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The Executive Leadership Council (ELC)Director, Institute for Leadership Development and Research
Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2025Washington, DCResponsible for supporting and executing the Institute’s overall learning and development strategy, to include, curriculum design, development, program management, research methods and writing for the ELC Institute's more than 15 annual and 15 custom programs which are attended by more than 10,000 Black corporate professionals a year.
The George Washington UniversityAdjunct Faculty
Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2024Washington, DCDesigned the educational activities and approaches to teach graduate level courses in organizational change consulting (online, Summer 2021), and work groups and teams (on-campus, Fall 2021) which included selecting evaluation and assessment methods to appropriately grade student work and assess their progress toward our established learning outcomes.
The George Washington UniversityVisiting Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Sep. 2019 - May. 2020Washington, DCAs Visiting Assistant Professor I taught courses in Strategic Change, Leadership Development, and Adult Learning both in person and online, and supervised a student’s independent study project. ● Contributed to admissions processes by reviewing applications for Master’s program in Organizational Leadership and Learning, conducted applicant interviews and formed admissions recommendations. ● Received consistently outstanding feedback from students, particularly on incorporating real world experience, offering career advice, and student-centered approach.
The George Washington UniversityAdjunct Faculty, Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Jan. 2019 - Aug. 2019Washington, DCIn this role I designed the educational activities and approaches to teach graduate level courses in organizational change consulting, which included selecting evaluation and assessment methods to appropriately grade student work and assess their progress toward our established learning outcomes. ● Enriched classroom instruction by incorporating projects with outside organizations, using industry connections to identify opportunities for students to conduct group projects.
ASRC FederalDeputy Project Manager, Curriculum Lead & Curriculum Designer
Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2021Greenbelt, MDI supported contracts with the NASA Academy for Program/Project and Engineering Leadership Knowledge Services as well as Goddard Space Flight Center’s Engineering Directorate to deliver high level training and educational services. This involved coordinating the development of multiple new courses including an entirely new curriculum area, Lessons Learned for Mission Success. ● Spearheaded development, delivery, and evaluation of systems engineering courses, delivering over 55 courses annually at NASA’s ten field centers and headquarters, fulfilling $1.4M contract. ● Launched revamped Virtual Project Management Challenge for NASA as online webcast series of lessons learned from projects and project managers and have produced and moderated more than 20 episodes. ● Received citations for outstanding performance, Group Achievement Award in 2016 and the Robert H. Goddard Award for Quality and Process Improvement, both in 2016.
Careerstone Group, LLCSenior Consultant
Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2019Washington, DCAs a consultant I leverage my extensive skills in teaching and curriculum development to create executive training and coaching programs for federal employees, delivering a range of topics including effective team building, networking, personal financial management, emotional intelligence, conflict management, managing organizational change, Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator, presentation skills, and valuing and respecting people. ● Provided consulting services to clients such as U.S. General Services Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Census Bureau. ● Designed and facilitated strategic planning retreats for clients including National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, DC Department of Transportation, and National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators. ● Employed diversity expertise in facilitating diversity, equity and inclusion workshop for employees of Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency. ● Created and facilitated teambuilding retreat for Department of Education Learning and Development division. ● Delivered recent workshops on Emotional Intelligence, Providing Feedback, Diversity and Inclusion, and Mastering your Personal Power to cabinet departments, Court Services, and Executive Leadership Council.
UNCF Special Programs CorporationProject Manager
Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2012Falls Church, VAStakeholder Management: Reestablished a positive relationship with project sponsor and met deadlines following delays due to personnel turnover, completing all deliverables within budget. Program Management: Managed the 2-year $417K FAT POCKETS project, recommending strategies for historically black colleges and universities to support students’ financial literacy. Drafted quarterly interim reports for funder and authored the final project report. Analysis and Program Design: Conducted 9 focus groups and an online survey for over 2K students to assess personal finance knowledge. Drew on results to develop education recommendations.
The George Washington UniversityTeaching Assistant, School of Business
Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2010Washington, DCMy primary role as a Teaching Assistant was to help students succeed, providing support to classroom instruction in both classroom and online settings, and working with individual students to answer questions and explain difficult concepts. In addition, I graded student work using established rubrics to ensure consistency. ● Managed Blackboard online classroom management system to ensure efficient communication with students. ● Courses supported: Essential Elements of Project Success; Project Power: Influence, Politics and Collaborative Decision Making; Organization, Management and Leadership.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsAdministrator for Education
Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2009Washington, DCI administered both onsite and distance educational and professional development programs for the Institute for Arts Management, supporting our Vice President in the management of an $18M department with over 30 local, national, and international programs. One key role was directing the U.S. Department of State’s artistic education program for international groups of artists, which included providing advanced instruction from professional US based artists, opportunities for artistic collaborations, and performance occasions for groups as varied as dancers from Egypt and musicians from the Palestinian Territory. ● Managed $2M portfolio of programs, expanding organizational capacity-building programs from $0.5M to over $1M. ● Coordinated with subject matter experts to customize content for each cohort, designing two-week residencies for visiting artist groups in two cities selected to meet the needs of each group. ● Developed full schedule of activities such as private lessons, collaborative “jam” sessions, tours of cultural and artistic facilities, master classes, and performances. ● Displayed versatility and outstanding organizational abilities in helping with the complex arrangements involved, seeking to maximize the impact of each experience for both US artists and international guests.
Dance Institute Of WashingtonExecutive Director
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2004Washington, DCAs Executive Director for the Institute I utilized both my strategic and tactical skills to realize and implement the Artistic Director’s vision for our dance instruction as well as our outreach programs. ● Launched successful capital project to enable relocation of company to new $5M 1200 square foot dance education facility.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsArts Management Fellow
Jan. 2001 - Dec. 2002Washington, DCThis 12-month program provided training in strategic planning, fundraising, and marketing while providing rotational details in 3 departments: Education, Development (Grants and Sponsorships), and Institutional Advancement.
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