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The Early Years (2006-2014)

University of South Florida

I completed my undergrad degree at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

As a student, I worked as a Peer Health Educator from 2006-2008, helping my fellow students navigate issues surrounding drugs/alcohol, safer sex, and sexual assault.

CUPA-HR: 2008-2014

My first “real job” out of college was the Chapter Coordinator at the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). I was soon promoted to Manager of Member Service and Chapter Relations.

During this time, I…

Managed member recruitment and renewal, surpassing 94-96% retention goals each year. Exceeded 2013 sales goal by $233,000.

Created departmental goals, determined and continuously evaluated performance metrics and collaborated with executive leadership during annual strategic planning sessions.
Coordinated “buddy program” for new attendees’ conference orientation, resulting in 16-point increase in orientation satisfaction.
Supervised 2 positions. Worked with employees to develop and monitor individual, mission-aligned performance plans.
Helped develop $2.5m departmental budget and identified ways to simultaneously cut costs and increase revenue.
Supported 250+ leaders from 40 chapters with operations, succession planning, events, interpersonal conflicts and more.

**Presenting at ASAE: The Association for Association Leadership (2014)**

I co-presented on our organization’s multi-generational inclusion efforts.

I earned my Master’s in Professional Studies in Strategic Leadership from Middle Tennessee State University, then went on to perform similar duties for about a year at the Knoxville Bar Association as Manager of Member Service from 2014-2015.

It was around this time, I knew I wanted to return to my roots in public health.

I decided to pursue a master’s in public health from the University of Tennessee. I thrived during my graduate school experience and even served as the President of our Public Health Graduate Student Association (PHGSA). I also volunteered with Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee on an HIV prevention grant funded by the CDC, conducted HIV and HCV screening and education with Helen Ross McNabb, and completed an internship with Parents as Teachers Knox County, where I later served on their Advisory Board.

Tabling at the Tennessee Public Health Association conference

**Medical Simulation Center at the UT Graduate School of Medicine**
**(2016-2017)**

During these 15 months as a Graduate Research Assistant, I co-authored 2 posters that were presented at the 2017 ACS Surgical Simulation Conference.
I also assisted in designing proposals for IRB review, recruiting residents, training raters, analyzing data, and drafting manuscripts. During this, I ran statistical analyses on collected data.

A Blossoming Public Health Career

After completing my MPH at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, I was offered a position as Director of Community Programs at Susan G. Komen East Tennessee in 2017, where I stayed until 2019.

During this time, I…

Managed all phases of annual grant funding distributed to local grantees, from establishing funding priorities, soliciting applications, training independent reviewers, awarding funds, monitoring compliance and evaluating collective impact of all grantees.
Assisted in developing Tennessee’s 5 year Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan as regional co-chair of state cancer control coalition.

Designed multi-method community health assessment and developed strategic “Mission Action Plan” to address identified needs.
Planned and evaluated educational programs for diverse audiences, such as Black/African American communities and metastatic patients.
Served as a lay navigator for breast cancer patients in need of support, information, social services and physical resources during treatment.
Solicited and obtained grant funds to expand internal programs.
Attended multiple advocacy Summits in Washington DC to speak with our elected representatives.

I then served a brief stint as part of the external evaluation team for a SAMHSA-funded intervention for people who were exiting incarceration and had co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder diagnoses (2020). Here, I…

Conducted intake, 6-month follow-up and discharge interviews for all clients using standardized instruments, trauma-informed approaches and motivational interviewing techniques.

Improved engagement and follow-up rate of clients lost to attrition via team-based CQI process. Achieved 90-95% follow-up rate, up from ~70% (grant required 80%).
Maintained multiple databases and performed analyses on outcomes and implementation fidelity.
Prepared ad-hoc reports for funder (May-Aug.) during COVID crisis.

Falling Into Consulting

**Why I transitioned into consulting:**

It was 2020, and COVID was in full swing. My dad had just had a major hemorrhagic stroke and I needed to help my family sell his assets and business he’d built over the past 30 years.
Out of necessity, I started working freelance gigs on the Upwork platform and soon found success as a nonprofit consultant and grant writer.

Nonprofit Consulting, LLC was officially started in April 2021.

I provide consulting to nonprofits who need assistance with strategic planning, board/committee development, program planning, evaluation design, grant prospecting, grant writing and more.

My significant leadership and public health experience informs my approach as I guide nonprofits through complex, tedious undertakings.

I specialize in working with new nonprofits or established nonprofits who are new to the strategic planning, program development, evaluation, or grant writing processes.