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Cook County GovernmentManager, Grant Compliance, Bureau of Economic Development
Oct. 2024Chicago, Illinois, United States
Cook County GovernmentGrants Compliance Specialist, Bureau of Economic Development
Mar. 2024 - Oct. 2024Chicago, Illinois, United StatesOversee grant compliance for all grants in the Bureau of Economic Development, a portfolio of State and Federal government grants totaling more than $100M+ annually, including:
-Create compliance systems, policies, & procedures
-Review program documents to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and contract terms
-Train staff and partners on grant compliance and audit readiness
-Provide technical support to program teams & partners on compliance issues and inquiries
CLMB Consulting, LLCFounder and Principal
Jun. 2023Chicago, Illinois, United StatesProvide consulting services to social impact organizations in the following areas:
Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (D-MEAL):
-Create key documents such as Theories of Change and Logic Models, and build key operational components such as data collection systems, surveying tools, and learning systems
Strategic Planning:
-Creating and conducting organizational strategic planning processes, including interviews with staff, facilitating discussions and workshops, identifying priorities, producing strategic planning reports
Operations and Process Improvement:
-Review and document key operational processes such as standard operating procedures, manuals, and training guides, including making recommendations for process improvement and optimization
City of ChicagoRecovery Team Program Manager
Jan. 2022 - May. 2023Chicago, Illinois, United StatesManage a portfolio of strategic public health and social service initiatives under the Chicago Recovery Plan totaling an investment of $60M:
2-1-1 System:
-Lead the operationalization and launch of a 2-1-1 health and social service information and referral system in conjunction with Cook County and United Way of Metro Chicago, expected to reach 50,000 Cook County residents in the first year. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following functions:
-Lead 2-1-1 planning and project management within the City
-Drive decision-making alignment among key stakeholders including City of Chicago Mayor’s Office, City of Chicago Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS), Cook County Bureau of Economic Development, Cook County President’s Office, and United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
-Design Scope of Work for 2-1-1 contract, including key performance measures
-Provide technical oversight to United Way of Metropolitan Chicago including reviewing policies and procedures and other key program components
-Work with key stakeholders to gather system feedback, drive collaboration, ensure best practices, and collect/verify resources included in the 2-1-1 resource database
Other Portflio programs:
-Oversee seven-fold expansion of publicly-funded Mental Health services with CDPH
-Design and oversee implementation of Community Resource Navigator program (in-person resource navigation services in 17 high-need communities) with Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH)
-Oversee scaling of Family Connects Chicago program, a universal in-home postpartum nurse visiting program, from four pilot hospitals to all 15 birthing hospitals in Chicago with CDPH
-Develop, validate, and monitor logic models and evaluation plans across portfolio
-Elevate portfolio accomplishments through a variety of marketing and communications mediums, including designing and launching marketing and communications plans for 2-1-1 and Mental Health Awareness Month
BUILD ChicagoMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager
Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2021Chicago, Illinois, United States-Oversee monitoring and evaluation of a portfolio of 20+ public and private grants with funding of $12M+ annually in the technical areas of youth development, mental health, violence prevention and intervention, education, social services, and community outreach
-Produce all grant and program reports, resulting in 100+ successful reports submitted
-Manage the organization’s internal databases and knowledge management systems
-Create data collection tools for new grants and update existing tools, including creation of seven new tools
-Actively manage all grant and program compliance, including supervising eight successful program audits
-Build out audit process to ensure future audit-readiness and systematically delegate roles and responsibilities
-Develop and revise organizational policies and procedures, including development of a departmental policy manual and more than five new reporting procedures
-Design monitoring and evaluation components of new grant proposals
-Manage and supervise Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning department staff
-Set departmental goals and define departmental functions
Heartland Alliance InternationalSenior Program Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation for Latin America and the Caribbean
