Experience

Triangle Literacy Council

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Development

  • Aug 2023 - Present

• Grants Manager

  • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023



Maslow's Peak

• Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Founder, Director

  • Feb 2008 - Present

  Writer, community organizer and activist. Independent center for socioeconomic advancement and citizen engagement. Writings - election law, liberal theory, cross-partisan reconciliation, intellectual humility, world affairs, government, and domestic policy. Community service projects - literacy tutor, precinct official, county voter registrar, youth mentor, diversity trainer, grant writer for local non-profits. Activism - advancement of civil rights and civil liberties; reforms in policy around election law, economics, criminal justice, and education. Show less



Braver Angels

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Community Partnerships

  • May 2018 - Nov 2022

  Director of Community Partnerships 4/22 - 11/22 • Cultivated strong partnerships through authentic communication and responsive support, ensuring sustained, reciprocally-valuable relationships. • Built and managed team for program implementation. Recruited members, led onboarding and skills development, strengthened team relationships. • Helped develop and implement program model designed to engage civic, religious, and campus leaders in political depolarization projects. Managed pilot, applied findings for program optimization. • Led leader recruitment, onboarding and training. Supported project development to meet partner objectives while ensuring mission alignment. • Managed cross-team collaborations for design integrity and evaluation, technology support, field coordination, budgeting, and marketing • Established communication system for partner requests, networking needs, and feedback. • Established online portal for partner resources, materials, guidelines. • Coordinated with national partnerships team on vision, strategy, metrics, and procedures for scaling partnerships initiative. Manager of Community Partnerships 8/22 – 4/222 • Attended conventions to effect outreach and share subject-matter expertise • Served on national leadership team, attended strategic planning retreats. • Helped plan and execute response to pandemic-related challenges and funding downturns. • Collaborated on projects to upgrade new member orientation and volunteer coordination. • Helped meet objectives around mission integrity, viewpoint parity, and demographic expansion. Development Coordinator 9/19 – 8/20 • Led early fundraising efforts: major donor outreach, RFP research and grant writing. • Contributed to design and execution of first national grassroots fundraising campaign. • Managed team of grant writing interns. As Field Volunteer 5/18 – 9/19 • Engaged in local organizing, planning, and execution of program events • Served as grant writing intern Show less



Wake County Public School System

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructional Assistant, Special Programs

  • Mar 2003 - Oct 2007

  Program for students at-risk for adjudication, dropout, gang involvement. Provided mentoring, academic support, crisis intervention, family intervention. Coordination with social services, juvenile justice, and community partners. Program for students at-risk for adjudication, dropout, gang involvement. Provided mentoring, academic support, crisis intervention, family intervention. Coordination with social services, juvenile justice, and community partners.



Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Operations Manager, National AIDS Hotline

  • Jan 1989 - Jan 2000

  Positions: • Senior Manager October 1998 to January 2000 • Staff Supervisor November 1993 to October 1998 • Trainer, Skills Coach January 1995 to October 1998 (concurrent) • Frontline Call Specialist March 1990 to November 1993 Key Experience and Achievements: • People o As staff supervisor, managed frontline call team for performance quality and efficiency, provided skills coaching and development, supported morale, implemented policy o As senior manager, oversaw staff supervisors, was responsible for quality assurance, hiring, staffing, personnel decisions, contract compliance, mission alignment • Programs o Applied research to set science-based guidelines for call content and call methodology o Helped design and deliver training for pre- and in-service staff development. • Partnerships o Delivered workshops, seminars, and recommendations to service providers, policy makers, and community advocates at conferences and conventions. • Systems o Collaborated across teams for RFP response and grant cycle reporting o Monitored call trends, training needs, supervisor effectiveness and efficiency, Show less