I serve as conductor, connector, and container builder who shepherds and executes fund development for the organization. Aligning with the mission and strategic plan, I will create and implement an enterprise-wide strategic development plan focusing on large-dollar donor development, governmental grants and contracts, and foundation grants to address potential funding gaps in service. In addition, I evaluate the fundraising processes, procedures, reporting tools, and activities to create a sustainable and actionable plan.

As Executive Director (interim) of OPRF, my roy focused on creating and administering OPRF to ensure programs are sustainable and in alignment with the mission, vision, and current strategic plan. In addition, I am responsible for the activities to further the organization's mission.• Fund Development & Financial Performance - Expand philanthropic support for the organization by identifying and cultivating foundations, businesses, and individuals providing reports and financial data to the Board of Directors. During my tenure, I have secured over $900k on behalf of the City of Oakland, OPRF general operations, and OPRF’s community-based partners.• Financial Management - streamline OPRF’s strategic and operational policies and practices; strong financial management, bringing an experienced leadership lens to the financial operations; ensure long-term fiscal sustainability, adept management, and reporting of the complexities of OPRF’s financial operations, specifically, as it relates to city contracts and relationships with six departments across the city administrator's office.• Organizational Operations & Stability – Created and streamlined OPRF’s fiscal sponsorship program, creating a stable foundation for HR, operations management, board relations, organizational policies, and community relations.

As the Executive Director, I lead organizational operations, including SLED program development, strategic planning, marketing and fundraising initiatives, and community outreach to further the Foundation's mission and values. In addition, I collaborate with the San Leandro Unified School District and nurture relationships with community groups to increase awareness of SLED programs and initiatives.My achievements include:• Launched technological systems to further engagement within the organization, including Salesforce as the sole CRM for the company, Pardot for communications and marketing, and MobileCause for streamlined virtual giving.• Optimized philanthropic support for the Foundation through thorough research and financial data analysis and reporting to the Board of Directors, as well as considerable outreach within the community and education sector.• Successfully raised $40k in five weeks through individual donors and $50k in corporate donations.

For the University of San Francisco, I designed innovative recruitment strategies to grow the number of qualified international students and applicants from Historically Black Colleges and Universities,Hispanic Serving Institutions and Jesuit/Catholic Colleges. I collaborated with program directors to implement targeted and consistent messaging for strategic marketing and communications and conducted subsequent research and evaluation for these strategies. Finally, I led the global and domestic graduate student application and admission process—supervised graduate student ambassadors and assistants.Key contributions:• Maintained employee engagement through the turbulent leadership transition period.• Launched strategic talent acquisition initiatives to achieve yearly enrolment goals for graduate management programs.

This role focuses on initiating and nurturing prospective student interest in graduate programs through various channels, including in-person, phone, online, and on and off-campus events, as well as providing academic advising.Key Responsibilities:• Developed long-term market cultivation strategies and recruitment relationships, as well as the day-to-day implementation of direct recruitment and yielded strategies and overall integrated marketing efforts.• Worked collaboratively with International Student Services and the Director of Graduate and International Recruitment on international recruitment efforts and activities supporting prospective and new international students.• Served as a primary contact for graduate and international students, helping them navigate the admissions and orientation process.• Advised Graduate Program Directors and served as a resource for Graduate Program Directors to help create a tailored and targeted strategic recruitment plan for their respective programs. (Example: Social Work, Psychology, and Art Therapy Mental Health Service Careers recruitment).• Utilized a variety of communication techniques to reach both domestic and international students, including but not limited to campus visits, relationship building with target school staff members and faculty, structured email campaigns, content creation and maintenance for the Graduate and International Admissions website, web forms, electronic and paper surveys, utilization of virtual communication platforms and mailed communications.

Minority Recruitment Coordinator– HBCU, HSI, MSI & McNair/Mellon Scholar and Institutional Representative - Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Program (DFI)In this concurrent role, I launched and integrated diversity pathway programs into recruitment initiatives for the university in partnership with the Diversity and Inclusion and Student Retention offices.Additionally, I led the Diversifying Faculty in Illinois Fellowship Program on behalf of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, with administrative roles of advertising to faculty and students and serving on the statewide planning committee to aid in fellowship programming development. Key Responsibilities• Managed Graduate Scholar Diversity Award and the McNair/Mello Scholars Award selection processes.• Directed the development, implementation, and management of the HBCU/McNair recruitment initiative. This strategic pathway program is focused on increasing the number of underrepresented students in graduate programs at SIUE from targeted institutions.• Administered the Diversifying Faculty in Illinois Fellowship Program at SIUE on behalf of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, which included advertising, advising students, and serving on the statewide planning committee maintaining programming for fellows.• Managed the annual Spring Graduate Symposium and Graduate Visit Day—yielding an over 20% enrollment rate from prospective students.• Institutional Representative and Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois Program (DFI)

