Experience

Rome Floyd Chamber

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

• Board Member

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Rome, GA - Represent Berry College on the Rome-Floyd Chamber of Commerce Board - Strengthen partnerships and job/internship recruiting pipelines with local employers - Serve on the "Workforce Education" subcommittee



Berry College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Dean of Personal & Professional Development

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  Rome, Georgia - Lead Berry’s Center for Personal & Professional Development (CPPD) providing vision, goals, and support for 8 full time staffers and 30+ student workers - Serve on the President's Cabinet, help to set and review Berry College's institutional goals, strategic plans, and campus policies. Regularly present to the Berry Board of Trustees on CPPD-focused initiatives - Lead the “LifeWorks Optimization Project”, an agile-based, multi-year, cross-divisional project to strategically improve… Show more - Lead Berry’s Center for Personal & Professional Development (CPPD) providing vision, goals, and support for 8 full time staffers and 30+ student workers - Serve on the President's Cabinet, help to set and review Berry College's institutional goals, strategic plans, and campus policies. Regularly present to the Berry Board of Trustees on CPPD-focused initiatives - Lead the “LifeWorks Optimization Project”, an agile-based, multi-year, cross-divisional project to strategically improve student work operations, supervisor support/training, and student professional development / career-readiness initiatives. - Establish and expand Berry’s “Career Development Network” to foster stronger partnerships between CPPD and the Deans, faculty, and students within each of Berry’s 4 schools. To date, we've increased student engagement in career advising from 12% to 25-30% each year. - Oversee employer engagement staff/initiatives and establish stronger job/internship pipelines with strategic employers. To date, we have grown Berry’s "Community & Industry Work Partnership" job/internship program by over 20% (i.e., student participation and budget relief) - Develop and teach a series of BCC courses (e.g., “Exploring Self, Majors & Careers”, “Designing Your College & Career" to support Berry students as they explore, articulate, and pursue purposeful life goals. - Establish an industry-aligned First Destination survey and database to more effectively collect, analyze, and report on the outcomes of Berry graduates. To date, our efforts have resulted in rates that are typically 10-20% higher than other private 4 year institutions each year (In 2022, we had a 99% positive outcomes & 89% knowledge rate). - Lead the “LifeWorks SUPER 100 Initiative”, recruiting over 100 supervisors to pilot a new career competency-based evaluation (from SkillSurvey) with their student workers - Speak to hundreds of prospective students and parents at over a dozen admissions events each year Show less



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Facilitator, Life Design Studio for University Educators

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  Life Design Lab - Provided life design coaching for hundreds of higher education professionals at 6+ Stanford’s Life Design Studios for University Educators (2019-23) - Invited to be a "Life Design Trailblazer", sharing best practices, insights, and proprietary life design tools with members of Stanford's life design community (2019-21) - Wrote a case study entitled "Leveraging Life Design to Promote Parallel Planning Among First Year Students" to describe how Michigan state University used life design… Show more - Provided life design coaching for hundreds of higher education professionals at 6+ Stanford’s Life Design Studios for University Educators (2019-23) - Invited to be a "Life Design Trailblazer", sharing best practices, insights, and proprietary life design tools with members of Stanford's life design community (2019-21) - Wrote a case study entitled "Leveraging Life Design to Promote Parallel Planning Among First Year Students" to describe how Michigan state University used life design to enhance student engagement at New Student Orientation and college/career planning during the UGS First Year Seminar courses. Show less



Michigan State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Purpose & Career Design Consultant