Jul. 2020 - Dec. 2020KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Monitoring and Evaluation, Program Quality, and Project Management:
-Manage monitoring, evaluation, and learning (including programmatic performance) for seven US-government and United Nations projects with funding of more than $6M annually
-Clean and analyze project data for outcomes, impact, and trends using STATA, including descriptive statistics and advanced statistical analysis
-Interpret data and translate the results into practical documents to inform decision making by internal and external stakeholders at all levels, including generating data visualizations
-Provide continuous feedback to project managers in order to improve outcomes, including identifying areas of improvement, best practices, and project successes
-Conduct midterm project evaluations and manage external project evaluations Capacity Building:
-Supervise in-country Monitoring and Evaluation staff and provide technical oversight to M&E activities
-Create training materials and guides for use of data systems, including train-the-trainer (ToT) materials, used to train more than 150 individuals (including organization staff and external partner staff)
-Travel to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide technical support
-Develop global guidance documents and policies on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) processes and systems Strategy and Growth:
-Lead and co-facilitate retreats for more than 100 staff members
-Communicate project results to senior leadership to inform decision-making
-Co-design grant proposals for multilateral, bilateral, and private donors, including USAID, US Department of State, and UN, playing a key role in securing $20 million in new grants
-Communicate directly with donors to develop DMEL systems, communicate results, and improve performance, including developing results sections of donor reports
-Represent HAI at external events, including International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 2018 presentation on Mexico violence prevention project
Heartland Alliance InternationalProgram Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation for Latin America and the Caribbean
Apr. 2019 - Jun. 2020
HEARTLAND ALLIANCE INTERNATIONALProgram Associate, Monitoring and Evaluation for Latin America and the Caribbean
Jun. 2017 - Mar. 2019
HEARTLAND ALLIANCE INTERNATIONALProject Assistant
Jan. 2017 - Jun. 2017
HEARTLAND ALLIANCE INTERNATIONALGraduate Intern, Latin America and the Caribbean
Sep. 2016 - Jun. 2017Chicago, IL
HEARTLAND ALLIANCE INTERNATIONALGlobal Fellow
Jul. 2016 - Sep. 2016Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
Casa CentralSafe Start Clinical Intern
Oct. 2015 - Jun. 2016-Provide counseling services to children and caretakers who have experienced trauma, including but not limited to domestic violence, community violence, and child abuse
-Provide services in English and Spanish
-Provide services focusing on children ages 5 and under, but including parents and older siblings
-Utilize evidence based practice methods such as Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Child Parent Psychotherapy
Heartland AllianceExecutive Coordinator, National Immigrant Justice Center
Mar. 2015 - Jun. 2016Chicago, Illinois-Assist in event, conference and meeting planning/management
-Manage hiring and on-boarding of all new employees and interns at NIJC
-Serve as a liaison between NIJC staff and Heartland Alliance staff for HR and other issues
-Manage incoming donations and donor correspondence
-Manage organizational contacts, including donors, funders, foundations, and government officials
-Oversee monthly reporting process
-Support executive director in tasks including but not limited to expense reporting, travel planning, and schedule management
Global Brigades, Inc.Program Associate - Health Programs
Jun. 2013 - Dec. 2014Honduras-Develop program specific materials for marketing
-Report on brigades during each post-season
-Prepare communities for brigades
-Communicate with and coordinate groups in-country
-Prepare in-country logistics
-Develop non-brigade health programs, such as communicating Patient Referral cases with students and helping with Community Health Worker programs
-Help students with country and program specific brigade preparation
Global Brigades, Inc.Program Advisor - Public Health Program
Jun. 2012 - Jun. 2013Tegucigalpa, Honduras-Communicate with GB chapters participating in Public Health programs
-Help students with fundraising, recruiting, making travel arrangements and other trip preparations -Help take students on brigades
-Develop program initiatives
-Coordinate groups of volunteers in-country
-Prepare pre-brigade logistics
-Assist in pre-brigade preparation in communities
Centro RomeroIntern
Jun. 2011 - Sep. 2011Provide administrative support to domestic violence counselors and help plan and execute events/programs; work at citizenship workshops and participate in New Americans Initiative
Aviv REIT, Inc.Office Assistant
Jun. 2008 - Jun. 2012Answer phones, managing on and off site filing systems, assist administrative officers
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