Tara Welch Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

• Serve as a force multiplier and thought partner to the CEO. Ensure the best use of the CEO's time.• Steward the rhythm of the business, including meeting cadence and protocol. Ensure all next steps are documented and progressed. Collaborate with senior leaders to develop the company business plan, budget, and KPIs. Initiated quarterly check-ins to track progress and measure performance against key objectives. • Design and facilitate the annual executive leadership team offsite retreat.• Produce executive presentations and enhance organizational communication strategy.• Manage key projects, including a $5 million state grant application.• Operationalize the governance and reporting activities for the 35-member Board of Directors to ensure alignment on their strategic role, participation, and engagement in fulfilling the mission. Plan quarterly meetings.• Led Asana adoption for 75+ employees in 13 departments. Enhanced efficiency, communication, and cross-functional collaboration. Provided a single view of all work across the company. Realized a a 25% reduction in email.

Led programmatic operations strategy and execution. Hired, built, led, and developed a cross-functional team. Directed partnership development, relationship management, and program data and reporting. Increased internal and external alignment. Fostered an inclusive organizational culture. • Scaled the Global Scholars program by 7x within a seven-year period, from 2,500 to 17K+ participants across more than 50 cities, 29 countries, and five continents.• Managed a portfolio of 10 cities around the world. Engaged, collaborated, and developed relationships with key stakeholders. Monitored progress toward outcomes. Realized an 88% participant retention rate.• Built a sought-after year-long internship program with 30+ participants to date. Created a diverse talent pipeline. • Presented as an invited panel speaker at the Stevens Initiative 2018 Virtual Exchange Forum: “Designing, Monitoring, and Evaluating a Global Digital Education Program.”• Led Salesforce implementation. Streamlined operations, increased efficiency, and expanded access to data for decision-making. Trained 20+ users across five teams. Achieved 100% adoption rate.

• Oversaw and executed special projects on behalf of President such as Advisory Board relations, internal and external events, the organizational calendar, and communications and presentations for various audiences.• Managed workflows, increased productivity, solved organizational challenges, and ensured follow through and execution of strategic projects. Served as a diplomatic thought partner to President.• Developed enrollment strategic plan. Collaborated with President, Communications, and Outreach teams. Led inclusive planning process. Oversaw implementation, progress monitoring, and measurement of KPI’s.• Served as a breakout session presenter - Community Action Projects: Empowering and Connecting Students through Digital Communication at the Global Education Forum. • Created and implemented pre- and post-program surveys. Designed tracking system and attained an 84% response rate. Results informed Far from Remote: Survey Evidence of Student Learning in Digital Classrooms report.

New York, New York, Us

Mission-critical interim role in the executive office of a fast-paced, intellectually rigorous, and dynamic grantmaking organization. • Acted as a liaison and collaborated with the Board of Directors, staff, local city agencies, grantees, community partners, donors, and other stakeholders. Exercised discretion working with confidential information.• Prepared executives with talking points, background information, and materials for speaking events, press interviews, donor engagements, and board meetings.• Leveraged effective communication and organizational skills to develop agendas, create presentations, ensure alignment across teams, and coordinate scheduling, planning, and logistics for staff and senior leadership meetings.• Anticipated needs of President and SVP and acted independently to solve problems preemptively.

Ran all aspects of a part-time professional organizing business. Served 25+ home, office, and student clients. Earned 100% customer satisfaction rate. Featured on CBS 2 News and WGN Radio.

Chicago, Il, Us

Taught 140 students in four classes. Created project-based and interdisciplinary curriculum. Served as grade level chairperson. Honored as inaugural peer-nominated winner of DRIVE award for teaching excellence.• Managed a diverse team of classroom assistants, volunteers, and pre-service educators. • Mentored and coached 15 beginning teachers and facilitated collaborative exchange via monthly professional learning community meetings as coordinator of GOLDEN, the district’s new teacher induction program.• Launched after-school programs and community events such as the Newspaper Club and Family Literacy Night. Recruited parent volunteers to market events and build connections with school.• Wrote and oversaw 30 grants from The Chicago Foundation for Education, Donors Choose, The Oppenheimer Family Foundation, and Boundless Readers / Rochelle Lee Fund. Total awards exceeded $15,000.

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.)

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Urban Teacher Corps

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics And Spanish