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Candidate for Licensure

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New Hampshire, United States

Claremont, Nh

• Supervises System of Care and FAST Forward 2020 staff on a day-to-day basis providing direction on program development and expansion. • Advises referred students and families about school and community based mental health programming and facilitates decision making process that best serves their goals.• Financial and operational administration of the annual $500k grant budget.• Makes connections and builds relationships with local, regional and state providers in the areas of mental health, behavioral health, education, corrections, and human services to create a more collaborative and cohesive set of service systems for students and their families.• Coordinates with school behavioral teams and administrators to identify interventions and community-provided supports to address the mental health needs of students.• Responsible for data collection and reporting to inform data-driven decisions and policy changes. • Makes informed decisions and recommends evidence based programming to address service gaps and needs of students.• Ensures services provided are youth-guided, family-driven, and culturally competent.• Facilitates regional Adverse Childhood Experience Response Team meetings, grant applications and development.

Meriden, Nh

• Provided supervision of UVIP staff on a day-to-day basis providing direction on program development. • Fostered and expanded relationships with families, clergy, existing community leaders and member groups.• Traveled to Eastern Europe to provide training on community organizing and youth-driven programming to K-8 students, afterschool programming for elementary school students, non-profit groups, families and community members.• Built relationships with volunteers to move forth the goals and objectives of UVIP focusing on race, class, youth-empowerment and economic justice.• Secured funding for the organization through grant writing, fund raising and other opportunities as they present themselves. Administered project-based grant supervision and reporting as required by grantors.Community Organizer Duties:• Worked closely with the Executive Director to strategize, execute and obtain desired goals through program development, follow-through and management.• Organized and conducted one-on-one interviews with Claremont area residents to identify common themes and issues, to be compiled into a report, in conjunction with ReThink Health, focusing on low-income families.• Identified and interviewed families with young children to evaluate the gaps in services being provided for low-income families struggling with mental illness and drug abuse. Referred to area agencies when appropriate.• Facilitated and stewarded relationship building across non-profits, area residents, local schools, AmeriCorp VISTAs, city officials and volunteers, aimed at creating positive change.• Recruited and conducted roundtable discussions surrounding economic issues to begin building a base of low-wage workers, engaging them in economic justice issues.• Paired with state, county and local partners to support and create legislative change. Testified at a New Hampshire Senate hearing on behalf of local working families.

Advancement Events

• Managed multiple high-end advancement events simultaneously throughout the year with audience sizes ranging from 8-3,000 people. • Collaborated with clients, students, faculty, and other college partners diplomatically to move forth with planning of events by providing strategic direction and solutions. • Strategized with senior officers to ensure event goals and outcomes were achieved within budget.• Addressed the individual needs of event hosts, speakers, students and stakeholders. • Coordinated with vendors to arrange special event logistics, room blocks, AV setups and budgets. • Maintained professional representation of the College while traveling to execute events.• Organized private dinners held in the president’s home, VIP receptions, investors meetings, parent engagement events, presidential regional events, campaign kickoffs, trustee emeriti dinners and events surrounding Homecoming, Commencement and Reunions activities.• Combined stakeholder outcomes and post-event survey results to recommend changes and opportunity for growth in future events.

Advancement Events

• Supported coordination of all event details and operations.• Corresponded with donors regarding event registration and managed special donor requests.• Facilitated production of Campaign Kickoff briefing books, place cards, and nametags. • Maintained invitee lists, RSVP database, student correspondence, email invitation and confirmation procedures.

Elmira, New

• Involved in all aspects of planning, execution and follow up of student and alumni events. Included staffing of regional events to ensure successful progression of event. • Created invitations and marketing materials for promotion of events to encourage attendance. • Developed major presentation for Capital Campaign for use by frontline staff when visiting top donor prospects.• Conducted prospective student interviews while counselors recruited nationally.• Contributed to quarterly Alumni magazines. Included editing of class notes, photography submissions and event write-ups.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Master Of Education - Med, Adult Education

• Educational focus in counseling and decision-making processes • Student advisor for AIDS/HIV club • Student mentor for work study.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

• Focused studies in psychology and criminal justice • Junior Year Abroad: Traveled to Cuba, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya, India, Malaysia.

Diploma

Activities and Societies: Valedictorian