  • Oct 2017 - Oct 2019

  East Lansing, Michigan 48864 - Co-chaired MSU’s Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education’s student success-focused “Purpose Pillar” for 3 years: created the committee structure, recruited members, led meetings, and shared progress reports - Set annual strategic goals to coordinate the Purpose Pillar’s research, institutional benchmarking, student assessment, and stakeholder engagement initiatives - Created a purpose and career design curriculum for MSU’s 2019-20 First Year Seminars - Consulted with faculty… Show more - Co-chaired MSU’s Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education’s student success-focused “Purpose Pillar” for 3 years: created the committee structure, recruited members, led meetings, and shared progress reports - Set annual strategic goals to coordinate the Purpose Pillar’s research, institutional benchmarking, student assessment, and stakeholder engagement initiatives - Created a purpose and career design curriculum for MSU’s 2019-20 First Year Seminars - Consulted with faculty, academic specialists, and career consultants from 12 MSU colleges to integrate purpose development and life design into their respective curricula - Trained Career Services Staff in purpose development and life-design frameworks - Piloted a “Designing Your MSU” program for MSU’s redesigned New Student Orientation program to help incoming students identify some of the most common career myths and to engage in proactive career exploration and goal-setting activities - Co-led a “parallel planning with purpose” initiative to facilitate the transitions of pre-nursing and pre-business students who did not get into their limited enrollment majors - Developed innovative tools, models, and presentations to help students explore/articulate their emerging sense of purpose and connect it to their professional goals - Provided career advising for 250+ MSU students from all majors - Gave 50+ career education-oriented presentations and workshops for MSU classes, student organizations, and off-campus professional development events - Led team to create and collect a student needs assessment at the 2018 Diversity Career Fair; presented findings, and made recommendations to Career Services leadership - Piloted an innovative “Career Coaching” program to provide hundreds of students with just-in-time professional development support/services at 5 campus-wide career fairs each year - Co-created new assessment models and rubrics to evaluate the efficacy of purpose and career development initiatives/programs

• Career Counsultant

  • Mar 2017 - Jun 2018

  College of Social Science - Co-created inaugural Social Science week programs and events to connect 30+ alumni and 60+ students, and solicited career-related feedback from select employers and alumni. - Improved the College of Social Sciences (CSS) Destination Survey knowledge rate to 83% (from 76) by developing a strategy for collecting 1000+ destination cards at commencement. - Presented mission-critical data points from the CSS Destination Survey report to key Social Science stakeholders, including Deans… Show more - Co-created inaugural Social Science week programs and events to connect 30+ alumni and 60+ students, and solicited career-related feedback from select employers and alumni. - Improved the College of Social Sciences (CSS) Destination Survey knowledge rate to 83% (from 76) by developing a strategy for collecting 1000+ destination cards at commencement. - Presented mission-critical data points from the CSS Destination Survey report to key Social Science stakeholders, including Deans, department chairs, and unit directors. - Proposed and developed a CSS Career Peer program and oversaw the hiring, training, supervision, and assessment of 6 CSS Career Peers. - Created a “Hot Jobs & internships List” to highlight key opportunities for each CSS major - Led a diverse team of of MSU colleagues to re-design the Career Services presentation suite into a multi-purpose creative space. - Gave presentations for CSN workshops, CSS classes/student organizations, and off-campus professional development events - Co-organized the “Social Justice & the Arts” and "Careers in Helping Professions" Career Exposure series

