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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Business Development: Leads financial modeling and business planning for a fledgling food hubThought Leadership: Educates staff and constituents about the attendant policy and environmental factors that affect program success.

Founder and Owner of an urban mushroom, food brand & online platform. Chief farmer & forager managing a seasonal production staff and direct and online sales operations. Chief storyteller responsible for marketing, communications and growth strategy a regional food business. Chief Economic Officer: bookeeping, compliance and reporting. Product Lines: Wanderfood Mushroom Jerky; Umami Spice Seasoning Services: Workshops, panels, speaking engagements on the subject areas above. Visit: goodsensefarm.com for more details.

Washington, Dc, Us

Managed Bread's existing agricultural education sites and provided strategic direction for the Sustainable Ag Program. Maximized access and utility of all sites for all community stakeholders, including volunteers, clients and donor groups. Developed and implemented a multi-year plan to increase the availability of fresh produce to food pantry clients of Bread for the City. Built inter-departmental capacity for community engagement around nutrition, environment and equity. Deliverables: Program Evaluation & Communications: Bottom-lined all grant reporting to USDA, University Of District of Columbia and foundation stakeholders. Maintained communication channels as liaison to UDC at City Orchard. Developed tools for data collection and data-driven analysis of sustainable agriculture program outcomes. Project Management: Created and managed the Sustainable Ag Program at a multi-service anti-poverty non-profit. Coordinated the care and management of 3 agricultural sites, including a 3- acre orchard in Beltsville, MD, serving 10,000 DC residents per year with fresh, organically grown fruit, veggies and educational programming. Created and implemented nutritionally based educational curriculum. Personnel Management: Managed a team of 5, including farm crew and nutritional education specialists. Bottom-lined all hiring and firing decisions as well as personnel scheduling and budget. Program Development : Created "Crop Mobs", the organization's largest mass service learning and donor cultivation event. Coordinated on the ground and resource attraction strategies with Development Team.

Washington, Dc, Us

Lead Project Manager and Organizer providing support for strategic partnerships and equity interventions in a 150+ member, DC-based coalition of non-profits, policy advocates, small businesses and community groups working on food justice. Deliverables:1) Policy Research & Campaign Support: Convened participants from all levels of the food system for Community Brainstorms--participant action research conversations design to survey community members' values around food access and policy issues directly affecting their experiences of the local food system. Recorded participant response and let coalition work groups to code data. Developed organizational values statement and yearly strategic plan from CB data. Organized Conferences: 2012 DC Food Future Summit, 2012 Coop DC Conference, and Food Justice tracks at the 2010-2012 Rooting DC Conferences; managing all back-end project logistics. Provided strategic support and developed messaging for three successful campaigns focused on workers’ rights and food policy legislation. 2) Brand development communications: Led collaborative design of logo, website and social media presence. Coordinated and contributed regular multi-media content to blog. Bottom-lined all project specific grant writing and reporting. Managed 500 member listserve and sent out regular communications. Documented and maintained records of all coalition meeting minutes and core documents. 3) Facilitation and Training - Convened representatives from 30 working groups for strategic planning meetings. Disseminated Facilit , managed 1 staff member, 30 volunteer reps from working groups4) Partnership Development and Member Recruitment: Developed strategic recruitment plan. Trained and mobilized coalition members in recruitment campaigning, called Community Brainstorms. Coordinated partnerships between coalition members to host over 50 community brainstorms per year across the city.

Washington, Dc, Us

Social Media and Communications manager for the Advocacy and Community Engagement Department. Coordinates and supports client-ed programs. Manages leadership development and organizer training for staff and clients. Highly Skilled Facilitator, experienced in equity engagement, conflict resolution, curriculum building and strategic planning.

Annapolis, Maryland, Us

Performed daily farm tasks for a 205 acre organic farm, 350 member Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA) on a Chesapeake Bay Foundation educational site. Organized weekly food distribution to CSA members and partners which serve low-income residents. Lead educational tours and group workdays. Performs administrative tasks—data entry, purchasing, phone and email correspondence. Posts to the farm blog.

Co-owner of a worker-owned food cooperative specializing in made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, burritos, hot food, snacks, and health food. Performed rotating administrative tasks with co-owners. Maintained and updated financial data in Intuit QuickBooks Pro®. Developed cash flow projections and communicated weekly, quarterly, and yearly cash flows to co-owners.

Prepared and sold locally sourced, lacto-fermented foods business. Developed brand and "CSA" model.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Cultural Anthropology

Data Analytics Certification, Data Science

Black Roots New Media Boot Camp, New Media & Campaigns Communications Strategy