Experience

The Wheeler School

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Of Staff

  • Jun 2021 - Present



Roger Williams University - University College (UC)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jul 2017 - Present

• • Mar 2016 - Dec 2017



Lincoln School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Exec Assistant to the Head of School & Coordinator of Racial Equity Initiatives for Faculty/Staff

  • Dec 2017 - Jun 2021



Roger Williams University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Mar 2014 - Mar 2016

  • Develop and direct programs to serve the needs and increase the retention of traditionally underrepresented students.• Assist with management of operations of the Intercultural Center, supervise student and professional staff, manage multiple budgets and grants, assist with strategic planning for the university and provide leadership on evaluation and assessment of the impact of programs, including data management and reporting.• Provide strategic and inclusive leadership for the Intercultural Center, including the development and launch of the Diversity Leadership Program, a mentoring program focused on the success and full participation in the college experience of underrepresented students.• Coordinate campus-wide intersectionality programs, trainings and workshops for students, faculty and staff.• Provide strategic direction to university administration on diversity-related initiatives.• Work on cross-functional teams to support the retention of students of color, first ​ generation college students, students who identify as LGBTQ and other underrepresented groups.• Co-chair campus-wide committee on bias education.• Advise major diversity-focused student organization. Show less

• • Feb 2012 - Mar 2014

  • Identified needs for diversity and inclusion awareness campus-wide and developed programming to address those needs.• Re-vamped the leadership and college preparatory program, Bridge to Success, for high school and college students (mentors) from under-resourced communities.• Lead advocacy, research and championing of the development of a targeted, first-year mentoring program for students from underrepresented backgrounds across race, class, sexual orientation and gender identity, international students and other groups.• Developed and implemented Unity Day, a program for students interested in developing their awareness of issues such as racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, ableism, privilege and more.• Developed increased programming and visibility for LGBTQ students and needs including RWU Coming Out Day, intersectional panel discussions, and a university Safe Zone program, and advocated for the hiring of the university’s first LGBTQ graduate assistant to increase staff support.• Developed and implemented campus-wide dialogues on race and racism. Show less



Rhode Island Foundation

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2010 - Mar 2012

  • Played a lead role in all aspects of operations, including managing a $1 million ​​budget.• Played a lead role in many aspects of data collection, management and analysis, ​evaluation and assessment, reporting impact, researching best practices in impact, ​developing organizational assessment tools.• Designed and implemented the foundation’s premier cohort model Nonprofit Emerging Leaders Program. Designed application process and selection criteria; designed and implemented programs including mentoring from leading executives in Rhode Island, skills-based workshop series, events to match young professionals with open nonprofit governing board positions; and lead efforts in evaluation and budget management.• Helped determine program directions and research priorities within nonprofit capacity-building focii.• Helped advance “inclusive conversations” within the foundation’s strategic approaches.• Read grant proposals and formulated recommendations for funding regarding issues of nonprofit capacity-building, leadership and organizational development.• Co-founded Young Professionals Collaborative of Rhode Island (YPCRI). Show less

• • Sep 2008 - Jan 2010

  • Helped build the foundation’s brand new nonprofit capacity-building arm from the beginning of its launch.• Helped revamp nonprofit executive Fellowship program for outstanding nonprofit organizations: co-created inclusive selection criteria for fellows, evaluated candidates, interfaced with executives, managed logistics and coordinated speakers and other programming.• Played a lead role in managing daily operations, including budget management, creating marketing materials and planning events, creating op-eds and widely-distributed reports on the state of the nonprofit sector, assisting with evaluation and impact efforts, participating in designing capacity-building programs, under the direction of executive director, Jill Pfitzenmayer, Ph.D. Show less



Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center

• Newport, RI

• Teen Center Director

  • Jul 2007 - Sep 2008

  Trained and supervised staff and volunteers to plan and implement out-of-school time programming with a focus on college access for high and middle school students from underrepresented groups, including multi-state college tours, college success workshops, college student panels, parent financial aid info sessions, etc. • Collaborated with nonprofit organizations to offer leadership development of middle school and high school-aged students; managed budget; fundraised; evaluated success of programs and participated in grant reporting. Show less



Blackstone Valley Community Action Program

• Pawtucket, RI

• Case Manager

  • Jan 2006 - Aug 2007

  Case management for pregnant and parenting teen girls. Case management for pregnant and parenting teen girls.