Project Manager-New Worlds Reading Initiative Regional Partners

• Apr 2022 - Present

Director of Alumni Engagement

• Aug 2020 - Mar 2022

Responsible for the supervision of all initiatives, programs, services and personnel of the Alumni Engagement office within the University Development and Alumni Engagement Division. Strengthen collaborative partnerships with deans, key directors and administrators to foster their involvement with University-wide alumni engagement initiatives. Participate on a wide range of high level cross-functional teams and generally will have responsibility for external relations with appropriate groups and stakeholders. Assist the AVP, Development in formulating the Alumni Engagement vision and goals for the university and creating a collegial working environment. Show less

Vice President, Community Relations

• Sep 2017 - Apr 2020

Member of the Executive Team for a $32M Feeding America food bank that provides over 12M meals annually to eight counties in Northeast Florida. Executive lead for Community Relationships. Established the Office of Community Relations as the department within the company that related to the needs and concerns of the communities we serve. Worked in partnership with community leaders that are broadly engaged in or have a vested interest in helping break the cycle of poverty by developing and helping to seek funding for programs that promote food security in designated communities. Sought, developed, created and promoted community relations/brand awareness opportunities across all seven counties. Show less

Senior Director, Partnerships & Program Development

• Nov 2015 - Sep 2017

Provided strategic input to the CEO and fellow executive team members for the setup, diversity and sustainability of partnerships and programs.Established the agency relations team dedicated to the development and training of agency partners.Engaged community partners and volunteers to assist in the work of the organization. Trained, supervised, and supported staff and partners with a goal of maximizing the reach, efficiency and effectiveness of the department. Worked with Operations staff to ensure equitable geographic distribution of products. This was done while searching for efficient and/or innovative distribution strategies to build partnership capacity, reduce distribution costs and strengthen the distribution channels. Developed and supervised calibrated processes and standards that created consistency in monitoring, assistance, responses and actions among all program and partnership staff/volunteers. Ensured knowledgeable staff/volunteers were able to build uniform compliance, capacity and trust among partners using these calibrated processes and standards. Show less

Chapter Lead, Network Education & Evaluation

• Jul 2013 - Nov 2015

Designed, developed and implemented global The First Tee continuing development programs that build common leadership and professional skills for executive directors and board members. Collaborated with internal and external subject matter experts and business partners to design Program Director and Executive Director development courses and business needs. Managed and promoted chapter Best Practices program, including facilitation of collection, business unit review and posting to the website. Support administration of education programs delivered at the Network Meeting. Show less

Literacy Coach

• Aug 2003 - Jul 2013

Provided training, modeled classroom management and curriculum support to ensure that appropriate education and performance standards were implemented through quality programs. Established mentoring relationships with trainees that improved teaching skills. Applied adult learning theories and instructional design skills to develop innovative and blended management learning experiences. Developed and conducted train-the-the trainer for faculty Provided training, modeled classroom management and curriculum support to ensure that appropriate education and performance standards were implemented through quality programs. Established mentoring relationships with trainees that improved teaching skills. Applied adult learning theories and instructional design skills to develop innovative and blended management learning experiences. Developed and conducted train-the-the trainer for faculty

Elementary School Teacher/R.L. Brown Elementary

• Aug 1999 - Jun 2003