Experience

Virginia Early Childhood Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ready Regions Director

  • Jul 2022 - Present

• Senior Learning and Engagement Officer

  • Oct 2021 - Jul 2022

• Senior Community Liaison, Health Initiatives

  • Feb 2014 - Oct 2021

  Oversight of systems-building health initiatives, such as Nemours-funded childhood obesity prevention project, Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures project, which emphasizes improved child nutrition and physical activity in early care and education settings and support for Virginia's Developmental Screening Initiative, which engages community child care providers in screening and referral. Responsible for project logistics and time-line, collaborating with early learning state and local partners, budget, and identifying infrastructure opportunities for sustaining changes in health practices in early learning settings.



Wingspan, LLC

• Glen Allen, VA

• National Outreach Specialist

  • Mar 2004 - Dec 2013

  Provided training, client outreach, and technical assistance to support effective delivery of early childhood program, Al’s Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices; designed training and wrote ancillary curriculum promoting healthy development and social-emotional learning of young children; collaborated on design, writing, and launch of websites and social media communications. Provided training, client outreach, and technical assistance to support effective delivery of early childhood program, Al’s Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices; designed training and wrote ancillary curriculum promoting healthy development and social-emotional learning of young children; collaborated on design, writing, and launch of websites and social media communications.



Chesterfield County CSB Prevention Department

• Chesterfield County

• Prevention Specialist

  • Jun 1995 - Oct 2002

  Provided community education workshops on resilience, substance abuse prevention, child development, positive parenting, and general health and well-being topics; provided child behavior management consultations at pediatric practices, in childcare centers and schools; taught multi-session classes on parenting, marriage enhancement, stress management, etc.; provided children’s skill-building groups and enrichment programs in schools; collaborated on school-community partnership teams. Provided community education workshops on resilience, substance abuse prevention, child development, positive parenting, and general health and well-being topics; provided child behavior management consultations at pediatric practices, in childcare centers and schools; taught multi-session classes on parenting, marriage enhancement, stress management, etc.; provided children’s skill-building groups and enrichment programs in schools; collaborated on school-community partnership teams.



Alternatives, Inc.

• Hampton, VA

• Youth Development Specialist

  • Sep 1991 - May 1995

  Provided training for youth development, leadership, peer helper programs; facilitated leadership programs in subsidized housing communities; collaborated on annual community wide prevention events; part of development team for early childhood program Al’s Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices and resilience-based program Here, Now and Down the Road…Tips for Loving Parents Provided training for youth development, leadership, peer helper programs; facilitated leadership programs in subsidized housing communities; collaborated on annual community wide prevention events; part of development team for early childhood program Al’s Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices and resilience-based program Here, Now and Down the Road…Tips for Loving Parents