Experience

Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• AOC Program Manager

  • Aug 2014 - Present


Goodwill of Central Arizona

• United States
• Retail

• Career Advisor

  • Dec 2013 - Aug 2014

  Co-managed the day-to-day operations of a Goodwill Career Center including: serving over 1,500 job seekers; providing career guidance and coaching; professional resume development and critiquing; performing a daily search for open job opportunities for job seekers; practicing interviewing techniques; holding on-site job fairs Co-managed the day-to-day operations of a Goodwill Career Center including: serving over 1,500 job seekers; providing career guidance and coaching; professional resume development and critiquing; performing a daily search for open job opportunities for job seekers; practicing interviewing techniques; holding on-site job fairs



Swift Transportation

• United States
• Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professional Driver

  • Nov 2011 - Dec 2013

  In pursuing a new career this professional was able to visit 42 States driving over 150,000 miles while maintaining a 100% safe driving and on time record In pursuing a new career this professional was able to visit 42 States driving over 150,000 miles while maintaining a 100% safe driving and on time record



Casey Family Programs

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Supervisor

  • May 2005 - Oct 2011

  Provided exceptional clinical supervision to six Masters level staff that were responsible for ensuring successful transition of young adults from foster care into adulthood; managed community program budgets and compliance requirements; served as a permanency expert, on a panel of child welfare professionals, in the Georgia Permanency Round Tables - reviewing 500 child welfare cases to help move children in the system 3 years or more to legal permanency

• Social Worker

  • Mar 1996 - May 2005

  Assisted over 80% of the youth I worked with to graduate high school or obtain a GED; created training for staff and families around Birth Family Work for foster youth; utilized facilitative leadership practices to improve the quality of meetings and interactions with youth, families, and staff; referred youth and families to appropriate resources utilizing extensive knowledge of community resources; employed best practice as a Family Group Decision Making Facilitator to improve the process of youth driven case planning Show less