Experience

The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF)

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

• Director of Affiliates

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Responsible for oversight, strategy and management of ACF's Affiliate Program of 11 communities around Alaska, including Chilkat Valley CF, Cordova CF, Golden Heart CF, Jessica Stevens CF, Kenai Peninsula Foundation, Ketchikan CF, Kodiak CF, Palmer CF, Petersburg CF, Seward CF, Sitka Legacy Foundation.

• Senior Affiliate Program Officer

  • Mar 2021 - Jul 2023



Calista Education and Culture, Inc.

• Anchorage, Alaska Area

• Project Director

  • Mar 2019 - Feb 2021



Alaska Humanities Forum

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Education and Youth Programs

  • Dec 2015 - Nov 2018

  The Director of Education and Youth Programs at the Alaska Humanities Forum is responsible for the oversight and management of the Rose Cross-Cultural Exchange, Sister School Exchange, Educator Cross Cultural Immersion, Take Wing Alaska and Creating Cultural Competence of Rural Early Career Teachers Project. Additionally, the Director oversees the development of education related partnerships between the Forum and urban and rural regional organizations, schools and tribal entities, and other major contributors across the state. Show less

• Project Manager, Creating Cultural Competence of Rural Early Career Teachers (C3)

  • Apr 2013 - Dec 2015

  Building off of the success of the Rose Cross Cultural Exchange is the Creating Cultural Competence of Rural Early Career Teachers Project (C3). C3 is based on the premise that hiring the right educators, then providing them with a well-designed and implemented cultural immersion, followed by systematic, sustained mentoring will result in better prepared and more satisfied teachers who stay in their original school district, creating a positive impact on student achievement. Project Partners include Calista Education and Culture, Inc., Maniilaq Association, Lower Kuskokwim School District, Northwest Arctic Borough School District, and the Alaska Statewide Mentor Project. Show less



Beyond School, LLC

• Anchorage, Alaska Area

• Managing Director

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Represented educational products to the home school market; designed customized after school programs for school districts and community organizations. Provided consulting services to tutoring companies. Represented educational products to the home school market; designed customized after school programs for school districts and community organizations. Provided consulting services to tutoring companies.



SERRC - Alaska's Educational Resource Center

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager

  • Nov 2006 - Oct 2012

  Established largest direct student service client in organization's 35 year history. Managed Alaska Learning Labs, a fee based after school and summer academic tutoring program located in 48 communities across the state. Developed program plan, marketing plan and team that increased organizational capacity from serving 150 students to more than 1,000 students annually. Supervised five core staff and 81 remote staff. Oversaw product development, contracts and billing for program with annual budget of 1 million. Transformed this federally funded grant into a fully self-sustaining program with proven academic results. Show less



Yupiit School District

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher, Secondary Language Arts

  • Aug 2004 - May 2006

  Extra curricular projects included Advisor, Words Are Powerful, a student anthology with Elder Interviews, and The Arlicaq Voice, a student newspaper; Site coordinator, Rose Urban Rural Exchange Program. Extra curricular projects included Advisor, Words Are Powerful, a student anthology with Elder Interviews, and The Arlicaq Voice, a student newspaper; Site coordinator, Rose Urban Rural Exchange Program.



Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Language Arts Teacher

  • Nov 1999 - May 2003

  Advisor for Pima Pride, a student anthology, and The Eagle Times, a student newspaper; Site Coordinator for a visiting artist program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Site Coordinator for the international organization Poets, Essayists and Novelists (PEN) Readers and Writer's Program. Site Coordinator for the Playwright's Incubator Project. Curriculum Developer for Tribal Elders Oral History Project. Participant in Commission on the Arts, Artist Teacher Institute, of Harvard University's Project Zero. Show less



Glacier National Park

• East Glacier, Montana

• Director of Gardens

  • May 1997 - Oct 1998

  Managed historic perennial and flower gardens at five lodges within the park. Supervised 10 gardeners. Managed annual supply and planting budget. Managed historic perennial and flower gardens at five lodges within the park. Supervised 10 gardeners. Managed annual supply and planting budget.



Allegro Business Interiors

• Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Founder/President

  • Sep 1991 - May 1996

  Established and built contract furniture dealership with with six employees and annual revenues of 3 million. Established and built contract furniture dealership with with six employees and annual revenues of 3 million.