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Boston, MA, US

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Directs curriculum development, facilitation, and assessment, including network mapping, for three leadership programs: the Core Program (75 leaders per class); College Leadership Rhode Island (30 emerging leaders per class); and new Senior Fellows Program for Older Adults (25 fellows per class). I bring high energy, thoughtful, and authentic faciliation.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Exciting opportunity to step outside of the nonprofit sector and experience business and entrepreneurship at a James Beard semi-finalist. Led creation of an internal culture of learning and oversaw hiring, onboarding, and training for a 100+ team. Assisted with major special projects, including partnership building and project management for the.

Greater Pittsburgh Region

Sought after thought leader and project manager for high-profile projects, all with the goal of expanding innovative educational opportunities to broader audiences. Clients included Carnegie Museum of Art, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Green Building Alliance, Community Robotics, Education and Technology, Empowerment Lab (CREATE Lab) at Carnegie Mellon.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Led the strategic development and implementation of all aspects of a nationally recognized preK-12 authentic learning program that utilizes urban place-based learning and coeducator partnerships to create innovative curriculum.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Designed and taught undergraduate course that explored the social and cultural history of the Gilded Age through architecture and material culture.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Facilitated one and two-day training sessions for Congressional staffers, interns, and volunteers that presented the art and history of the Senate and House of Representatives, in addition to how to guide interactive public tours.

Worked with stakeholders across the country to build Teachinghistory.org (formally National History Education Clearinghouse), a major initiative by the U.S. Department of Education to create a centralized online hub for K-12 U.S. history education.

Developed and delivered K-adult educational programming for house museum and art gallery. Designed and implemented summer program with Greenwich High School on race and slavery in New England, which utilized partnerships and site visits throughout the region; in particular with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition.

Completed research studying partnerships between universities and museums, resulting in a paper titled "Beyond Conversations: Collaborations between the Academy and the Museum."

Ma, American History

Ba, History