Experience

Lighthouse Youth & Family Services

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Operations Manager, Youth Housing Opportunities

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  Develop, Coordinates, and implements operations schedules and related administrative oversight within Youth Housing Opportunities. Ensures business processes are in alignment with accounting related to fiscal management and program processes. Develop, Coordinates, and implements operations schedules and related administrative oversight within Youth Housing Opportunities. Ensures business processes are in alignment with accounting related to fiscal management and program processes.



YMCA of Greater Cincinnati

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Executive Director of Educational Partnerships

  • Feb 2013 - Oct 2017

  • Direct oversight of a $2.8 million annual budget • Active member of the YMCA’s senior strategy team • Responsible for targeted program delivery, strategic partnerships and initiatives for all youth programs • Supervise 20 full-time and 120 part-time employees • Managed $60,000 annual support campaign • Provide leadership support to the YMCA’s Child Development, Community Services and Black & Latino Achievers programs • Direct oversight of a $2.8 million annual budget • Active member of the YMCA’s senior strategy team • Responsible for targeted program delivery, strategic partnerships and initiatives for all youth programs • Supervise 20 full-time and 120 part-time employees • Managed $60,000 annual support campaign • Provide leadership support to the YMCA’s Child Development, Community Services and Black & Latino Achievers programs



City of Covington, Kentucky

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Of Resident Services

  • Sep 2008 - 2013

  The Resident Services Division of Kentucky’s third largest housing authority partners with educators, city officials, resident associations, law enforcement, universities and human services to provide support for 968-family and elderly residential units. The director is responsible for managing a multifaceted team of 8 full-time and 5 part-time employees as well as over 25 volunteers. The director manages an operating and grant budget of a half-million dollars annually.• Social Services project leader for the Jacob Price Hope VI Revitalization Project. Negotiated partnerships with 26 organizations and raised $6 million of in-kind services• Secured approximately $18 million of federal and foundation grants for Covington Public Housing • Co-founded the Get Learning and Start Succeeding (GLASS) program, a job training program that moves participants into post-secondary education and/or employment and received the Housing and Urban Development 2007 Best Practices Award• Developed the first community health program for HAC residents with the Northern Kentucky University School of Nursing, Healthpoint and the Northern Kentucky Health Department• Developed the first early childhood education strategy for Covington public housing children by linking Success by 6, Covington Schools, Headstart, and Children, Inc. • Developed an award-winning summer camp program with the YMCA • Improved the financial soundness of the resident services department by establishing a new staff team and office location• President and founder of The Advanced Network, Inc. A non-profit organization that raises financial support to provide quality programming and resources to low-income families

• Youth Coordinator, Resident Services

  • Feb 2005 - Sep 2008

  • Managed 12 part-time positions and a grants budget of $250,000 annually• Established partnerships with The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Cincinnati, YMCA Camp Kern, Northern Kentucky University, Kicks for Kids, Covington Independent Public Schools and Covington Recreation Department• Developed a successful after-school program for housing authority children and increased enrollment from 20 to 220• Managed Kids Café, a weekly program providing children and their parents with a nutritious meal following educational and arts activities• Formed a partnership with eight different agencies to develop a successful after-school program for housing authority children, which now serves three communities at one location and saves thousands of dollars annually in food, activity and staffing costs



Hampshire County Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Inclusion Coordinator, Department of Education

  • Nov 2002 - Aug 2004

  • Identified needs and developed social inclusion strategies for at-risk students for Britain’s 17th poorest performing school • Case managed 25 high school students by assessing and planning individual treatment plans • Built relationships between students, teachers, parents and government agencies • Identified needs and developed social inclusion strategies for at-risk students for Britain’s 17th poorest performing school • Case managed 25 high school students by assessing and planning individual treatment plans • Built relationships between students, teachers, parents and government agencies



VQ

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Treatment Family Advocate / Care Manager

  • Sep 2000 - Sep 2002