Director, Career and Professional Success

• Jul 2020 - Present

Adjunct Lecturer

• Aug 2018 - Present

Instructor for First Year Experience course (Fall 2018 and 2019) and Career Planning course (Fall and Spring semesters)

Lean Six Sigma

• Jun 2019 - Present

• Facilitated a seven member team of 5 key offices in a LEAN process, improving new student on boarding to make certain a more simplified and well-run orientation and course selection process that improves students’ first point of contact with the university• Overhauled an approval process utilizing LEAN, resulting in a more streamlined 100% online system improving utilization for key end users, reducing administrative labor hours, and improving approval completion time from weeks to a couple of days Show less

Internship Coordinator

• Oct 2017 - Jul 2020

• Overhauled an approval process utilizing LEAN, resulting in a more streamlined 100% online system improving utilization for key end users, reducing administrative labor hours, and improving approval completion time from weeks to a couple of days• Manage and facilitate multiple evaluative touchpoints with employers to ensure performance evaluation for 100+ student interns at 90+ companies annually• Coach and advise students and alumni in career development and job/internship searching for a student body of approximately 800 students• Design and implement an outreach and strategic marketing plan to increase student participation in seeking internship opportunities• Co-organized two large scale career recruitment events each semester resulting in engagement of 75 employers and over 160 student and alumni attendees• Develop and manage partner contracts each semester. Review contracts for language, insurance and other specifics—secure appropriate levels of approval• Collaborate with 50+ faculty and staff to ensure visibility and utilization of the career center’s services• Spearhead the development of new evaluation for interns, concentrating on core career competencies to better align students’ skill development with industry need, resulting in more direct feedback and personal awareness of student learners• Forge for-profit, nonprofit, and government employer relations to help build on-campus brand recognition for organizations in order to meet their recruitment needs by connecting students to internships and post-graduation opportunities • Collect, maintain, and interpret evaluation and internship placement data to identify trends to capitalize on and gaps/challenges to be addressed with continuous improvement strategies• Evaluate, triage and approve or decline over 50+ internship job posting daily safeguarding compliance with university posting policies Show less

Education and Outreach Coordinator of The Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program (SHARPP)

• Sep 2008 - Oct 2017

• Increased programmatic reach with workshops, trainings and events resulting in an increase of student engagement of 5,000-7,000 students annually to 20,000+ in a five year period • Counsel students, faculty and staff directly and indirectly impacted by sexual and domestic violence, providing trauma-informed services through an empowerment model and advocacy on a campus of 13,000 undergraduates, 3,000 graduate and 2,000 staff/faculty • Orchestrated collaboration with 25+ cross functional departments internal to UNH and dozens of other external partners on the local and statewide level to ensure systems improvements and advocacy • Co-founder of Innovative Leadership and Education Amongst Peers (iLEAP), certification program for peer education in areas of wellness, diversity and violence prevention • Design, implement and evaluate over 20 unique in person prevention training, educational curriculums and passive programming activities – facilitating over 100+ programs each academic year that follow a public health model • Develop an annual campus wide prevention and education plan to strategically target population segments that are high-risk and underserved in order to increase prevention and education reach • Conduct needs assessments through focus groups and survey’s to inform strategic focus of programming efforts • Recruit, train, supervise and mentor a volunteer pool of 100+ students over a four year period • Cultivated the development of student leadership by supervising a team of up to 3 Outreach Assistants annually • Designed educational materials and activities to reach various levels of audiences from students to faculty/staff, and campus leadership • Capture all required programmatic inputs and outputs to report all data as required by local, state and federal policy Show less

Education and Outreach Coordinator

• Oct 2005 - Sep 2008

Education and Outreach Coordinator June 2006-September 2008 • Design and implement education and prevention programming to K-12 public schools and other youth focused organizations • Design and implement training for first responders, community members, agencies, and civic groups • Network with Greater Manchester community partners to increase awareness and accessibility of victim’s services • Coordinate 40-hour orientation training for staff and volunteers several times throughout year, providing advocates the required state confidentiality under RSA 173-C • Recruit train and supervise interns • Serve as YWCA representation in community mobilization efforts • Coordinate large scale events for the Greater Manchester area • Provide trauma informed direct services and case management to the diverse population of Manchester and Derry, NH • Serve as a YWCA representative of the Manchester Youth Violence Prevention Committee and the Child Advocacy Center Case Review and Response Team • Maintain all federal, state and local data requirements for grant funding Derry Direct Service Advocate February 2006-June 2006 • Provide trauma informed direct service and case management to victims of domestic and sexual violence via telephone or in person • Facilitate domestic violence support group • First responder to the Rockingham Child Advocacy Center to provide information and support to non-offending parent/guardian and child Shelter Advocate October 2005-February 2006 • Provide trauma informed direct service and case management to survivors and their children housed at the confidential domestic violence shelter • Worked with residents on case management and personal/systems advocacy to ensure access to all necessary services • Insured compliance of all policies and procedures at shelter • Interim Shelter Manager (April 2006 – June 2006) Show less