Stephanie Romero-Crockett Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Served as chief human resources officer for all HR concerns of staff 96 people, including compliance, hiring, onboarding, offboarding, discipline issues, leaves, and other concerns.Improved hiring systems to ensure accuracy and efficiency, and improve the experience of new staff members.• Cultivated the organization's diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy to incorporate employee benefits that led to more competitive and additional offerings, more equitable access, as well as increased staff satisfaction.• Led implementation of HR Information System and new payroll system that streamlined HR functions, increased accuracy of timecards & payroll, and saved the organization $10,000 in the first year.• Maintained human-focused approach to people operations during COVID-19 crisis, while managing compliance with all state and federal labor laws.• Worked collaboratively to plan ongoing training on cultural competency, disability, anti-harassment and inclusive leadership, and professional development strategies.• Partnered with executive director and principals to set and evaluate organizational culture goals centered around diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Led Operations Team to successful and on-time implementation of new Student Information System (SIS), including migration of existing databases and new integrations, achieving significant efficiencies, and increased security and data accuracy.• Engaged with diverse stakeholders including board of directors, parents, students, local school district officials, state electeds, donors, and foundations.• Managed and supported Operations Team including compliance and technology director, two operations managers, and community outreach manager.• Managed implementation of school nutrition programs in accordance with federal, state, and local policies, including procurement of vendors, equipment, funding and staffing to ensure meals available to all students.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Project managed implementation of new organizational systems including student information system, donor database, human resources software and procedures.• Managed online communications platforms (e.g. Constant Contact, MailChimp, ParentSquare, Canva) and drafted all public facing communications.• Redesigned three organizational websites and created a branding plan to ensure all communications had a coherent look and feel.• Coordinated lunch programs at each site, including coordination with vendors and school site staff, to ensure compliance with National School Lunch Program as well as health department guidelines.• Led school application lottery and enrollment process, from creation of documents to management of a fair and equitable lottery drawing at all school sites, communication with new parents throughout the enrollment process.• Implemented a parent communication system met with significant positive feedback from staff and parents, increasing efficiency and safety for all students.• Led project coordination for the successful construction and opening of a new elementary school campus.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Led coalition building and engagement of business, community, education, and student leaders in advocacy for improved policies for California higher education, including identifying new strategic partnerships to build a network of more than 200 active advocates and organizational partners statewide• Facilitated meetings with policy makers and diverse stakeholders regarding issues facing California’s workforce while advocating for legislation to improve student outcomes in higher education• Planned and executed over 30 events with 75+ attendees including collaborating with high profile higher education and business leaders to co-host the event, securing expert panelists and participants, preparing agenda and reports on key research findings, and managing budget and all event logistics from start to finish• Created communications materials for internal and external audiences, including a redesign of all web communications; managed media relationships resulting in more than 200 news stories

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Managed statewide scholarship program with a $200,000 budget, including outreach to students, building partnerships with local schools and non-profits, all logistics of entry collection, processing, judging and awarding of scholarships• Overhauled scholarship contest project plan resulting in increased partners (900 individuals and organizations) and entries (15,000), while decreasing budget and timeline (8 months), thereby using grant dollars more efficiently and allowing more scholarships to be awarded (300)• Coordinated 4 simultaneous judging events, 3 annual awards ceremonies, and annual advocacy event with more than 500 attendees from across the state, requiring scheduling advocacy visits between students, community leaders and legislators at the State Capitol

California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Managed AmeriCorps grant compliance for Los Angeles region; created and executed efficient process for paperwork collection, tracking, and communication for 400 corps members, including facilitating training for all corps members.• Created compliance tracking and training system that improved accuracy and efficiency, so much so it was then replicated in other regional offices.• Facilitated creation of weekly corps member e-newsletter; coordinated all updates to announcements and managed calendars for 10 program directors.• Executed management of multiple spreadsheets and databases including updates, troubleshooting, and creation of tracking systems in accordance with program team needs; extensive use of Excel and IMPs.• Owned project management of several large events, including formal dinner for 350 people with $25,000 budget; lead facilitator of summer corps member training sessions.• Managed three executive calendars, event scheduling for a 15-person program team, and site visits and logistics for all high profile visitors.• Collaborated on a regional operations team to facilitate a successful office move, creation of operations policies, and ensure a safe, effective, and resourceful office environment.