• Program Manager

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2017

  Center for Service-Learning & Community Engagement - Supported MSU's Center for Service Learning & Civic Engagement (CSLCE) through educational programming, event planning, networking, marketing & communications - Led the CSLCE team through a strategic planning process, articulating new organizational/brand values, annual goals, & service standards - Redesigned/managed the CSLCE’s brand & communications strategy, including the website, blog, social media sites, promotional materials, & publications. - Supervised CSLCE staff & devised… Show more - Supported MSU's Center for Service Learning & Civic Engagement (CSLCE) through educational programming, event planning, networking, marketing & communications - Led the CSLCE team through a strategic planning process, articulating new organizational/brand values, annual goals, & service standards - Redesigned/managed the CSLCE’s brand & communications strategy, including the website, blog, social media sites, promotional materials, & publications. - Supervised CSLCE staff & devised necessary professional development strategies - Co-taught a class on student leadership & regularly gave presentations on topics including: “Exploring Your Vocation Through Volunteering”, “Tell Me a Story: Narrative as a Communication Strategy”, & “Promoting Narrative Learning (Via 6 Word Stories)” - Presented on topics focused on student development & community engagement at several national & regional conferences (e.g., NASPA, Michigan Campus Compact) - Managed research projects aimed at promoting/evaluating student development (e.g., “Flint Volunteer Orientation: An Asset-Based Approach to Community Engagement”) - Created a bi-annual Community Partner Workshop program to develop relationships, capacity, & support for non-profit agencies in Greater Lansing and Flint, MI. - Co-led the “MSU Partners for Flint” initiative, creating relationships & infrastructure to connect community partners in Flint with MSU faculty/student volunteers on camp - Fostered greater levels of inter-divisional collaboration & student engagement through innovative on-campus programming (e.g., Student Affairs Fall-a-Palooza) - Created the first Community Engaged Learning Index, an annual campus-wide report - Represented CSLCE on several campus committees & community boards - Advised the MSU Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega (APO), a national service fraternity

• Community Liaison Assistant

  • Aug 2013 - Jan 2015

  University-Community Relations / Governmental Affairs - Enhanced relationships and communication between key stakeholders in East Lansing City Government, community members, MSU administrators, & college students - Recruited Neighborhood Partners for the Community Relations Coalition (CRC) and taught them necessary community building & intern mentoring skills - Trained CRC interns, honing their community development concepts and skills - Designed communication assets and marketing strategies that increased awareness, website traffic, &… Show more - Enhanced relationships and communication between key stakeholders in East Lansing City Government, community members, MSU administrators, & college students - Recruited Neighborhood Partners for the Community Relations Coalition (CRC) and taught them necessary community building & intern mentoring skills - Trained CRC interns, honing their community development concepts and skills - Designed communication assets and marketing strategies that increased awareness, website traffic, & engagement for MSU's College Life: East Lansing program - Created a successful messaging campaign for MSU's Celebrations committee - Wrote/won a Campus Election Engagement Project grant to fund MSU’s YouVote



Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Augusta

• Director of Marketing

  • Jul 2012 - Aug 2015

  - Developed new strategies to strengthen marketing, sales, and customer relations, resulting in a 16% increase in sales and a 28% increase in social media traffic. - Supervised marketing projects utilizing website, social media, and promotional materials. - Developed popular marketing campaigns that were featured in, and subsequently used by, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives national communications division. - Established new policies and procedures to more effectively collect feedback… Show more - Developed new strategies to strengthen marketing, sales, and customer relations, resulting in a 16% increase in sales and a 28% increase in social media traffic. - Supervised marketing projects utilizing website, social media, and promotional materials. - Developed popular marketing campaigns that were featured in, and subsequently used by, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives national communications division. - Established new policies and procedures to more effectively collect feedback and track referrals from new and existing customers. Show less



Central Presbyterian Church

• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of College & Vocation

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2012

  St Louis, MO - Recruited to develop an innovative and integrated college and vocation formation ministry within Central Presbyterian Church. - Developed vocational formational programs to help college students’ articulate their purpose and calling, explore career options, secure internships, and identify vocational mentors. - Led weekly adult education classes on “Calling, Work, & Vocation” to provide members with theological / Biblical frameworks to help them more deeply integrate their faith and… Show more - Recruited to develop an innovative and integrated college and vocation formation ministry within Central Presbyterian Church. - Developed vocational formational programs to help college students’ articulate their purpose and calling, explore career options, secure internships, and identify vocational mentors. - Led weekly adult education classes on “Calling, Work, & Vocation” to provide members with theological / Biblical frameworks to help them more deeply integrate their faith and work. - Piloted “Vocare” small groups to facilitate vocational reflection, discussion, and networking among members in similar professions (e.g., medicine, education, law, government) - Spoke publicly in front of 200-1500 people on a weekly basis. - Conducted a vocational formation benchmarking project to learn more about the various types and associated outcomes of vocational ministries at other similar large churches.

