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Durham, Nh, Us

Durham, New Hampshire, United States

Managed $1.6M cooperative agreement with the U.S. DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy to provide virtual trainings and shared capitalization platforms for low-income solar finance (project on time, on budget, surpassed output & outcome goals). Designed and implemented new systems for reporting, budgeting, student services, and collaboration with partners and consultants. Worked with team to develop an initial framework for the Center’s growing portfolio of training and… Show more Managed $1.6M cooperative agreement with the U.S. DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy to provide virtual trainings and shared capitalization platforms for low-income solar finance (project on time, on budget, surpassed output & outcome goals). Designed and implemented new systems for reporting, budgeting, student services, and collaboration with partners and consultants. Worked with team to develop an initial framework for the Center’s growing portfolio of training and capacity-building activities, including a sustainable staffing model; a fee-based revenue structure; standardization of course design and delivery; external promotion; and engagement with UNH-wide efforts to grow non-credit programs. During this time, I also worked on my PhD, researching social entrepreneurship and public policy. Show less

[Precursor to UNH's Center for Impact Finance] Managed budget, administration, and business planning across a range of internal and external stakeholders. Launched master’s program in Community Development Policy & Practice. Designed and grew UNH’s Social Innovation Internship with host organizations in private, nonprofit, and public sectors. Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Social Enterprise and Business, Government, & Society. Co-founded UNH’s Center for Social Innovation and… Show more [Precursor to UNH's Center for Impact Finance] Managed budget, administration, and business planning across a range of internal and external stakeholders. Launched master’s program in Community Development Policy & Practice. Designed and grew UNH’s Social Innovation Internship with host organizations in private, nonprofit, and public sectors. Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Social Enterprise and Business, Government, & Society. Co-founded UNH’s Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise – a joint venture of UNH’s Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and Carsey School of Public Policy at the nexus of individual entrepreneurship and sustained social change. Show less

Intensive 300-hour training related to interdisciplinary, family-centered, culturally competent systems of care for children and youth with developmental disabilities and their families. My field placements were with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Dept. of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, the National Center for START Services, and the Disability & Health Program at UNH's Institute on Disability.

Research and outreach project to help the NH Charitable Foundation hear from a diverse group of people in developing its strategic plan - especially those who have faced barriers to opportunity and whose voices have been historically excluded from important conversations in our communities.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Led national expansion of Boston’s capstone program to 25 campuses in 5 states, serving 1,100 8th graders over three years. Managed program from start-up to full organizational integration. Program attracted $1 million in dedicated foundation funding.• Built state coordinator team of “intrepid pioneers” and effectively balanced national standards with local autonomy. • Chaired internal Task Force on College and Career Readiness that prototyped Citizen Schools’ new logic model… Show more • Led national expansion of Boston’s capstone program to 25 campuses in 5 states, serving 1,100 8th graders over three years. Managed program from start-up to full organizational integration. Program attracted $1 million in dedicated foundation funding.• Built state coordinator team of “intrepid pioneers” and effectively balanced national standards with local autonomy. • Chaired internal Task Force on College and Career Readiness that prototyped Citizen Schools’ new logic model and evaluation systems.• Launched Boston program to support and track Citizen Schools’ first cohorts through high school. In 2009, an external evaluation found that these cohorts graduated high school and matriculated in a 2- or 4-year college at twice the Boston Public Schools average.• As Director of New Initiatives, organized “Reimagining After-School,” a 100-person, by-invitation-only conference for leaders in education, business, and policy, held at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Show less

B.S.E., Civil Engineering & Operations Research

Activities and Societies: Women's rugby (national champion), Orchestra, Timber-bridge building team Summa cum laude, Phi beta kappa, award.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Social Entrepreneurship And Public Policy

I am researching how social entrepreneurs affect public policies that, in turn, help their market-based social innovations to reach scale..

M.Phil., Technology & Innovation Management

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