Experience

Hunger Free America

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Strategic Volunteerism Programs

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Duquesne Light Company

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Community Relation Associate

  • Mar 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Lead the strategic development and deployment of the Company’s volunteer and employee engagement program, including collaborating with community partners to coordinate and execute volunteer events, administering the volunteer CSR platform, and documenting and communicating metrics and successes.• Manage the annual employee giving campaign, including designing and implementing program logistics, overseeing the project team and leading the software and programmatic deployment of the campaign to an in-house software platform, raising the highest amount of employee donations in the Company’s history.• Oversee a charitable giving budget of over $2 million, including building strategic community partnerships, reviewing and processing grants, and increasing program efficiency and impact through creating a new grassroots-focused microgrant program, Letter of Intent and documentation process for major gifts.



412 Food Rescue

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

• Program Director

  • Nov 2018 - Feb 2020

  • Directed all aspects of the organization’s core special programs, including hiring and developing staff,budgeting, marketing and communications, data reporting and analysis, and grant writing and management.• Managed extensive partner and volunteer network through targeted engagement and outreach initiatives.• Spearheaded the development and implementation of multiple revenue-generating community projects including a corporate volunteer engagement program, commissary kitchen and food education program.

• Senior Program Manager

  • Nov 2017 - Oct 2018

  Manage organization’s special programs and projects including planning, partnerships, logistics and implementation, budgeting, staffing, communications and reporting.

• Program Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Nov 2017

  Plan, implement and manage special programs and projects including food education, urban gleaning,affordable community supported agriculture, and volunteer engagement initiatives.

• Volunteer & Engagement Manager

  • Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  Manage network of volunteers for start-up non-profit with ad hoc and regularly scheduled volunteeropportunities and recruit and retain volunteers through events and outreach.



Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry

• SNAP Outreach Specialist

  • Dec 2015 - Jan 2016

  Create a policy procedure and conduct outreach to low-income senior citizens to apply for SNAP (Food Stamps) benefits in collaboration with other organizations as part of nationwide initiative. Create a policy procedure and conduct outreach to low-income senior citizens to apply for SNAP (Food Stamps) benefits in collaboration with other organizations as part of nationwide initiative.



Chatham University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Graduate Communications Associate; Sustainability Metrics Assistant

  • Sep 2013 - Nov 2015

  Develop and distribute all online and print communications highlighting sustainability initiatives of the university, and attend meetings and events to promote office visibility. Develop and distribute all online and print communications highlighting sustainability initiatives of the university, and attend meetings and events to promote office visibility.



Shady Side Academy

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Fox Chapel Farmers Market Manager

  • Jun 2015 - Oct 2015

  Responsible for the coordination of market vendors and supervision of student interns during weekly farmers market, as well as organization of marketing and communications. Previously worked for Shady Side Academy Summer Programs as the Media Arts Specialist/Jr. Film Camp Instructor. Responsible for the coordination of market vendors and supervision of student interns during weekly farmers market, as well as organization of marketing and communications. Previously worked for Shady Side Academy Summer Programs as the Media Arts Specialist/Jr. Film Camp Instructor.



The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

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

• Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellows Program Environmental Fellow

  • Apr 2014 - Apr 2015

  Developed and implemented the “Food Education and Empowerment Program” at Community Kitchen Pittsburgh’s partnered National School Lunch Program and Summer Food Service Program sites to provide food systems and nutrition education to youth ages 11-15 in underserved communities. Developed and implemented the “Food Education and Empowerment Program” at Community Kitchen Pittsburgh’s partnered National School Lunch Program and Summer Food Service Program sites to provide food systems and nutrition education to youth ages 11-15 in underserved communities.



Community Kitchen Pittsburgh

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education and Outreach Intern

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2015

  Develop and implement food systems and nutrition education programming at Community Kitchen's partnered National School Lunch Program sites. Formerly worked as a co-packing operations intern and as a site monitor at their partnered Summer Food Service Program sites. Develop and implement food systems and nutrition education programming at Community Kitchen's partnered National School Lunch Program sites. Formerly worked as a co-packing operations intern and as a site monitor at their partnered Summer Food Service Program sites.



Sviva Israel

• Eco Connection Coordinator

  • Aug 2012 - May 2014

  Instruct elementary and middle school aged students in environmental programming in partnership with Israeli students to create and foster environmental stewardship. Instruct elementary and middle school aged students in environmental programming in partnership with Israeli students to create and foster environmental stewardship.



The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

• Museum Educator

  • Sep 2012 - May 2013

  Facilitate educational and creative experiences with visitors of all ages and backgrounds in collaboration with staff members, and engage visitors through hands-on, interactive activities in the MAKESHOP design space and through specialized events and public programming.Lead orientations for school and community groups on museum exhibits and procedures and train incoming Museum Educators and youth volunteers. Facilitate educational and creative experiences with visitors of all ages and backgrounds in collaboration with staff members, and engage visitors through hands-on, interactive activities in the MAKESHOP design space and through specialized events and public programming.Lead orientations for school and community groups on museum exhibits and procedures and train incoming Museum Educators and youth volunteers.



AmeriCorps

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• KEYS Service Corps AmeriCorps Member

  • Oct 2011 - Aug 2012

  Mentoring Specialist; Goodwill Youth Mentoring Program June 2012 – August 2012 • Designed a retail training curriculum and facilitated on-the-job instruction with high school youth through the Pittsburgh Summer Youth Employment Program.• Created and implemented activities to provide positive, emotional support for adolescent girls from refugee populations and homeless or disadvantaged backgrounds.Classroom Aide; Propel Braddock Hills Elementary School October 2011 – June 2012• Tutored fourth and fifth grade students at a public charter school during in-class instruction and after school programming in math and humanities subjects and facilitated differentiated instruction in those subjects. • Developed and facilitated a legacy project in which fifty students created and illustrated a poetry book designed to foster positive, constructive forms of expression as a service to school community members.



Habonim Dror Camp Moshava

• Kitchen Director; Counselor

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2011

  Supervised a staff of six to perform all food preparation and execution; received ServSafe certification to run daily operations of a kitchen feeding between 175-200 people at an overnight summer camp.Developed, organized, and supervised educational and daily recreational activities for both campers and counselors in collaboration with other staff members. Supervised a staff of six to perform all food preparation and execution; received ServSafe certification to run daily operations of a kitchen feeding between 175-200 people at an overnight summer camp.Developed, organized, and supervised educational and daily recreational activities for both campers and counselors in collaboration with other staff members.



The Sierra Club

• Lead Campus Organizer

  • Aug 2010 - Nov 2010

  Organized and mobilized students to participate in a national campaign at Penn State University to encourage college students to vote in the 2010 mid-term elections.Planned and executed events at the field level and worked with other organizers across the country to increase the youth voter turnout. Organized and mobilized students to participate in a national campaign at Penn State University to encourage college students to vote in the 2010 mid-term elections.Planned and executed events at the field level and worked with other organizers across the country to increase the youth voter turnout.