Experience

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  Riverside Community Care

  • Director Early Childhood Services, Cambridge & Somerville
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  Riverside Community Care

  • Somerville, MA

  • Director Early Childhood Services, Cambridge & Somerville

    • Jun 2018 - Present
    • Somerville, MA
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  Dance Paws LLC

  • Cambridge, MA

  • Managing Director

    • 2001 - Present
    • Cambridge, MA

    Spearheaded launch of a successful start-up business. Wrote business plan, conducted market research, secured initial funding, sourced high-quality suppliers, negotiated vendor contracts, and created company policies and procedures, manage staff, and create/control the budget. Oversee vendor rela...

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  The Guidance Center, a service of Riverside Com...

  • Somerville/Cambridge

  • Assisstant Director for Early Childhood

    • Feb 2017 - May 2018
    • Somerville/Cambridge
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  Baby U, City of Cambridge Dept of Human Services

  • Cambridge

  • Project Specialist

    • Jan 2012 - Jan 2017
    • Cambridge

    Chair the evaluation subcommittee; created data management system, including forms, and manage evaluation data. Serve as a home visitor. One of two primary grant writers on a collaborative team. Co-design and co-facilitate workshops and events for families. Create marketing materials for potentia...

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  Leelanau Children's Center

  • Lelnad, MI

  • Sustainability Planning Consultant

    • Sep 2012 - Mar 2013
    • Lelnad, MI

    Collaborated with the Executive Director and Executive Board committee to create a Sustainability plan, which included detailed implementation plans. Provided guidance in planning and implementing a 7-month process which resulted in a renewed vision and commitment to all aspects of current progra...

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  The Observation Project

  • Cambridge, MA

  • Co-Founder

    • 2004 - 2007
    • Cambridge, MA

    Identified a gap in the quality of art education and spearheaded development of a replicable, model program designed to develop student’s observation, visual literacy, drawing, and thinking skills. Co-created curriculum and evaluation process for implementation by K - 8 classroom teachers. Taugh...

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  Muscular Therapy Institute

  • Director of Career Services

    • 1998 - 2001

    Developed surveys to track graduate placement, work satisfaction, and industry trends. Analyzed surveys for strategic planning, faculty and curriculum development. Prepared statistical reports on graduate placement for accreditation agency, and ensured regulatory compliance. Created and managed a database to track graduates and employers. Supervised support staff.

  • Instructor/Class Advisor

    • 1994 - 1998

    Adapted curriculum for and taught Skills & Dynamics of the Therapeutic Relationship, which included communication skills, sensitivity and awareness training, ethics, and psychology. Facilitated group learning and counseled students.

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  Family Services of Greater Boston

  • Boston, MA

  • Registered Nurse

    • 1992 - 1993
    • Boston, MA

    Specialized in maternal/child health, and provided prenatal, health, and parenting education to at-risk families. Developed, implemented and evaluated care plans for children, teens and adults.

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  Jewish Family and Children's Service

  • Registered Nurse

    • 1991 - 1992

    Provided home-based nursing care to a population that ranged from children to the elderly.

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  Children's Hospital

  • Boston, MA

  • Registered Nurse

    • 1988 - 1990
    • Boston, MA

    Worked as a primary nurse on a school age medical inpatient unit.

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  Unidentified Flying Idea

  • Cambridge, MA

  • Staff

    • 1980 - 1982
    • Cambridge, MA

    Member of a collective that operated a free drop-in storefront that provided and taught simple seated massage, movement and breath techniques to combat what we termed the coming anxiety-tension epidemic. Ran satellite programs at the Cambridge Community of Elders and Billerica Prison. Worked with...