Experience

Dartmouth Center for Social Impact

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  Lead strategy and team to align the Center’s work with best practices in community-based experiential education and grow programming within the context of today’s cross-sector social impact environment.

• Assistant Director for Nonprofit Careers

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2017

  Built three new programs to meet the educational needs of current generation of students exploring social sector careers. Skillfully maintained relationships with alumni advisory boards. Communicated with various stakeholders including students, donors, parents, non-profit agency partners, and campus colleagues. Advocated for students through increased funding limits for internships and targeted outreach to historically underrepresented student populations. - Recognized for maintaining flexibility and positive team-oriented attitude through transition from the Tucker Foundation to the Center for Service. Assumed increased responsibilities, managed a high-volume workload in understaffed conditions, negotiated shifting focus and priorities, and orchestrated two staff searches. Show less



Dartmouth College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Officer for Local Community Service, William Jewett Tucker Foundation

  • Jun 2010 - Jul 2015

  - Managed a portfolio of community service learning engagement programs both locally and nationally: designed program learning objectives, monitored budgets, negotiated community and campus partnerships, supervised professional and student staff, developed and delivered student trainings, constructed grants and other support proposals, oversaw risk management including serving on-call foe emergencies, conducted program assessment, and supported strategic planning.- Created a foundation-wide assessment plan as chair of the foundation assessment committee. Developed a biennial assessment survey, guided a qualitative assessment study and presented findings to staff and alumni audiences.- Built mutually beneficial community-campus partnerships seeking to address critical community needs while maximizing student learning. - Designed and lunched a number of new student educational initiatives including a post-graduate fellowship program, a peer facilitated reflection program, a farm to school program, an inter-faith alternative spring break program and a hurricane Katrina relief internship.- Established protecting minors protocols and trainings for foundation programs and advise campus-wide policies as part of an ongoing working group. Presented Dartmouth’s work at a statewide conference addressing these issues. Show less

• Program Officer for National Community Service, William Jewett Tucker Foundation

  • Jul 2007 - Jun 2010

  - Managed a portfolio of community service learning engagement programs both locally and nationally: designed program learning objectives, monitored budgets, negotiated community and campus partnerships, supervised professional and student staff, developed and delivered student trainings, constructed grants and other support proposals, oversaw risk management including serving on-call foe emergencies, conducted program assessment, and supported strategic planning.- Created a foundation-wide assessment plan as chair of the foundation assessment committee. Developed a biennial assessment survey, guided a qualitative assessment study and presented findings to staff and alumni audiences.- Built mutually beneficial community-campus partnerships seeking to address critical community needs while maximizing student learning. - Designed and lunched a number of new student educational initiatives including a post-graduate fellowship program, a peer facilitated reflection program, a farm to school program, an inter-faith alternative spring break program and a hurricane Katrina relief internship.- Established protecting minors protocols and trainings for foundation programs and advise campus-wide policies as part of an ongoing working group. Presented Dartmouth’s work at a statewide conference addressing these issues. Show less

• Volunteer Coordinator, William Jewett Tucker Foundation

  • Aug 2003 - Jul 2007

  - Advised student service leaders and a portfolio of local community service projects including multiple flagship programs.- Mentored student leaders and activists on project development and best practices in working with communities. - Designed and delivered student leader and volunteer reflection, orientations and trainings. - Created a Dartmouth-wide leadership plan and a collaborative leadership student retreat as part of Dartmouth’s Leadership Advisory Board.- Envisioned and implemented a new student leadership model that led to staff efficiencies. Show less



Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assisant Coordinator, Center for Public Interest Careers

  • Sep 2001 - Jun 2003

  - Collaborated with the Dean of Public Service to launch an alumni-driven internship and post-graduate fellowship program. - Developed new program processes including those for student and host organization recruitment, student application, application review and decision-making, orientation, and marketing. - Regularly engaged with large donors and alumni stakeholders. Assisted alumni in the management of non-profit organizational partnerships. - Collaborated with the Dean of Public Service to launch an alumni-driven internship and post-graduate fellowship program. - Developed new program processes including those for student and host organization recruitment, student application, application review and decision-making, orientation, and marketing. - Regularly engaged with large donors and alumni stakeholders. Assisted alumni in the management of non-profit organizational partnerships.



Nature's Classroom Inc.

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Educator

  • Sep 1999 - May 2000

  - Designed and taught environmental science lessons to visiting elementary and middle school students - Designed and taught environmental science lessons to visiting elementary and middle school students



Student Conservation Association

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Americorps Member

  • Aug 1998 - Aug 1999

  - Authored environmental science units in conjunction with the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks for a small k-6 elementary school. - Mentored and trained fellow members in lesson planning and classroom instruction. - Authored environmental science units in conjunction with the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks for a small k-6 elementary school. - Mentored and trained fellow members in lesson planning and classroom instruction.