Experience

United Community

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

• Senior Director of Collective Impact

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Serve as a visionary leader to support and grow United Community’s backbone capacity,facilitate the collective success of this regional effort, and serve as a public ambassador for the Southeastern Fairfax Collective Impact Initiative. Drive the Initiative’s internal and external functions, including strategy, communications, community engagement, and data functions.About the Collective Impact Initiative: Through Opportunity Neighborhood and Communities of Opportunity, the initiative seeks to develop a mindset shift that allows the alignment of resources and efforts to support communities based on the needs expressed by their residents to improve equity and reduce disparities in health, education, economic strength, etc. This includes coordinating with public and private sectors, schools, philanthropy, policy makers and service providers to change structural inequities that create barriers to success. These Collective Impact initiatives seek to unite these varied interests towards a common objective and with common measures of success.



SCAN of Northern Virginia

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

• Manager Family Programs

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2020

  *Supervise and support Parent Education Coordinator in all projects relating to parenting classes, support groups, workshops, playgroups, and outreach. *Plan and manage program growth, development, and evaluation, including annual work plans, budgets, reports, and grant applications. *Oversee the recruitment, screening, training, supervision, and evaluation of program volunteers. *Assist with class implementation, including participant and facilitator recruitment, class scheduling, securing location, purchasing materials, food, transportation, child care, etc. *Develop and maintain procedures for participant record keeping and evaluation process for classes. *Participate in collaborative projects in Alexandria City, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, and Arlington County. *Oversee publication and regional distribution of bi-annual Parent Connection Resource Guide. *Establish and/or build upon community connections with other organizations to help ensure linkages to parents and families.

• Facilitator

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2019

  Facilitate family and parent education classes and support group.*Plan and facilitate curriculum/non-curriculum based weekly training and support groups with parents and youth.*Collect reporting documentation, to include sign-in sheets, surveys, and evaluation forms.*Submit monthly written reports for grant reporting purposes.*Support administrative staff, to include, entering data for reporting purposes, set-up, and break-down of program space, order catering services, organize programs resources and sort for use by facilitators in weekly programs.



United Community

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

• Manager

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2019

  *Planned and implemented academic and social-emotional activities for youth, grades 1-12.*Increased Enrollment by 50%, Daily Attendance by 65%, and Academic Achievement by 30%.*Planned, organized, and executed community engagement events such as community day, family and cultural heritage nights, holiday celebrations, etc.*Submitted monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for grant reporting and seeking purposes.*Supervised program and administrative staff to maintain, build, and grow partnerships to help support our participants and their families.*Worked collaboratively with similar community centers and county resources to provide consistent programming and share information to ensure the clients we shared in common were provided with high quality, relevant, and beneficial services and programming



Fairfax County Public Schools

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

• Facilitator

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2017

  Facilitator Parent Education Classes/Support Groups*Planned and facilitated curriculum/non-curriculum based weekly training and support groups with parents and youth.*Collected reporting documentation, to include sign-in sheets, surveys, and evaluation forms.*Submitted monthly written reports for grant reporting purposes.*Supported administrative staff, to include, entering data for reporting purposes, set-up, and break-down of program space, order catering services, organize programs resources and sort for use by facilitators in weekly programs.



Move This World

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• U.S. Programs Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2014

  •Responsible for partnership development in the Washington, DC and Baltimore area.•Responsible for all elements of program including, implementation, facilitation, curriculum revision, trainings, special events, conferences, classroom observation, track metrics, and site visits.•Revise curriculum and supporting curriculum development and expansion•Recruit, hire, and management program coordinators, facilitators, interns, and other volunteers/contractors•Organize and facilitate fundraising activities, with support from the broader team•Budget and operational management and monitoring of all program activity to ensure in compliance with grants and funders•Serve as a liaison between internal staff/contractors and external partners/supporters



Achieve, Inc.

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Contracts Administrator

  • Aug 2007 - Mar 2012

  •Served as primary point of contact for all contractual matters, including review, approval, and reconciliation.•Provide support to program staff and management in planning, organizing, and negotiations related to all procurement endeavors.•Monitoring and maintain all procurement/contract files including non-disclosure agreements in compliance with grants, state, and federal requirements.•Prepare and review final RFQs, proposals, contracts, and other documents as the sole contracts staff member of the company.•Served as project manager for $18 million US DOE contract related to providing technical assistance to states across the U. S. on the design, development, adoption, implementation, and communications of their college- and career-ready standards, assessments, curriculum, and accountability systems•Served as a liaison with staff, contractors, subcontractors, state/federal contracting officers, and grant officers.•Created and maintain a procurement and contracts database as a resource for budgeting and accounting purposes.•Process and track all invoices, including expense reimbursements and develop monthly reports for forecasting purposes. •Create, maintain, and modify procurement/travel policies and procedures in compliance with grants, state, and federal requirements.



Smithsonian Institution

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contracts Administrator

  • Nov 1999 - Aug 2007

  •Served as contract liaison between the SI museums, contractors, and other Smithsonian support offices, including HR, the Office of Contracting, and the Office of the Comptroller.•Supported Directors, Deputy Directors, Director of Finance and Administration, and other staff in all areas of operations including personnel, administration, procurement, and budget preparation, allocation, requests, and justifications. •Served as program assistant to develop and facilitate family workshops on and off-site. •Performed various analyses of significant aspects of the budget (revenues/expenditures) resulting in cost saving for projects/programs. •Monitored payroll cost reports, and reallocating funds due to staff and/or salary changes. •Handled logistical and travel arrangements for staff and guests for various programs, conferences, and meetings.