During my tenure with HPNA, I directed organizational development and operations such as financial planning, human resources, payroll, strategic fundraising, marketing communications, and stakeholder development. I created an organizational oversight committee and reporting structure to develop bylaws and standing and ad hoc committees to clarify rules of engagement. Finally, I supervised HPNA's quarterly and annual meetings, including hiring practices, marketing, content development, and speaker engagement.Accomplishments included:• Fiscal Oversight - creating financial, personnel, and other organizational policies so the board could meet their fiduciary responsibilities.• Strategic Fundraising Plan - Developed a long-range funding plan tied directly to the organization’s strategic goals. This plan included both public grants and private funding opportunities, timely and meaningful annual reports to funders, as well as keeping and maintaining a financial record for both local and federal grant objectives and ensuring that the organization will comply with federal & local grant funds into the future.• Organizational Development - Provided organizational oversight by creating a committee and reporting structure for the organization, including bylaws, standing ad hoc committees, and general rules of engagement.• Communications and Stakeholder Development planned, managed, and marketed HPNA’s quarterly and annual meetings, which included recruiting volunteers and speakers and setting agendas. I was responsible for communicating with over 1000 residents and at least 50 stakeholders and mission-aligned organizations. In addition, I managed the website and content, Facebook page, and email blasts.• Human Resource Coordination created employee and board member policies and procedures. This included handling payroll, organizational and employee insurance, and the creation of leave/holiday calendars. Also hired contracted employees and managed their contracts.

As a consultant for the Penn Avenue Community Works, I worked with staff to lay out the initial protocol for the RFP and project outlines. Later, I worked as a consultant for the winning project team in creating the BRT Vision And Implementation Framework: Inventory and Analysis. My work was explicitly focused on engaging residents and businesses to bring forth a vision of what they expected of the proposed BRT roadway implementation. Utilizing individual interviews, small group sessions, door knocking, and short surveys (in person and online), I gathered information on community livability, safety, mobility, housing, shopping/commerce, and communal spaces/parks. Hennepin County, Minneapolis, and the Metropolitan Transit planners on road redesign and bike/walk pathways still use this information.

Performance and Strategic Management, Hennepin ResultsProject lead for the Strategic Initiative element by creating the following: Definition of a strategic initiative in Hennepin County, an inventory of countywide strategic initiatives, a process for our electronic customer satisfaction survey, and consult/facilitate various county department/division strategic planning work.Census 2010 Promotion Project Lead (2008 -2010)Co-developed & implemented the county’s Census 2010 promotion campaign. Worked closely with cities, the state of Minnesota’s Demographic Center, State Council on Black Minnesotans, and State Asian local cultural/ethnic complete count committees to create opportunities to serve undercounted Underrepresented populations. Created Intergovernmental Communication Network Created Hennepin County Census 2010 Website Coordination of 65+Census 2010 Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QAC) and Be Counted Sites (BCS).Strategic Planning Design & FacilitationIt served as an in-house consultant, facilitator, and strategic planner to county departments and the city of Minneapolis on various issues using the Technology of Participation (ToP) facilitation method.

The Governance Board develops and guides the implementation of the EZ strategic plan, including funding recommendations to the Minneapolis City Council. It also facilitates the collaboration of government institutions, businesses, community-based organizations, private foundations, and residents for economic sustainability in the Empowerment Zone. During my tenure, the EZ committed at least $2 million to over 25 community-based proposals requiring projects to provide a one-to-one match of funds. Under my leadership, we initiated an RFP requesting that proposals focus on commercial development, site preparation, significant business expansion, and recruitment for employment opportunities. I served as a board member and board co-chair during my tenure.

Office of Business and Community Economic Development - Graduate ResearcherConducted research to develop an asset map and written documentation resource for the 15 neighborhoods located in the North Minneapolis. Assets for the project included all non-profit, for profit, public, private and faith-based entities engaged in activities surrounding economic development, early childhood, elementary and secondary education, as well as child and family mental health.Powderhorn Residents Group (PRG) and The Stairstep Foundation - Community Development Fellow Develop a curriculum and neighborhood wide engagement plan to be used as a part of a larger participation process in the Hawthorne Neighborhood in Minneapolis that will energize and increase the participation and knowledge of African Americans in the process of community development and revitalization. Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation - Community Development FellowWorked with CDBG program coordination, NRP program facilitation, MHFA program facilitation assisted in construction consultations with construction managers and customer service contact as well as work with agencies homebuyer assistance programs. Provided input in developed standard of best practices across programs in order to streamline the implementation of programs to better serve clients and vendors.

Created and facilitated outreach programming for students, parents and community members related to Attending and financing an wducation at the University of MN. Other duties included serving as the initial contact for students and parents in the Office of Enrolled Student Services with relation to financial aid, registration and student accounts.

Built community partnerships with St. Paul Public Schools, Get Ready! Program and Metropolitan State University’s College for Kids program through joint programming with the University. Also designed programs and informational sessions (large group and one-on one) that emphasized post-high school career awareness, financial aid planning and knowledge about higher education options.