department and the alignment of goals and activities to the Harris County Department of Education mission and vision.

Houston, Texas, Us

Richardson, Tx, Us

Executive Administrator for the activities, affairs, operations, and staff of the College. Develop, direct, and oversee accomplishments of institutional development, institutional research, continuing education/training programs, and other community-oriented programs, initiatives, and services. Serve as key operations advisor to executive campus leadership to support 10 vocational college campuses. Assist in directing all functions of campus operations. Provide leadership and direction regarding policy development and governance for continuous improvement and mitigation of risks.

Houston, Texas, Us

Chief Administrator for allied health care college ensuring policies and procedures are carried out. Oversee, and coordinate capital and operating expenditures and fiscal systems. Guide the strategic initiatives to implement comprehensive programs of instruction and services that fulfill students, community and workforce needs. Maintain strong community and legislative relations, provide leadership for achieving the College Mission and assure institutional fiscal integrity and responsibility.

Lisle, Illinois, Us

Chief Administrator for multi-centers responsible for the academic quality, operational effectiveness, student success, and broad growth of the centers. Accomplished at driving university objectives and to ensure; ethics and policies are upheld, education success, effective management which enhances the universities mission, overall operations, existing and new strategies. Develop and implement adequate measures to meet the fiscal needs of the University, to conserve its assets and to maintain an effective system of budgeting control. Ensures compliance with all regulatory and statutory regulations; amends existing policies/procedures as needed. Actively participate in developing business and community relationships to improve high quality academic programs, community awareness and potential partnerships. Coordinate with student services to improve retention, assessment, student success and engagement, and completion-linking to the university's strategic planning processes. Accountable for developing learning curriculum for student centric learning and faculty development. Experienced in coordinating data dives, university assessment and strategic planning initiatives. Develop and facilitate professional development and active learning workshops through various methods included the use of technology to enhance the delivery of instruction in synchronous and asynchronous learning environments. Successfully evaluate faculty, assess classroom effectiveness and correct observed deficiencies through training and counseling.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Us

An experienced dynamic Director of Admissions responsible for the overall direction of a college admissions department. Led and inspired a growing team of professionals in successfully recruiting and enrolling students whose academic goals aligned with the college. Developed and executed strategic enrollment plans, including development of a recruitment pool and related programs and initiatives, which resulted in overachieving the college’s annual enrollment goal. Oversaw the collection and organization of data utilized to analyze the effectiveness of the recruitment and enrollment process that enabled accurate projections for decision-making. Managed the expansion and production of marketing/advertising materials for new student recruitment and enrollment in collaboration with the corporate marketing team.

Dublin 2, Ie

Responsible for recruiting qualified campus graduates from top tier universities for the strategy and supply chain practices. Successfully coordinated logistics for career fairs, on-campus interviews and in-office interviews for core schools by geographic location. Accountable for strategic event planning and marketing; developed and leveraged relationships with key external partners -Campus Career Services centers, student groups, alumni recruiting teams and faculty. Managed the initial candidate evaluation for fulltime and internship candidates; end to end school ownership and total accountability for hiring results at core schools. Recruiting consultant to clients to determine hiring needs, appropriate job requisitions and recruiting strategies. Co-Lead the diversity recruitment efforts that developed and executed strategies, programs and processes to source, attract and select talent across multiple businesses through partnerships with key diversity organizations.

Houston, Tx, Us

Provided leadership and direction for the recruitment of student prospects to increase the application to the graduate business programs at the University of Houston. Designed an effective recruitment and marketing strategic plan to attract, on-board and retain new students. Lead the comprehensive recruitment and interview process resulting in a 60% increase in applications and 100% increase in new students in the full time MBA program. Managed relationships with constituencies including professional organizations, corporations and student groups to market the programs. Engaged the university to coordinate and promote participation in globalization efforts through: recruitment and admissions of international students.

Schaumburg, Il, Us

• Managed and coached a team of recruiters• Coordinated departmental recruitment, customer service and technical training• Developed, implemented and facilitated departmental talent acquisition, customer service and technical training to reduce recruiter turnover and improve yield• Overachieved recruitment goals by 128%• Leveraged channel recruitment streams to improve lead generation by 180%

Schaumburg, Il, Us

• Managed all aspects of student affairs, career services, academic advising, student activities and student retention• Assisted admissions in increasing yield by 15% through student services programs and resources• Developed and maintained corporate client relationships resulting in over achieving goal by 15% • Managed initiatives for defining marketing strategies

• Planned, directed, and managed community outreach programs for three Houston facilities, to include budget development and administration, program development and facilitation, public relations and fund raising, and personnel staffing, training, and supervision• Maintained accountability for administration of a $5MM operations budget• Provided directives and supervision for 6 Program Directors • Serve as Grant Manager, overseeing development of City, State, and Federal grant proposals • Secured $1.5MM from grants and contributions

Houston, Texas, Us

• Coordinated and managed the No Child Left Behind program for 500 low-income K-12 students. .• Managed all aspects of program planning, development, and implementation within for the South District of the Houston Independent School District, to include the organization and implementation of community outreach workshops, seminars, and training programs.• Secured $1MM in “INKIND” contributions.

• Coordinated and managed all aspects of full life cycle technical recruiting• Developed new business, interfacing directly with decision makers and clients within oil and gas, energy, manufacturing, and construction industries • Established and maintained high volume accounts, to include FMC Corporation, Powell Industries, Baker Oil Tools, Brown & Root, and Mitsubishi/Caterpillar • Ensured compliance with company policies, and government regulations related to recruiting • Exceeded placement goals and targets consistently by 110% for 9 months• Received the “25K” award for outstanding performance 4 consecutive months

• Managed all aspect of full life cycle recruitment for the Houston area. • Recruited management talent through direct sourcing, industry networking, employee referrals, internal sourcing, job fairs and college programs. • Served two month externship while attending Texas Southern University, hired full-time as an Assistant Restaurant Manager (6/92), with promotions to Restaurant Manager (7/92), Multi-Unit Manager (11/92), District Training Manager (2/93), and Regional Recruiter (8/93).

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Organizational Leadership

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Journalism

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Certifcate, Project Management

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism