Valissa Thomas

Director of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Justice at The Bishop's School
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(386) 825-5501
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United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Director of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Justice
      • Aug 2023 - Present

    • United States
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
      • Oct 2020 - Jun 2023

  • MEB Consulting LLC
    • Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
    • Executive Program Manager
      • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

      *Implement ongoing DEI professional development curriculum, workshops, and resources to school district teachers, administrators, and staff *Train teachers and administrators to lead facilitated workshops around diversity, equity, and inclusion *Run end-to-end program management of learning and development programs (before, during, and after the event) based on learning strategies *Execute programming and resources for African American high school students by providing safe spaces to connect and discuss issues of race, culture, and class. *Facilitate bi-monthly 1:1 sessions for administrators and teachers to better enhance classroom environment and pedagogy Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Spirituality and Wellness
      • Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

      *Created and implemented COVID-19 related safety measures and procedures that decreased risk for staff, faculty, and student populations * Served as communication, management, and coordination point for all crises teams and Leadership Management teams *Implemented communication strategic strategy that properly positioned students, staff, and ship crew during a crisis or incident that may have high reputational impact *Conduct senior-level training, processes, and exercises to prepare professional staff and student staff with clear roles and functions * Implemented and co-facilitated outreach wellness and counseling programs for faculty, staff, and traditionally underserved students *Demonstrated the ability to prioritize and manage 10 international itinerary changes with support programming Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Area Community Director, Transfer and Upper Class communities
      • Jul 2018 - Mar 2020

      * Supervised a team of one graduate-level intern and twenty paraprofessionals in a learning community that serves 400+ transfer and continuing learners. * Served as the lead coordinator for department’s ACUHO-I graduate training program that revamped content, introduced and developed overall training and individual session learning outcomes, and created a lesson plan and facilitation guides for presentations. * Assumed crisis management responsibilities; provide emergency assistance in a 24-hour, on-call overnight duty system for a population of 2,000+ undergraduate learners. Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Community Director, First Year Experience
      • Jun 2014 - Jun 2018

      * Hired, managed, trained, and evaluated a team of 16 resident assistants responsible programming for 500+ first-year students, crisis response, advising and mentoring, facility maintenance, and personal retention. * Ensured implementation of space planning and facilities management measures including but not limited to health and safety inspections, fire drills, occupancy management for a residential community of 250+ adult learners. * Acted as an on-call tier-2 support in escalated situations including emergencies, potential lawsuits, successfully diffused agitated clients, and maintained a business retention rate of 97%. Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Residence Director
      • Jul 2012 - May 2014

    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • ACUHO-I Intern
      • May 2013 - Jul 2013

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Resident Advisor
      • Aug 2009 - May 2012

    • Student Intern
      • Jan 2011 - May 2011

Education

  • University of the Pacific
    Master of Arts (M.A.), Educational Administration and Leadership, Emphasis in Student Affairs
    2012 - 2014
  • California State University-Fullerton
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
    2007 - 2012

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