Experience

ACLU of Wisconsin

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

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present



University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Chair, Women's & Gender Studies

  • Jul 2020 - Jan 2022

  Engineered, partnered, and built support structures for students, alum, and unit members via robust and reflective mentoring. Executed budgetary and unit management strategies to maximize resources and increase team member capabilities by maintaining open-door relationships. Built multi-state network through DEI hosting events, identified tactical DEI partnerships on and off campus, devised relationship-building strategies across divisions, institutional roles, and campus constituencies. • Co-chaired Consortium at system level, providing cross-functional leadership of advanced system-level taskforce work on caregiving during pandemic with a focus on marginalized workers and non-discrimination across role and ability. • Expedited development of Rapid Response team for hate and bias incidents with Dean of Students, partner of ICBC RealCollege team addressing basic needs of students • Headed team of 17 educational professionals across varied DEI skill and experience levels by effective coaching, mentorship and modeling healthy behavior and boundaries. • Secured 15% revenue growth in 3 months, plus an additional 18% growth in next 4 months despite 14% reduction in instructional staff budget. • Facilitated a $10,000 unit-specific donation to support student scholarships • Outpaced benchmarks for enrollment, programming, and community engagement by delivered equity-minded teaching and learning training on Universal Design, feminist and racial justice pedagogy Show less



Propel ATL

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice Board Consultant

  • 2021 - 2021

  Served as expert DEIJ analyst, assessment coordinator, trainer, strategic developer for Executive Committee and Board during transitional period. Provided diagnostic assessments which capitalized on organizational will to transform culture, resulting in increased cultural awareness via intersectional DEIJ training. Key Achievements: • Collaboration on $15,000 project to assess and train Board toward mobility justice focused on race, class, and disability • Designed and executed assessment of acute, critical, and long-term needs in consultation with clients • Produced and delivered accessible DEIJ training for executive management in organization, strategic DEI interventions for implementation across Board roles during transitional period Show less



Higher Education Institutions

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Executive Management Consultant & Speaker

  • 2021 - 2021

  Slippery Rock University, Edinboro University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Western Integrated Project PASSHE Tailored relatable, accessible and motivational executive-level DEI training. Consulted and formulated strategic plan preparation through partner-reflection methodology across scope, scale, and readiness of audience, including president, cabinet-level professionals, on- and off-campus thought leaders, students and alum. Key Achievements: • Developed and delivered 2 half-day strategic focal workshops on DEI training and advanced re-training for intimate groups of 10 to 20 executive management, thought leaders, and human resources professionals, and broad campus community groups across roles, units, and levels of experience up to 80 participants • Curated, designed and executed trainings and workshops with a tight time-to-deadline turnaround resulting in 16 hours of presentation across 7 teams of clients within 9 months, including 3 second-stage trainings Show less



SUNY Oneonta

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2020

  Developed sustainable, collaborative, and integrated DEI project management network. Led campus DEI efforts for enhanced student engagement with DEI co-curricular learning opportunities. Key Achievements: • United fragmented and informal DEI labor resulting in robust DEI team formation of 40 committed professionals by developing DEI allyship support network, and strengthening DEI academic departments via multiple tenure-track hires • Developed graduation requirement and reinvigoration co-curricular rewards system, developing equity-based work and student policies, inclusivity and workplace anti-bias training, and annual DEI conference development and execution for 300+ attendees • Launched student DEI research-activist series focused through community building and anti-violence lens resulting in over 125 attendees annually, developing “difficult conversations” de-escalation training for campus community with 250 attendees, mentored 15 students to host productive campus-wide conversation addressing sexual violence crisis resulting in policy changes • Secured launch-to-nine-month revenue of $135,000 with positive external and internal assessments in preparation for accreditation by Middle States Commission on Higher Education Show less



Indiana University Bloomington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Instructor & Doctoral Candidate

  • Aug 2010 - Jun 2016

  Created 2 new organizational units focused on DEI advocacy as well as professional mentorship for marginalized students; DEI and Student Academic Affairs leadership positions in governance. Key Achievements: • Reformulated 5 anti-bias reporting procedures and team protocols to address intersectional issues across disability, gender, race, religion, and sexuality teams, as well as best practices trainings for transgender initiative addressing names, pronouns, gender presentation, and identity for 100 student development, registrar, and bursar professionals • Gave 35 presentations, tailored to audiences of 10 to 2,000 both in-person and online, with high-volume delivery of 675+ hours of teaching and training across DEI topics • Awarded $76,000 for research and teaching on power, oppression, and DEI Show less