Experience

Regarding Cancer

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jul 2021 - Present



Refugee Services of Texas

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  As CEO, I lead a statewide organization dedicated to help displaced people throughout Texas. Refugee Services of Texas is a not-for-profit social service agency guided by principles of human compassion and dignity committed to providing quality services for refugees, asylees and related vulnerable populations. With five social service centers located in Amarillo, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, RST provides resettlement services and social services programs tailored to meet the needs of their individual clients and respective communities.



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2006 - Present

  Taught courses on development and financial management at the Graduate School of Social Work "Grant Development and Fund Raising in Human Services" - Spring 2006, Summer 2006, Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, and Fall 2016."Financial Management in Human Services" - Summer 2017, Fall 2017 and Summer 2018 Taught courses on development and financial management at the Graduate School of Social Work "Grant Development and Fund Raising in Human Services" - Spring 2006, Summer 2006, Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, and Fall 2016."Financial Management in Human Services" - Summer 2017, Fall 2017 and Summer 2018



Austin Child Guidance Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Nov 2010 - Jun 2018

  • Responsible for all aspects of running non-profit organization dedicated to providing mental health services to children and families, including: management of thirty employees; long and short-term planning; budgeting; public policy; board relations, including recruitment of new members and staffing of committees; development of new and innovative programs; conflict resolution; public relations; recruitment and hiring of new staff• Responsible for all fundraising, including grant writing, government funding requests, special events, cultivation of individual donors, corporate giving requests, and development of new funding sources



ED Lab

• Co-founder / Presenter / Consultant

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2017

  Developed and presented a series of leadership workshops with two Executive Director colleagues that includes curricula on: Development; Financial Management; Leading People / Managing Change; Strategic Planning; Governance; Marketing, PR, and Branding; Community Engagement; and Evaluation.Presented as both "Non-Profit Bootcamp" through the University of Texas Graduate School of Social Work's continuing education program and as "ED Lab" through the RGK Center at the LBJ School. NP Bootcamp is geared to social workers and is structured as a once-a-month full-day training session over the year. ED Lab was a three-day intensive curriculum geared toward rising non-profit leaders.



Austin ISD School Health Advisory Council

• SHAC Member; chair of Social, Emotional & Behavioral Health sub-committee

  • Jan 2015 - May 2016

  Volunteer position on School Health Advisory Council for the school district. Volunteer position on School Health Advisory Council for the school district.



First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jun 2012 - May 2015



Austin Groups for the Elderly

• Board Member

  • 2007 - Dec 2011



YouthLaunch

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2006 - Oct 2010



OneStar Foundation

• Director of National Service

  • Jan 2005 - Oct 2005



Harris County Department of Education

• United States
• Education Management
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Head Start Director

  • Aug 1999 - Dec 2004



Alzheimer's Association®

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Executive Director

  • Oct 1998 - Aug 1999

• Director of Finance

  • Dec 1997 - Aug 1999



Houston A+ Challenge

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Dec 1996 - Dec 1997

  First employee of Houston Annenberg Challenge. Set up office, systems, hired employees, helped implement first rounds of grants given for school reform. First employee of Houston Annenberg Challenge. Set up office, systems, hired employees, helped implement first rounds of grants given for school reform.



Writers In The Schools

• Associate Director

  • Aug 1991 - Nov 1996



United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Campaign Supervisor

  • May 1990 - Aug 1991