Experience

Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grant Writer

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  Support life-changing opportunities by crafting grant proposals to fund universities, a retreat house, a homeless shelter, PK-12 schools, and other nonprofit organizations which serve disadvantaged youth and adults. Develop customized grants prospect research and grants calendar for each nonprofit organization. Maintain relationships with nonprofit organization applicants and with grant making foundations in multiple states. Support life-changing opportunities by crafting grant proposals to fund universities, a retreat house, a homeless shelter, PK-12 schools, and other nonprofit organizations which serve disadvantaged youth and adults. Develop customized grants prospect research and grants calendar for each nonprofit organization. Maintain relationships with nonprofit organization applicants and with grant making foundations in multiple states.



Loyola University New Orleans

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor and Curriculum Design Consultant

  • 2005 - 2021

  Designed 'Ethics for Ministers' course (RELM 344), which fulfills an ethics requirement for Loyola's undergraduate program in Ministry and Theology, launched in 2020. This course is taught in an online format. Designed print, video, and online course materials for Loyola Institute for Ministry's 'Spirituality, Morality, and Ethics' (LIM C704/G704), a required course for all graduate and certificate students at Loyola Institute for Ministry. This course has been taught in on-campus, online, hybrid/video conference, independent study, and distance learning group formats to both English-language and Spanish-language students. Instructor for Loyola Institute for Ministry and for Loyola's Religious Studies department. Show less



Academy of the Sacred Heart, New Orleans

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Religion Teacher and Department Chair

  • 2004 - 2019

  • Religion department chair—nursery through high school • Courses taught: church history (10th grade); morality and social justice (11th); vocations (12th) • Committees: mentoring handbook--co-author; recruitment; curriculum revision; schedule revision; National Honor Society selection • Prepare department reports for strategic planning and for accreditations with AdvancEd, Sacred Heart Commission on Goals (SHCOG), and Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) • Redesigned high school religion curriculum and co-curricular programs to provide senior electives, increase attention to the Society of the Sacred Heart, and transition from adult-led to student-led campus ministry • Established annual 8th grade retreat led by senior campus ministers, spiritual advising process for all juniors and seniors, and public presentation of juniors’ 50 hour service experiences • Facilitated implementation of school’s first hybrid online course • Significant contributions in recruiting, screening, and mentoring new religion/campus ministry faculty Show less



Mt. St. Joseph University

• Assistant Professor, Religious and Pastoral Studies Department

  • 1998 - 2004

  • Graduate courses: Critical Issues in Ethics; Critical Issues in Systematic Theology; Spirituality of Family Life • Undergraduate courses: Introduction to Christian Ethics; Christian Social Justice; Theology of Human Sexuality and Marriage; Liturgy and Sacraments; Religion and Public Life; Theological Health Care Ethics • Committees: Mediation and Resolution of Disputes; Mission Integration Committee; Adult Student Task Force; Seton Award Lecture; faculty advisor for Respect Life Club; faculty search committees • Organized department career nights Show less