Experience

BMS Family Health and Wellness Centers

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager for Fund Development and Grants

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  In my current capacity, I am preparing funding requests for federal, state and local government grants (Health Resources and Services Administration, New York State Department of Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene among others). I am also overseeing preparations for site visits by federal compliance officers, which involves collecting, reviewing and leading processes to update dozens of policy documents. In my current capacity, I am preparing funding requests for federal, state and local government grants (Health Resources and Services Administration, New York State Department of Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene among others). I am also overseeing preparations for site visits by federal compliance officers, which involves collecting, reviewing and leading processes to update dozens of policy documents.



Union Settlement

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Grant Writer

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2021

  In my capacity as Senior Gant Writer at Union Settlement, I helped raise more than $7 million in grants from foundations, corporations and government funding sources. I wrote proposals and reports for a range of programmatic areas, including early childhood education, youth services, adult education, senior services, mental health and small business development. I worked as part of a six member Department of Development and Communications. In my capacity as Senior Gant Writer at Union Settlement, I helped raise more than $7 million in grants from foundations, corporations and government funding sources. I wrote proposals and reports for a range of programmatic areas, including early childhood education, youth services, adult education, senior services, mental health and small business development. I worked as part of a six member Department of Development and Communications.



Tinker Foundation Inc.

• United States
• Research

• Program Officer

  • Dec 2007 - Apr 2015

  - Responsible for Democratic Governance and Education program areas. Evaluated proposals from non-governmental organizations, universities and think tanks throughout Latin America and in the United States and make funding recommendations to staff and Board of Directors.- Collaborated with current and prospective grantees to develop and refine policy-related projects to promote and facilitate reforms and improvements in public education, public security and access to justice in Latin America.- Oversaw Tinker Visiting Professorship endowments at five universities and act as ex-oficio member of selection committees.- Traveled throughout Latin America to conduct site visits and program evaluations, represent the Foundation at grant funded events and meet with representatives from civil society, government, academia and the media. Show less

• Program Associate

  • Jul 2001 - Nov 2007

  - Co-managed the Economic Policy and Governance program areas with senior colleagues.- Maintained grants database and prepared grant documentation.- Ensured grantee compliance with program guidelines and reporting requirements.- Administered Tinker Field Research Grants program.



Columbia University School of Social Work

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager

  • Jan 1999 - Oct 2000

  - Worked with researchers at several universities to develop data collection instruments and protocols for a multi-city study of infants in poor single-mother families. - Oversaw CATI data collection for household survey of social indicators in New York City, created data files from raw data, wrote program to estimate missing values and create weights, and wrote technical documents. - Interviewed directors and staff of hunger relief programs in New York City for a foundation-funded evaluation. Show less



Steinhardt School of Education, New York University

• Research Coordinator

  • Sep 1997 - Aug 1998

  - Helped design and select measures for a longitudinal study of peer relations among public high school students in New York City - Coordinated subject recruitment and data collection, oversaw data entry by work-study students, conducted qualitative interviews and performed data analysis. - Co-wrote papers with Principal Investigator for conferences and publication. - Helped design and select measures for a longitudinal study of peer relations among public high school students in New York City - Coordinated subject recruitment and data collection, oversaw data entry by work-study students, conducted qualitative interviews and performed data analysis. - Co-wrote papers with Principal Investigator for conferences and publication.



Advocates for Children of New York

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern/Consultant

  • Sep 1995 - May 1997

  - Assisted agency staff with securing multi-year funding for project to develop resources and mechanisms to enable immigrant school parents in Queens to advocate for their children. - Observed implementation of project and wrote first-year report to funding agency. - Provided orientation and assistance to parents confronting problems with their child's education. - Assisted agency staff with securing multi-year funding for project to develop resources and mechanisms to enable immigrant school parents in Queens to advocate for their children. - Observed implementation of project and wrote first-year report to funding agency. - Provided orientation and assistance to parents confronting problems with their child's education.



New York University, Department of Psychology

• Graduate Assistant

  • Sep 1993 - May 1996

  - Edited, cleaned, coded and analyzed data from interviews with several hundred homeless families and poor housed families in New York City. - Supervised tutorial students. - Managed a team of teaching assistants for Introduction to Psychology course. - Acted as teaching assistant for various undergraduate psychology courses. - Edited, cleaned, coded and analyzed data from interviews with several hundred homeless families and poor housed families in New York City. - Supervised tutorial students. - Managed a team of teaching assistants for Introduction to Psychology course. - Acted as teaching assistant for various undergraduate psychology courses.



Department of Epidemiology, Montefiore Medical Center

• Project Coordinator

  • Feb 1992 - Aug 1993

  - Developed recruitment strategies to enroll HIV positive women in multi-site study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - Supervised data collection by two interviewers and a nurse practitioner. - Developed recruitment strategies to enroll HIV positive women in multi-site study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - Supervised data collection by two interviewers and a nurse practitioner.



Victims Services Agency

• United States
• Mental Health Care

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 1990 - Feb 1992

  - Developed protocols and collected data from social service agency records of sexually abused children and interviewed parents and child victims. - Recruited and interviewed female rape and assault victims and their parents. - Developed protocols and collected data from social service agency records of sexually abused children and interviewed parents and child victims. - Recruited and interviewed female rape and assault victims and their parents.



Lenox Hill Neighborhood Association

• Case Manager

  • Aug 1988 - Apr 1990

  - Assisted homebound elderly clients with obtaining entitlements and home attendant services - Provided psychosocial support - Assisted homebound elderly clients with obtaining entitlements and home attendant services - Provided psychosocial support