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Mercy CorpsSenior Resilience Technical Advisor
Sep. 2017 - Jun. 2023Richmond, Virginia, United StatesEmbedded consultant (Mercy Corps' Resilience Technical Support Unit) advancing design and development of practical resilience-focused technical guidance, tools, and curriculum through collaborative/co-creative processes.
University of RichmondInterim Sustainability Manager
Aug. 2014 - Mar. 2015Richmond, Virginia, United StatesLed Office of Sustainability, maintaining all critical functions during leadership transition and collaborating with senior leadership, students, faculty, and staff to assess initiative for opportunities for growth. Led a successful national hiring search for university’s first director of sustainability.
Self-employedOrganizational Change, Resilience, and Sustainability Consulting
Jul. 2014Richmond, Virginia AreaI consult with colleges, universities, and non-profits to catalyze transformational change within their organizations. This includes a nearly ten-year relationship with Mercy Corps, where I collaborated with program and technical teams in 15 countries across Africa and Asia. My focus areas include: strategic planning; improved program quality and standards; program assessment and evaluation; strategic communications and storytelling; and curriculum, community of practice, and workshop design and facilitation. Sample consulting projects include: • In collaboration with senior leadership, technical, and implementation teams, I designed and facilitated a series of strategy processes and workshops over 1.5 years, enabling a $140M+ USAID-funded food security program in Northern Kenya to: 1) tailor implementation to key populations, focusing on marginalized groups (e.g., youth, women/girls); 2) reinforce/build community capacity to address complex threats to wellbeing; 3) strengthen systems critical to sustaining wellbeing gains; and 4) measure for impact. • I served as the lead curriculum and community of practice designer, pilot facilitator, and facilitator trainer for the first-of-its-kind Resilience, Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (RCLA) Fellowship—a learning community focused on transforming aid through resilience, social inclusion, collaboration, and systems thinking. • Through collaborations with Mercy Corps program teams and participants in Nepal, Mongolia, the DRC, Zimbabwe, and Uganda, I designed and piloted the agency’s first resilience communications and storytelling tools. • First with the Big Ten and Friends Sustainability Group, then Second Nature, I analyzed college and university strategic planning documents to identify opportunities to elevate sustainability and climate commitments by aligning with leadership priorities.
Indiana University BloomingtonAssistant Director of Sustainability (5/10-7/14), Sustainability Program Coordinator (4/09-5/10)
Apr. 2009 - Jul. 2014Bloomington, Indiana AreaCo-founded Indiana University’s Office of Sustainability, responsible for coordinating holistic academic and operational sustainability initiatives—from strategy and planning to projects and policies—among 8,000+ staff and faculty, and 40,000+ students. • Managed and directed all critical office functions: $300K budget, including allocation, tracking, and compliance; office procurement; travel; event planning; and all communications • Facilitated dialogue and resource sharing among diverse campus, peer institution, and community stakeholders, including three out of seven campus-wide working groups and student engagement structures • Led nationally recognized Sustainability Internship Program and managed all part-time office employees • Led high-profile events, including sustainability-themed semester featuring guests such as Wendell Berry, Thomas Friedman, Majora Carter, Will Allen, and Subhankar Banerjee
Middle Way HouseCommunications Specialist
Aug. 2007 - Jun. 2009Middle Way House, Bloomington, IN 47401Developed and implemented four yearly public awareness campaigns focused on the prevention of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Instituto San RobertoEighth Grade English Language Arts Teacher
Jul. 2006 - Jun. 2007San Agustín Campus, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico• Developed creative 8th grade English Language Arts curriculum centering issues of social justice, identity, and democratic governance • Initiated and developed social and environmental justice workshop curriculum for 8th and 9th graders • Instructed, managed, and evaluated four vibrant classrooms of 24 students each
Teach For AmericaEighth Grade English Language Arts Teacher
Jun. 2004 - Aug. 2006Carlos F. Truan Middle School, Edcouch-Elsa, TX• Developed 8th grade English/writing curriculum for academic team based in on rigorous interpretation of state achievement standards, focusing on social justice and centering Rio Grande Valley storytelling, culture, and history wherever possible • Instructed, managed, and evaluated six classrooms of 15-25+ students each • Coached the modern oratory, duet acting, and impromptu speaking academic teams; co-advised the student council; codeveloped and assistant chaired the first annual Edcouch-Elsa Community 5K Run-Walk
University of MichiganAmerica Reads Tutoring Corps Tutor and Mentor Tutor
Jan. 2001 - May. 2004Dixon Elementary & Alkebu-Lan Village African-Centered Com. Center; Detroit, MI• Created and presented one-on-one literacy-based tutoring sessions with children grades K-3 • Mentored and coordinated other tutors as on-site liaison for site administrators and America Reads staff
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