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Portland, Oregon, United States

Leading one of Oregon's largest private foundations towards advancing racial, social and economic justice.

Portland, Oregon

Led, executed, and advanced ambitious political and organizational impact strategies to ensure Stand for Children achieves its mission to ensure all students graduate prepared for college and careers.Key Achievements:  Provided key guidance and support for the passage of the Student Investment Account, providing nearly $1 billion a biennium to improve kindergarten through 12th grade education statewide. Procured over $750 million in state funding to expand access to support and relevant courses for high school students in the nearly 250 school districts and entities across the state. Established the Center for High School Success, providing technical assistance to over 80 high schools throughout the state offering professional development and peer-to-peer networking opportunities to increase attendance, persistence, and grade point average of 9th grade students.  Served as a key adviser for the expansion of the Center for High School Success to five states. Raised funding and oversaw spending for Stand Oregon, the Center for High School Success, and the Measure 98 campaign – over $17 million in five years.  Recruited, led, and developed multiple and concurrent teams of over 40 professional staff and contractors.  Orchestrated the passage of new state rules to increase learning time for students in kindergarten through 12th grade.  Obtained over $15 million to support the education of Black and African-American students throughout the state. Oversaw the crafting and unanimous passage of a new law to improve outcomes for Oregon’s nearly 60,000 students learning English, as well as nearly $40 million in state funding to date.

Portland, Oregon

Activated over 3,000 individuals throughout the state to support Stand’s priorities for the 2013 legislative session – including granting in-state tuition to undocumented high school graduates, increasing support for students living in poverty, pension reform, and securing additional revenue for Oregon K-12 schools.

Portland, Oregon

Strengthened relations with federal agencies to facilitate a smooth transition to the Affordable Care Act.

Executed a legislative and advocacy agenda at the federal level to improve high school graduation rates across the country.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Designed and implemented a physical science curriculum that improved the academic achievement and critical thinking skills of students in preparation for admission to and success in college preparatory high schools.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Served as the primary author of three bills included in the Senate and House committee drafts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization.

Selected to participate in a national service corps of exceptional recent college graduates who commit to teach for two years in under-resourced public schools and tapped provide expertise on and additional support in differentiating instruction to fellow South Louisiana corps members.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed staff, budgeting, and afterschool programming for middle school students.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

Certificate

School Finance

Certificate

Sustainable Investing