Experience

PRANAKRIYA SCHOOL OF YOGA HEALING ARTS
• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Executive Director

  • Sep 2020 - Present

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• Owner

  • May 2018 - Present


Healthy Homes Collaborative

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant, Development

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  Coordination with: community-based-organizations and other not-for-profits in CA, National Center for Healthy Housing, and principal investigators. Grant writing at foundation and Federal levels. Identifying funding opportunities to support new and on-going Collaborative initiatives. Development of: content, training protocol, benchmarks, and evaluation protocols. Coordination with: community-based-organizations and other not-for-profits in CA, National Center for Healthy Housing, and principal investigators. Grant writing at foundation and Federal levels. Identifying funding opportunities to support new and on-going Collaborative initiatives. Development of: content, training protocol, benchmarks, and evaluation protocols.



Central Park Conservancy

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

• Community Programs Manager, Center for Urban Park Development, Institute for Urban Parks

  • Aug 2014 - Oct 2016

  - Built out and refined Official Central Park Tours program, managing: development, content and design of new web pages; changes to scheduling based on data and feedback; development of new tours; photo library, digital and print marketing; content for outside funding applications; strategy to attract new audiences. - Managed Central Park Paws, the dog-owners' group. Planned and implemented monthly public events (Bagel Barks), increased fundraising capacity for the program, planned and held annual My Dog Loves Central Park Fair with 40 volunteers to manage for this event of up to 5,000 guests. - Worked closely with the Volunteer Department to create new committees within the tour program, and set a 5-year strategy for Central Park Paws; in both cases, clarifying the roles of volunteers and staff for these programs. Worked on refinement of two volunteer training programs. - Planned Harlem Meer concert series, a weekly public event in the summer, with up to 2,500 in attendance per concert. Auditioned bands; created schedule of events; provided content for outside fundraising; maintained website and digital/print marketing; drew up and executed all contracts; coordinated with other organizations in New York City. - Worked as part of a multi-departmental team to develop and implement a new exhibit within the Park, focused on the ways in which natural topography played a role in how this area was used in the American Revolution and later as the northern limit of Central Park. - Worked cooperatively and productively across multiple departments including: graphics; web design; communications; corporate fundraising; membership; volunteers; operations; visitor centers; finance; technology. Show less



Wagner College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Adjunct Professor, Anthropology/Archaeology

  • Aug 2007 - May 2008

  Developed and taught two undergraduate level courses: "The Maya", and "Introduction to Archaeology". - For "The Maya", conducted individual assessments to help students find an aspect of ancient or present-day Maya culture that they research as their final project; something that would be relevant to their major (if not anthropology) or another area of interest to them. For example, a student focusing on pre-med researched Maya shamans and midwifery practices, while another interested in attending culinary school delved into the role of cacao in Maya culture. This helped take learning about Maya culture out of a purely academic exercise, and helped them find relevance where they did not expect it. - For "Introduction to Anthropology", we focused on seriation (putting things in chronological order, visible in material culture through subtle shifts in stylistic design). We visited, together as a class and separately as homework, several local cemeteries. The students were responsible for putting together a seriation of the artistic design on headstones, and using records to verify their seriation. They learned to analyze and draw hypotheses about the order in which things occurred or were used, without the benefit of having clear dates in front of them, and then how to verify educated guesses (hypotheses) before staking claims. Show less



Brandeis University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Course Assistant, Department of Anthropology

  • Sep 2005 - May 2007

  Courses: Human Origins (Charles Golden); Introduction to the Comparative Study of Human Societies (Javier Urcid); Introduction to Archaeological Analysis (Charles Golden); Museums and Public Memory (Mark Auslander); Medicine, Body, and Culture (Cornelia Kammerer) Assisted professors with grading; held laboratory and office hours for student assistance; podcast training, development and maintenance; occasional lecturing. Courses: Human Origins (Charles Golden); Introduction to the Comparative Study of Human Societies (Javier Urcid); Introduction to Archaeological Analysis (Charles Golden); Museums and Public Memory (Mark Auslander); Medicine, Body, and Culture (Cornelia Kammerer) Assisted professors with grading; held laboratory and office hours for student assistance; podcast training, development and maintenance; occasional lecturing.



Tufts University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant, Deparment of Sociology and Anthropology

  • Jan 2006 - May 2006

  Course: Race, Place, and Memory (Rosalind Shaw) Assisted professor with grading, held office hours for student assistance. Facilitated research initiative through which students interviewed community members regarding Medford, MA as one of the first communities of freed slaves in the United States, and the role their families played. Coordinated community research exhibit at the Medford Historical Society. Established Teaching Assistant exchange agreement between Brandeis and Tufts Departments of Anthropology. Show less



Alliance for Healthy Homes (formerly: Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning)

• Project Manager, Community Environmental Health Resource Center

  • Mar 2000 - Jul 2005

  • Coordinated grant applications for Federal and foundation requests. Analyses based on HUD, EPA and CDC evaluations; recruited community-based organizations for incorporation; content development and editing. • Managed administration and implementation of sub-grants of our HUD grant to community based organizations. Worked with third party evaluators on community-level and national-level evaluation needs and report. Developed and led trainings for community-based organization staff and stakeholders. Coordinated a steering committee of local leaders to advise on our multi-year grant and sub-grants. Developed protocols, in cooperation with technical consultants, for the testing of environmental hazards in the home. All materials and trainings developed and delivered in English and Spanish. • Website; print and digital marketing; presentations at national level. Show less



ECNC-European Centre for Nature Conservation

• Netherlands
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Policy Intern

  • Aug 1999 - Feb 2000

  Worked as liaison to the European Environment Bureau; projects concerning heavy metal pollution in the environment from consumer and commercial sources. Worked as liaison to the European Environment Bureau; projects concerning heavy metal pollution in the environment from consumer and commercial sources.



European Environmental Bureau

• Belgium
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Research Intern

  • Jan 1999 - Jul 1999

  Researched involvement of issue-based community and local groups in the priority-setting of national (EU countries) environmental policy objectives. Researched involvement of issue-based community and local groups in the priority-setting of national (EU countries) environmental policy objectives.



Erie County Department of Environment and Planning

• Intern, Mercury Pollution Prevention Program

  • Jan 1998 - Sep 1998

  Researched legislation regarding disposal of goods containing heavy metals; researched scientific articles concerning the effects of heavy metal pollution on humans, wildlife, and ecosystems; provided the director with summary reports. Assisted in development of public outreach campaign focused on mercury-pollution and –poisoning prevention; helped coordinate community heavy metals recycling events. Researched legislation regarding disposal of goods containing heavy metals; researched scientific articles concerning the effects of heavy metal pollution on humans, wildlife, and ecosystems; provided the director with summary reports. Assisted in development of public outreach campaign focused on mercury-pollution and –poisoning prevention; helped coordinate community heavy metals recycling events.