Experience

Noble Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Talent

  • Aug 2022 - Present

• Interim Director, Talent

  • Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

• Assistant Director, Talent

  • Aug 2021 - Feb 2022

• Senior Manager, Talent, Leadership Pathways and Hiring

  • Oct 2020 - Jul 2021



Youth & Opportunity United

• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Talent Officer

  • Aug 2018 - Sep 2020

  Oversaw the entire Human Resources and Talent chain of 60+ person non-profit with complex seasonal needs, including AmeriCorps. Shaped overall organizational strategy as a critical member of the leadership team. Managed five staff members with a focus on driving individual results and collaboration. Designed and executed an organization-wide crisis plan for the COVID-19 outbreak that resulted in zero confirmed cases of COVID-19 tied to Y.O.U. Lead the design and implementation of quality-focused recruiting and hiring practices with a focus on surfacing and eliminating hiring biases. Show less



LEAP Innovations

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Programs

  • Dec 2017 - Jul 2018

  Lead the strategy and ensured operational fidelity for comprehensive educational programming that served more than 300 teachers and principals within Chicago and the surrounding region.Served as lead program representative to stakeholders at all levels – including at national conferences, with local and national funders and high-level school district officials and educators at every level within a school. Led and supported the cultivation, establishment and monitoring of new partnerships with districts, charter networks and national thought leaders. Managed six staff members with a focus on driving individual results and cultivating functionality and collaboration across five educational training and support programs.Overaw the creation of a comprehensive process for reviewing strategic school plans in both a summative and formative capacity including: building aligned evaluation rubric and tools; training reviewers in best practices related to how to effectively source and cite evidence, and structuring feedback for participants. Collaborated to design long-term organizational structure related to programming, including the design of the organizational chart, job categories, job descriptions, candidate profiles and candidate sourcing. Designed, coordinated and facilitated an arc of learning experiences guiding schools in a whole-school strategic redesign process focused on transforming schools via context-specific, sustainable innovations. Coached schools through the organizational redesign process via in-person and virtual supports, including classroom observations and guided coaching sessions with both school leadership and teaching staff.Designed and monitoring evaluations of the quality, depth and feasibility of school innovations.Disbursing, tracking and evaluating more than $2 million in school-based grants for school-based innovation.Shaped overall organizational strategy as a member of the leadership team. Show less

• NextGen Director

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2017

• NextGen Manager

  • Apr 2015 - Aug 2016



New Leaders

• United States
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Managing Director of Program

  • Jul 2014 - Apr 2015

  Managed six staff members with a focus on driving individual results and cultivating functionality and collaboration across three leadership-training and support programs that serve more than 100 adults. Responsible for the coaching of more than fifty school-based leaders to improve their leadership practices and the functioning of their supported schools. Served as a lead program partner with Chicago Public Schools, providing input and contract-aligned reporting related to principal training and effectively advocating for strong district supports for leaders.Oversaw the implementation of all recruitment and admissions strategies. Evaluated all program participants via a series of scaffolded, competency-aligned evaluation frameworks measuring a multitude of school leadership characteristics. Show less

• Senior Manager of Program and Operations

  • Aug 2012 - Jul 2014

  Managed the recruitment, admissions and placement process for New Leaders’ principal trainee program, which resulted in increasing the percentage of New Leaders-trained principals serving within Chicago Public School to 15% of the total serving Chicago Public Schools. Doubled the average annual number of principal trainees in New Leaders’ largest program site through the development and implementation of a strategic, quality-focused recruitment and admissions plan.Functioned as lead program support to a principal coaching program and provided coaching support to the team to enhance offerings in order to ensure principals received relevant, implementable supports. Aided in the organization in securing multiple six and seven-figure investments from government and philanthropic funders via funder meetings, and writing both grant proposals and impact reports. Show less

• Program Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Aug 2012

• Program Coordinator

  • Jul 2008 - Jan 2012

  Served as lead writer for a successful RFP submission for New Leaders’ participation in the Chicago Leadership Collaborative, a multi-year financial investment from the district. Boosted average RSVP-to-Attendance rates at local New Leaders events from 50% to 75% by leveraging community input to design and enhancements to support offeringsUtilized qualitative and quantitative measurement techniques to build surveys that increased coaching accountability; helped the local team to better identify and target school supports based on participant need. Show less

• Program Associate

  • Sep 2007 - Jul 2008

  Tracked, generated and reported on local school-based data and candidate and participant information with a focus on tying achievement across programs. Assisted in the writing, tracking and reporting on corporate and foundation grants.



Chicago Public Media

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Independent Producer

  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2007

  Researched, wrote, voiced and produced the audio for feature-length and breaking-news stories for on-air broadcast in a major news market, including conducting and editing interviews with sources. Received a grant from the McCormick Foundation to report specifically on education topics in Chicago. Researched, wrote, voiced and produced the audio for feature-length and breaking-news stories for on-air broadcast in a major news market, including conducting and editing interviews with sources. Received a grant from the McCormick Foundation to report specifically on education topics in Chicago.



Global Journalist Radio

• Columbia, MO

• Producer

  • May 2005 - May 2006

  Collaborated with a team of five producers to research and organize topics for a weekly foreign-affairs show. Researched, contacted and secured internationally-based and high-quality program guests under deadlines. Collaborated with a team of five producers to research and organize topics for a weekly foreign-affairs show. Researched, contacted and secured internationally-based and high-quality program guests under deadlines.



KBIA 91.3 FM

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer/Anchor

  • Jun 2005 - Aug 2005

  Produced, wrote and hosted a daily segment of local and regional news for broadcast in a regional market. Reported, wrote, edited and voiced feature-length stories about arts, education, politics, crime and business. Produced, wrote and hosted a daily segment of local and regional news for broadcast in a regional market. Reported, wrote, edited and voiced feature-length stories about arts, education, politics, crime and business.



Minnesota Board of Medical Practice

• Minneapolis, MN

• Complaint Review Committee Assistant

  • May 2001 - Aug 2004

  Supervised a small staff tasked with processing complaints about medical care received in Minnesota. Managed, organized and maintained a large client database. Supervised a small staff tasked with processing complaints about medical care received in Minnesota. Managed, organized and maintained a large client database.



KFAI

• Host/Producer/Engineer

  • 2001 - 2004