Experience

Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWA)

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

• Education Program Director

  • Dec 2012 - Present

  Provide leadership assuring quality performance of ReWA’s adult education, naturalization, community health, Workfirst childcare training programs. This included: - Supervision of up to 15 staff members across five programs - Grant writing to maintain and grow funding for programs - Overseeing a $450,000 budget Provide leadership assuring quality performance of ReWA’s adult education, naturalization, community health, Workfirst childcare training programs. This included: - Supervision of up to 15 staff members across five programs - Grant writing to maintain and grow funding for programs - Overseeing a $450,000 budget



Sound Facilitated Solutions

• Greater Seattle Area

• Owner

  • Feb 2011 - Jun 2015

  Helped non-profits, public and faith-based organizations to achieve their goals through the provision of the following: - Meeting Facilitation, - Strategic & Action Planning, - Dispute Management, - Grant Writing Helped non-profits, public and faith-based organizations to achieve their goals through the provision of the following: - Meeting Facilitation, - Strategic & Action Planning, - Dispute Management, - Grant Writing



City of Seattle, Office of Policy and Management

• Greater Seattle Area

• Executive Manager / Senior Policy Advisor

  • Jun 2006 - Dec 2009

  Served as a key advisor on Mayor’s Senior Staff regarding human services issues related to the following: - homelessness, - refugees & immigrants, - youth violence prevention Supervised a staff of up to 3.5 FTEs Served as a key advisor on Mayor’s Senior Staff regarding human services issues related to the following: - homelessness, - refugees & immigrants, - youth violence prevention Supervised a staff of up to 3.5 FTEs



City of Seattle, Domestic & Sexual Violence Prevention Office

• Greater Seattle Area

• Director

  • May 2004 - Jun 2006

  Oversaw the office responsible for funding community-based agencies that served victims of domestic violence, as well as batterers. This involved managing a $3 million budget, supervising a staff of 5 FTEs, and staffing the City's Domestic Violence Prevention Councils. Office responsibilities included: - planning services - contract administration - training services Oversaw the office responsible for funding community-based agencies that served victims of domestic violence, as well as batterers. This involved managing a $3 million budget, supervising a staff of 5 FTEs, and staffing the City's Domestic Violence Prevention Councils. Office responsibilities included: - planning services - contract administration - training services



City of Seattle, Human Services Department

• Greater Seattle Area

• Strategic Advisory - Community & Intergovernmental Relations

  • Dec 2000 - May 2004

  Provided leadership for the Department’s community and intergovernmental efforts in the following areas: - State and Federal legislation - Community involvement processes - Regional budget issues Provided leadership for the Department’s community and intergovernmental efforts in the following areas: - State and Federal legislation - Community involvement processes - Regional budget issues