Experience

Calbright College

• Remote

• Project Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Present



Los Angeles Community College District

• Remote & Los Angeles, CA

• Director of Federal TRIO Student Support Services

  • Dec 2014 - Nov 2022

  • Provides leadership and strategic direction of the student support program, including planning, implementing and managing the daily program operations and supervising a staff of ten. • Accountable for fiscal management and oversight, including developing the budget and controlling expenditures for a federally funded program with an annual budget of $295,000. • Maintains knowledge of and ensures compliance of college and federal rules/regulations, establishing operational policies & procedures based on such knowledge; and preparing required reports. • Participated in the renewal writing of Dept. of Education grant for $1,238,000/five-years and wrote the WLAC Equity grant for TRIO SSS & CalWORKs to be awarded an additional $157,000. • Uses data to assess effectiveness of program activities, including identifying trends for future changes. Show less



YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles

• Remote & Los Angeles, CA

• Evaluation Consultant

  • Aug 2014 - Sep 2016

  • Lead five YMCA Directors and a team of 15 Youth & Government Program staff through a logic modeling process, which executives then used in program evaluation and grant writing. • Collaborated with Youth & Government Executive Team to develop Delegate Surveys, Parent Feedback Surveys, Delegate Public Speaking Rubrics, Media Tracking Logs, and Program Activity Logs. • Created databases, analyzed and created reports and developed training material for the Youth & Government staff. • Lead five YMCA Directors and a team of 15 Youth & Government Program staff through a logic modeling process, which executives then used in program evaluation and grant writing. • Collaborated with Youth & Government Executive Team to develop Delegate Surveys, Parent Feedback Surveys, Delegate Public Speaking Rubrics, Media Tracking Logs, and Program Activity Logs. • Created databases, analyzed and created reports and developed training material for the Youth & Government staff.



Hollywood, Health, and Society

• Remote & Beverly Hills, CA

• Project Manager & Data Analyst Consultant

  • Sep 2014 - Apr 2016

  • Managed 15 research assistants including hiring, training and monitoring work performance, and reliability. • Co-created an analytical framework with Disney's Executive Social & Corporate Responsibility Teams to develop the Pro-Social Be Inspired Disney Citizenship Framework. • Managed a database of over 400 network shows and conducted descriptive and reliability quantitative analysis (SPSS) by network, comparison show, and pro-social content area. • Prepared concise reports and presentations to be used by Disney for strategic programming decisions. Show less



United Way of Greater Los Angeles

• Remote & Los Angeles, CA

• Evaluation Consultant

  • Nov 2013 - Sep 2014

  • Collaborated with United Way Success by Six Director to restructure evaluation tools and capture programmatic change. • Trained three staff members on survey creation, excel database development, and program evaluation. • Performed archival analysis of budget histories and program expenditures help Director forecast budgets. • Collaborated with United Way Success by Six Director to restructure evaluation tools and capture programmatic change. • Trained three staff members on survey creation, excel database development, and program evaluation. • Performed archival analysis of budget histories and program expenditures help Director forecast budgets.



Harder+Company Community Research

• Greater Los Angeles Area

• Research Associate

  • Oct 2012 - Nov 2013

  • Interviewed & analyzed 33 administrative staff ranging from Chief Nursing Officers to the Directors of Maternity, 24 nurses and 5 focus groups with mothers who had given birth over the grant period. • Conducted quantitative analyses as well as data management tasks, such as codebook development, data cleaning, restructuring, & coding across multiple funded projects. • Interviewed & analyzed 33 administrative staff ranging from Chief Nursing Officers to the Directors of Maternity, 24 nurses and 5 focus groups with mothers who had given birth over the grant period. • Conducted quantitative analyses as well as data management tasks, such as codebook development, data cleaning, restructuring, & coding across multiple funded projects.



Child Care Resource Center

• Chatsworth Ca

• Evaluation Specialist

  • Mar 2010 - Oct 2012

  • Awarded a $194,000 National Office of Head Start grant, as a result of co-writing and developing the proposal, project structure, approach, and work plan in addition to leading the evaluation of grant activities and ensuring federal reporting requirements. • Lead presentations and facilitated interactive trainings to work groups in order to effectively create change across and within agency departments, resulting in a new organizational appreciation of logic modeling, research, and efficient documentation practices. • Designed and conducted process outcome evaluations and needs assessments, performing qualitative and quantitative analyses as needed and ensuring all information was organized within internal database. Show less



Ball State University, Michigan State University, Kaplan University

• Educational Instructor

  • Jan 2004 - Mar 2010



Independent Consultant

• Remote

• Program & Evaluation Consultant

  • Sep 2006 - Jan 2009

  • National Sexual Violence Resource Center: Developed the national evaluation to assess the successes & challenges related to the utility of The National Sexual Assault Response Team Toolkit. • Capital Area Sexual Assault Team: Lead a multidisciplinary team of 25professionals with opposing views and values in a change process; resulted in defined roles, responsibilities and a new policy/procedures manual. • Violence Free Community: Conducted focus groups to inform the development of a student orientation class and social norms media campaign at the nation’s eighth-largest university. Show less



Michigan State University

• East Lansing, MI

• Study Coordinator: National Institute of Justice Federal Grant

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

  • Complied research, resources and data to inform implementation of 2009 Violence Against Women Act. • Trained and supervised five program assistants on data management & quality assurance best practices. • Created and maintained an excel database for statewide interviews with 150+ staff in 100+ hospitals. • Effectively managed key strategic partnerships, serving as a liaison between the research team and external partners such as the Detroit metro police, community health centers, and community at large. Show less