Experience

MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Coordinate the WV TIME4K project, a three-year grant funded program to provide mindfulness training and other interventions to elementary school-aged children who have been affected by the opioid epidemic. Primary responsibilities include cultivating community partnerships, managing data capture and analysis, delivering project outcomes, and ensuring program sustainability.



United Way of the River Cities

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Community Impact

  • Sep 2014 - Jan 2019

  • Lead and direct UWRC’s short- and long-term Community Impact efforts.• Serve as lead staff member of the Community Investment Council (CIC) and related subcommittees.• Work with CIC to direct community investment. Manage grantmaking process, including creating applications and rubrics within online platform; providing technical assistance to applicants; organizing decision-making meetings; and communicating decisions and feedback to applicants.• Develop outcomes and measurement strategies for in-house initiatives with appropriate staff. • Review reports submitted by funded partners and internal initiatives to monitor performance. Provide coaching as needed.• Implemented regular site visits to funded partners. Coordinate CIC members and community volunteers to make visits.• Plan and execute annual multi-site volunteer events, such as Stuff the Bus, a five-county school supply drive, and Day of Action, a UW signature event meant to highlight community volunteerism.• Support resource development and marketing efforts, including copy writing, event planning, and event volunteer recruitment and management. • Write grant applications and support grant-writing efforts to fund in-house initiatives. Work with staff to develop programmatic elements and evaluation plans. Have written application funded by the Governor’s STEM Academy, the WV Women and Education Fund, and the Foundation for the Tri-State. • Convene, facilitate, and participate in a range of community collaborations and conversations.



United Way of the River Cities, Inc.

• Interim Executive Director

  • Dec 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Manage day-to-day organizational operations during leadership transition.



Fountain House

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

• Communications Director

  • Jul 2009 - Jun 2014

  • Developed, implemented, and evaluated strategic communications plan for $17M nonprofit organization. Created and managed communications calendar.• Led initiative to create organization’s messaging platform. Conducted ongoing messaging trainings for key members of organization and ensured all web and print materials accurately reflected brand. • Oversaw production, distribution, and maintenance of all electronic collateral, including website, blog, monthly e-newsletter, and social media properties. Wrote and/or edited and posted all content.• Coordinated and produced board recognition and appreciation events. Responsibilities included hiring and coordinating entertainment, planning menus, flowers and décor, invitation design, logistics, budgets, and organizing program of speakers and video.• Created copy, graphics, and templates for multi-channel fundraising and cultivation campaigns. • Secured media opportunities for president and other key members of the organization. Occasionally served as spokesperson.• Chaired scholarship committee, composed of funders, board members, administrators, and clients, which advised student-clients and internally awarded $60K annually. • Reported to board of directors on communications initiatives. Regularly compiled and distributed content to keep board and other key supporters apprised of mental health landscape.

• Symposium and Luncheon Program Chair

  • Sep 2010 - May 2014

• Executive Assistant

  • Nov 2006 - Jul 2009

  • First point of contact for multiple groups (employees, Board, clients). • Provided administrative assistance to president and 25-member board of directors (scheduled meetings, managed president's schedule, took minutes, reconciled corporate travel statements). • Edited organizational correspondence, wrote and edited copy for development materials, generated and updated web content.• Devised concept, orchestrated, and coordinated with contributors to draft Director's Manual; designed, formatted, and wrote substantial portion of copy; edited others' input regarding funding and financial controls. • Assigned to liaise with actor/social activist Glenn Close in launching Bring Change 2 Mind mental health anti-stigma campaign; answered voluminous mail generated after Close's profile mention of Fountain House in AARP magazine.

• Staff Generalist, Education Unit

  • May 2005 - Sep 2006

  • Provided referral and support services to 120 client-students. • Coordinated in-house pre-GED classes, including teacher selection training, development of curriculum, placement assessments, and evaluation tools.• Co-designed and facilitated “Finding the Path,” a program to evaluate learning differences in students with serious mental illness; presented program during a site visit by the Ford Foundation; FF awarded $20K of total $170K; designed and executed preceding program "Bridges to Learning," internally funded ($8K) pilot study.• Headed environmental working group, wrote successful proposal recommending switch by nonprofit’s residences to use of nontoxic cleaning supplies. • Edited monthly informational student bulletin.• Provided advocacy services in various areas of nonprofit mandate (public benefits, housing, medical and psychiatric care, etc.).



Venture House

• India
• Sports

• Staff Generalist, Employment Unit

  • Jun 2002 - May 2005

  • Organized and facilitated job readiness workshops, employment, and education group meetings. • Selected, trained, and supported clients at job sites. Cultivated relationships with employers.• Created and implemented educational services tracking system. • Presented on panels at 12th International Seminar on Clubhouse Model in Minneapolis, MN and 2002 Eastern Regional Clubhouse Conference in Stamford, CT.