Experience

TALMAR

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • sept. 2019 - - Prezent



Sheppard Pratt

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Developer for Mosaic Community Services, part of the Sheppard Pratt Health System.

  • mai 2014 - iun. 2019

  Develop sustainable programs and social enterprises that provide educational and employment opportunities for a variety of clients, including adults with developmental disabilities, adults in need of employment but unable to compete in a competitive work environment, and veterans. Develop sustainable programs and social enterprises that provide educational and employment opportunities for a variety of clients, including adults with developmental disabilities, adults in need of employment but unable to compete in a competitive work environment, and veterans.



City of Baltimore

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pilot Program Developer for Office of Sustainability

  • aug. 2013 - iul. 2015

  Collaborated with community leaders, Department of Public Works, and Office of Sustainability to design a vacant lot maintenance program where community associations were compensated for maintaining city-owned lots. Program design included development of a smart-phone app that allowed community members to provide photographs of their maintained sites which triggered monthly payments from the City. This program is designed to grow with the City's Vacants to Value, Urban Agriculture, and Lots Alive public arts installations.



International Book Bank

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • dec. 2010 - nov. 2012

  Entering its 25th year, the International Book Bank had been relegated to the mundane role of book shipper, but the service the non-profit provides is much greater than packing and shipping books. In two short years, I intiated the transformation from book warehouse to literacy partner by:- Moving the warehouse from an unsafe building with unsanitary working conditions to an easily accessible warehouse with secure pallet racks and increased safety and security for staff,- Developing a book inventory system to ensure zero book leakage into domestic market,- Implementing a staff evaluation process,- Leading a donated book acquisition, usage and distribution workshop at Pan-African Reading Association conference in Botswana (2011).These changes resulted in immediate improvements, including:- attracting additional book publisher partners who appreciated the inventory system's reporting options that track books from incoming pallets to outgoing ports,- increasing IBB's book donations to developing countries from 1.7 to 2.8 million per year,- doubling the number of partner/sponsor organizations in developing countries,- increasing cash donations by 130%.



Baltimore City Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Business Development consultant to Great Kids Farm

  • dec. 2008 - nov. 2010

  Part of initial team charged with turning an unused 33-acre parcel of forest, marsh and meadow into a productive farm where Baltimore City School students can learn the entire seed-to-fork process, from planning and planting a farm to harvesting, cleaning, selling and serving healthy foods. - Set-up and managed accounting system- Worked with farmer to design school program around seasonal crops- Networked with local and national philanthropists and farmers to set farm on path to sustainability- Secured and managed grants.



Bon Secours

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clean & Green Program Director

  • aug. 2005 - sept. 2009

  Designed and implemented vacant lot restoration program with job training component that:- cleaned, graded, seeded and planted trees on more than 100 vacant lots in Baltimore City- provided on-the-job training to ex-offenders and other "hard to place" adults- developed community garden and associated garden club based on neighbor requests- praised by Community Development Block Grant auditors for budget and records maintenance and accuracy- included fee-for-service professional landscaping component for "graduates" of the vacant lot program



Center for Poverty Solutions

• Project Director

  • apr. 2004 - iul. 2005

  Designed and implemented Edible School Yards Program including:- built organic vegetable gardens at 6 Title 1 schools across Maryland- included original curriculum linked to Maryland's climate, native plants and accounted for school schedule- secured funding for the entire program Designed and implemented Edible School Yards Program including:- built organic vegetable gardens at 6 Title 1 schools across Maryland- included original curriculum linked to Maryland's climate, native plants and accounted for school schedule- secured funding for the entire program



Peace Corps

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• volunteer liaison

  • ian. 2000 - mai 2003

  MALI, West AfricaPeace Corps liaison between rural volunteers and American and HCN staff. Included full-time residency, language fluency and cultural exchange as well as management of small staff and regional office. MALI, West AfricaPeace Corps liaison between rural volunteers and American and HCN staff. Included full-time residency, language fluency and cultural exchange as well as management of small staff and regional office.