Senior Director of Advocacy

• 2019 - Present

-Manage the growth and sustainability of the FPC Advocacy Programs, Restraining Order Clinic (RO), Hope & Healing Program (H&H), Russian-Speaking Family Strengthening Program (RFSP) , Sojourner Truth House Shelter, Children's Programming Department, and Community Domestic Abuse Advocacy Program (CDAAP). Senior Executive Team Member (including the agency’s CEO) overseeing daily operations of the agency, including the management of personnel, facilities, finances, and the center’s onsite partners. Management and oversight of the Associate Director of Advocacy and Advocacy Program Supervisor’s hiring, training and evaluation of advocacy program staff, interns and volunteers. Recruit, hire, train and evaluate all direct reports. Maintain and advance FPC Advocacy, Shelter, RO, H&H, Children's Programming, RFSP and CDAAP programs though high-level strategic partnerships and collaborations. Present community wide trainings/workshops in regard to domestic violence. Review, investigate and respond to client-related grievances. Oversee the development of program activities, safety and goal plans and collaborate with the other 14 onsite agency partners at the Family Peace Center as needed to meet client needs. Represent agency at various community meetings/events, especially those facilitated by systems-partners. Serve as an agency liaison to the Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department and other law enforcement jurisdictions, District Attorney’s Office, Family Court Commissioners, Judges, Prosecutors, etc. Show less

Director of Advocacy Programs

• 2014 - 2018

Managed the growth and sustainability of the Family Advocacy and Support Services program, District Attorney Victim Advocates program, Restraining Order Clinic, Beyond Abuse Program Refugee Family Strengthening Program and Community Domestic Abuse Advocacy Program. It may include other relevant or partnering projects, i.e. Drug Court, CPC and Children’s Court. Managed, oversaw and assisted the Advocacy Program Supervisor’s hiring, training and evaluation of advocacy program staff, interns and volunteers. Recruit, hire, train and evaluate all direct reports. Maintained and advanced FASS, RO, BA, DAVA, RFSP and CDAAP programs through high-level strategic partnerships and collaborations. Oversaw the development of program activities, safety and goal plans and collaborated with other agency programs as needed to meet client needs. Represented agency at various community meetings/events, especially those facilitated by systems-partners. Served as an agency liaison to the Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department and other law enforcement jurisdictions, District Attorney’s Office, Family Court Commissioners, Judges, Prosecutors, etc. Show less

Advocacy and Supervisor

• 2007 - 2014

Outreach Specialist

• 2003 - 2006

-Worked with the Southeastern Regional Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Center as part of a statewide CYSHCN Network that provides assistance to families and agencies in finding potential resources and information in order to assist families in accessing medical, educational, and financial services in eight counties. -Chairperson of the Jefferson County Hispanic Committee and Washington County Hispanic Committee. Addressing barriers that Latino families who have children with special health care needs have within each county and implementing solutions in collaboration with school, medical, and social service committee members. -Developed and monitored the "Volunteer Interpreter Project" that implements native or high fluent Spanish speaking students to be used as interpreters for social service agencies. The project is in collaboration with UW-Parkside and the Racine County Birth to Three Program, UW-Whitewater and the Jefferson County Health Department, Carroll College and the Waukesha County Birth to Three Program, and UW-Milwaukee and the Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Show less