Strategic and imaginative program manager with strengths facilitating consensus among organizational leadership and stakeholders and crafting strategic plans. Dynamic, mission-focused professional adept in team supervision, volunteer management, and working in fast-paced or ambiguous settings.

Key Competencies

• Monitoring & Evaluation

• Strategic Planning

• Facilitation

• Supervision & Mentorship

• Marketing

Digital Portfolio

Strategic Plan for a Food Access Initiative

I led the development, implementation, and evaluation of this strategic plan over the course of six months, from facilitating an organizational capacity assessment, forming a sub-committee from the advisory board, leading brainstorming and action planning sessions, to gathering and incorporating feedback from key stakeholders on campus.

Community-Based Sociological Research

As part of a course in Applied Social Research Methods, I and a small group of graduate students immersed ourselves in the Baybrook neighborhood of Baltimore, working with community-based nonprofit organizations to research community needs and evaluate a youth workforce development program.

Professional Development Workshops

As a Program Assistant for the Maryland Public Service Scholars summer internship program, I created lesson plans for and facilitated a virtual series of professional development workshops.

Statistical Analysis Paper

This paper was for a final project for a graduate-level Statistics course. Following a literature review, I used SAS software to conduct multiple regression analysis of the Voice of the People survey to investigate perceptions of safety in post-conflict Kosovo and Serbia.

Free Food Pop-up Markets

In September 2022, I responded to an unprecedented demand for food access resources on campus by developing and implementing a new food distribution program. The Free Food Pop-up Market now serves up to 250 people per week.

Retriever Essentials Student Leadership Board

As the Program Manager for Retriever Essentials, University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s food access program, I redesigned our undergraduate internship program, the Student Leadership Board. The goals of the redesign were to promote experiential learning, campus engagement, and improve the program capacity of Retriever Essentials.

Honors & Awards

Shriver
Peaceworker Fellowship

The Peaceworker Fellowship is a full-time graduate fellowship for returned Peace Corps volunteers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. This fellowship includes a service placement with partner organizations and weekly ethical reflection.

Derek Gill Memorial Fund Award

This award is given each semester to a student in the Master's program in Applied Sociology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, based on academic performance (as measured by GPA) and contribution to the department or community. (from umbc.edu)

UMBC’s Job Well Done Award

The UMBC Job Well Done Award recognizes groups of employees that have completed a project task or initiative to support UMBC’s mission and/or strategic goals. I received this in my role as Program Coordinator for Retriever Essentials Food Access Initiative, along with other Retriever Essentials and Parking Services staff, for our work on the Food for Fines initiative, a partnership in which UMBC community members could donate specific food, toiletry, and baby items in exchange for forgiveness of parking citations.