Executive Director | Co-Founder

• Jan 2020 - Present

At the Institute for Collective Wellbeing, we believe that people, organizations, & communities can intentionally develop their highest potential through healing: The relationship between self and self (finding meaning and connection to a larger purpose) Self and others (co-creating equitable systems/cultures) Self and nature (co-creating systems/cultures that are in harmony with nature). At the Institute for Collective Wellbeing, we believe that people, organizations, & communities can intentionally develop their highest potential through healing: The relationship between self and self (finding meaning and connection to a larger purpose) Self and others (co-creating equitable systems/cultures) Self and nature (co-creating systems/cultures that are in harmony with nature).

President

• Jan 2019 - Present

ECE Partners, LLC is committed to exploring programmatic needs and challenges, creating plans that achieve meaningful change, and evaluating processes, impacts and results. ECE Partners, LLC is committed to exploring programmatic needs and challenges, creating plans that achieve meaningful change, and evaluating processes, impacts and results.

Founder

• Jan 2018 - Present

Lecturer

• 2020 - 2022

I advised and accompanied graduate students during their capstone projects for the Social Innovation and Sustainability Program. In this role, I taught content in areas including systems transformation, wellbeing frameworks and applied research and evaluation methodologies, as well as provided in-depth professional development and mentorship. Student brought topics from their work with organizations across sectors and found value in learning from each other throughout the course. I advised and accompanied graduate students during their capstone projects for the Social Innovation and Sustainability Program. In this role, I taught content in areas including systems transformation, wellbeing frameworks and applied research and evaluation methodologies, as well as provided in-depth professional development and mentorship. Student brought topics from their work with organizations across sectors and found value in learning from each other throughout the course.

Program | Social Impact Director

• Aug 2016 - Nov 2018

I directed Invest in Wisconsin, a collaborative of four leading Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in the state including: First American Capital Corporation (FACC), Forward Community Investments (FCI), Community Assets for People (CAfP) and the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC). Invest in Wisconsin is committed to expanding economic opportunities for low-income and people of color throughout Wisconsin. I directed Invest in Wisconsin, a collaborative of four leading Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in the state including: First American Capital Corporation (FACC), Forward Community Investments (FCI), Community Assets for People (CAfP) and the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC). Invest in Wisconsin is committed to expanding economic opportunities for low-income and people of color throughout Wisconsin.

Account Manager

• Jun 2015 - Jul 2016

While many are talking about improving health care outcomes, Forward Health Group (FHG) is actually doing it. FHG is equipping health care institutions across the country with the necessary tools to impact quality and financial outcomes in the new health care landscape. With its best-in-class data collection, validation and analytics tools, FHG’s PopulationManager® helps transform data from disparate sources into fuel to manage populations of patients, driving improvements in the quality outcomes equated with both clinical improvement and financial success. Show less

Conference Administer

• Sep 2014 - May 2015

Helping with the framing, design and organization of the 2015 UW Cooperative Extension All-Colleague Conference; communicating organizational policy as it pertains to the conference with colleagues throughout the organization; supporting professional relationships, transformational education and educational priorities throughout the conference design process.

Outreach Specialist, Program Development & Evaluation

• Jun 2013 - May 2015

Community-based research and evaluation to address the needs of underserved communities throughout Wisconsin.

Research and Evaluation Support

• Oct 2012 - Jun 2013

Support in the development and implementation of an evaluation for a community-based research project concerning the educational and social needs of rural Latino communities in Wisconsin.

Lecturer, School of Social Work

• Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

Teaching undergraduate and master's level coursework concerning social work practice with racial and ethnic communities. Teaching undergraduate and master's level coursework concerning social work practice with racial and ethnic communities.

Billingual Project Manager, Waisman Center

• Sep 2010 - Aug 2012

Coordinating a community-based autism education project for Latinos in Milwaukee. Project features partnership project between the Waisman Center and Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training and Support (FACETS). Coordinating a community-based autism education project for Latinos in Milwaukee. Project features partnership project between the Waisman Center and Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training and Support (FACETS).

Curriculum Advisor

• 2010 - 2012

Project Manager

• Jul 2007 - Jun 2010

Co-managed a community-based participatory research project that addressed cancer health disparities in 8 medically underserved racial and ethnic communities throughout Wisconsin. Co-managed a community-based participatory research project that addressed cancer health disparities in 8 medically underserved racial and ethnic communities throughout Wisconsin.