Experience

NetWork Volunteers

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder, Executive Director

  • 2013 - Present

  -Currently serve as Founder & Executive Director of an award-winning social entrepreneurship venture. - Oversee all operational and administrative tasks including conceptual and strategic planning development. - Determine the optimal approach to measure social return on investment for all programming. Currently expanding operations nationally to additional cities. -Manage up to three full-time staff members, as well as independent contractors, AmeriCorps Members, and multiple interns. -Oversee funding acquisition, finance, accounting, marketing, PR, project management, and compliance. -Accountable for evaluation of organizational progress, fiscal management, and coordination with business and civic leaders. -Experienced in diverse community settings, working productively with all socioeconomic levels and ethnicities. -Collaborate with community groups and public agencies, conduct educational outreach workshops, lead strategic planning processes, report to boards and funders, and ensure regulatory compliance. -Successfully recruited 60 volunteer groups, managing 16,000+ volunteers, working with 90 local nonprofits. -Generated $500,000+ in revenue and successfully fundraised $200,000+ in first three years of operations. -Led the largest volunteer day in the history of the state of Louisiana, 11,000 on 08/29/2015, as well as the largest volunteer day in the history of the Marriott Corporation, 3,500 on 03/31/2017. -Created and implemented the first volunteerism programs at various Greater New Orleans area schools and corporations. -Led one of the largest volunteer initiatives in the history of the Gulf South Region, 300,000 volunteer hours in 2018. -Clients include Tulane University, University of Houston, Raising Canes, Essence Music Festival, Smoothie King, Marriott, Cheney Energy, Overland, Lamar University, Michigan State, U.S. Army & dozens of schools and corporations. Show less



Tulane University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Program Coordinator, Campus-Community Partnerships, Center for Public Service

  • 2011 - 2015

  🔷 Selected as Senior Program Coordinator for Tulane’s Center for Public Service, and tasked with creating, maintaining, and enhancing 400+ Tulane partnerships with community organizations. 🔷 Personally developed and led more than 50 professional development workshops for community partners and students. 🔷 Led Diversity & Inclusion Excellence initiative and co-chaired Diversity & Inclusion committee. 🔷 Co-led strategic partnership initiative creating a coalition of nonprofit partners from different neighborhoods. 🔷 Managed a Federal grant for the White House’s Young African Leadership Fellowship Institute. 🔷 Presented at the 2013 Gulf-South Summit Program, as well as Kentucky Campus Compact & Washington Campus Compact, and IMPACT National Conference 2015 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. Show less



Propeller: A Force for Social Innovation

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

• Accelerator Fellow

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2014



Walter L. Cohen College Preparatory

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Lacrosse Coach

  • 2012 - 2014

  🔷 Created, recruited, and coached the first high school lacrosse team at an inner-city charter high school. 🔷 Provided instruction in Lacrosse techniques, implemented practices, coached games, and taught conditioning techniques. 🔷 Designed programs to improve muscle tone, strength, and stamina, implemented workouts, and led team meetings. 🔷 Coordinated closely with parents and school staff, and traveled with teams to competitions. 🔷 Created, recruited, and coached the first high school lacrosse team at an inner-city charter high school. 🔷 Provided instruction in Lacrosse techniques, implemented practices, coached games, and taught conditioning techniques. 🔷 Designed programs to improve muscle tone, strength, and stamina, implemented workouts, and led team meetings. 🔷 Coordinated closely with parents and school staff, and traveled with teams to competitions.



City of New Orleans

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mayoral Fellow

  • 2010 - 2011

  🔷 Competitively selected as Mayoral Fellow by Mitch Landrieu’s office. 🔷 Created and developed the ServeNOLA and Office of Neighborhood Engagement departments at City Hall. 🔷 First interim-Chief Service Officer for the ServeNOLA volunteer initiative department. 🔷 Organized, scheduled, arranged, and led multiple meetings, events, and press conferences for the Mayor and Mayoral staff. 🔷 Competitively selected as Mayoral Fellow by Mitch Landrieu’s office. 🔷 Created and developed the ServeNOLA and Office of Neighborhood Engagement departments at City Hall. 🔷 First interim-Chief Service Officer for the ServeNOLA volunteer initiative department. 🔷 Organized, scheduled, arranged, and led multiple meetings, events, and press conferences for the Mayor and Mayoral staff.



AmeriCorps

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Member

  • 2007 - 2008

  🔷 Served as an AmeriCorps volunteer for the Literacy Alliance project in New Orleans. 🔷 Completed 900+ service hours as a tutor at the New Orleans Public Library. 🔷 Organized multiple volunteer days of service for the AmeriCorps team. 🔷 Served as an AmeriCorps volunteer for the Literacy Alliance project in New Orleans. 🔷 Completed 900+ service hours as a tutor at the New Orleans Public Library. 🔷 Organized multiple volunteer days of service for the AmeriCorps team.