• Director of College Central / WU Campus Minister

  • Jul 2005 - Aug 2012

  St Louis, MO - Promoted from Washington University Campus Minister to oversee all college ministries on three different St. Louis metro campuses (e.g., St Louis University, Webster University) - Mentored dozens of college students and facilitated their vocational/career development. - Improved organizational infrastructure/processes to promote better communication and stronger connections between key campus, church, and community stakeholders. - Reported relevant data on student trends, strategic… Show more - Promoted from Washington University Campus Minister to oversee all college ministries on three different St. Louis metro campuses (e.g., St Louis University, Webster University) - Mentored dozens of college students and facilitated their vocational/career development. - Improved organizational infrastructure/processes to promote better communication and stronger connections between key campus, church, and community stakeholders. - Reported relevant data on student trends, strategic initiatives, and program outcomes to strategic partners, supervisors, committees and boards. - Advised hundreds of Washington University (WU) students through their career decisions, academic struggles, & life transitions - Trained dozens of WU students & interns in peer mentoring & vocational development - Facilitated WU programs including move-in days, activity fairs, & special events - Advised hundreds of Washington University (WU) students in their career decisions, academic challenges, spiritual growth, and life transitions. - Collaborated with WU students, staff, and faculty to host lectures/panels on campus. - Organized campus events to foster diversity & dialogue between student groups - Co-created a “Mercy & Justice” program to facilitate and coordinate regular student-led community service projects in/across St Louis. - Organized annual Alternative Spring Break Service trips (both domestic and international).

• Director of Family Ministries

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2012

  - Promoted to oversee seven large ministries (e.g., college, children, youth, parents) that directly impacted/engaged three-quarters of church members (approximately 1,500 people). - Facilitated the hiring, training, and professional development of 18 employees (13 full-time, 5 part-time staffers). - Managed multiple ministry budgets totaling $670,000. - Prepared and executed a modified personnel budget of $200,000 (for a savings of $50,000) - Designed multiple staff training… Show more - Promoted to oversee seven large ministries (e.g., college, children, youth, parents) that directly impacted/engaged three-quarters of church members (approximately 1,500 people). - Facilitated the hiring, training, and professional development of 18 employees (13 full-time, 5 part-time staffers). - Managed multiple ministry budgets totaling $670,000. - Prepared and executed a modified personnel budget of $200,000 (for a savings of $50,000) - Designed multiple staff training opportunities including retreats, seminars and manuals.

• Director of Student Ministries

  • Jun 2009 - Jun 2011

  St Louis, MO - Led the Central Student Ministry team through a year-long strategic planning and re-organization process which resulted in significantly higher levels of team morale, ministry collaboration, student engagement, and parental support. - Hired & professionally developed a CSM staff team of 12 people - Designed staff training opportunities including retreats, seminars & manuals - Created a popular “College Prep 101” curriculum for High School Seniors - Organized a ‘Student Research… Show more - Led the Central Student Ministry team through a year-long strategic planning and re-organization process which resulted in significantly higher levels of team morale, ministry collaboration, student engagement, and parental support. - Hired & professionally developed a CSM staff team of 12 people - Designed staff training opportunities including retreats, seminars & manuals - Created a popular “College Prep 101” curriculum for High School Seniors - Organized a ‘Student Research Project‘ in 2011 (To evaluate the effectiveness of Central’s Student program through student interviews, focus groups, surveys, etc) - Implemented changes in Student group that increased student involvement by 35% - Reported focus group findings/data on student trends, strategic initiatives, & program outcomes to key partners, supervisors, committees & boards



Covenant Theological Seminary

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2012 - May 2012

  St Louis, MO - Co-taught a class on "The Politics of Ministry Practice" - Graded papers and provided students with written feedback - Advised some students who had questions about the class and curriculum