Summary of Qualifications
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More than 20 years of experience in public communications, education, and strategic consulting roles for a variety of non-profit, membership, cultural and governmental bodies.
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Experienced serving on national, statewide and local boards and citizens’ groups; adept at working with stakeholders of many varieties including trustees, volunteers, youth, school system administrators, politicians and other community partners.
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Strong management, team building and community relations skills, coupled with a “can do” attitude and an appreciation for people of all abilities, ages and ethnicities.
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Educator, program developer and evaluator, experienced in planning trainings and conferences for local, statewide and national groups.
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Strong computer and social media skills and experience.
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Understand Haitian Creole; some conversational ability.
Work experience
Independant Consultant
January 2009 - present
Provide program and educational consulting services for cultural organizations serving
general and targeted communities. Currently working with the Assist with advocacy, communications and marketing for this 25-year-old association representing the luxury condo community of Brickell in the heart of metropolitan Miami. Projects include 2015 Candidates Forum, a public school expansion initiative and special events for community building.
August 2006 - December 2008
Founding Executive Director of a new, nationally affiliated non-profit youth development organization which provides afterschool programs for at-risk youth in soccer, literacy and service-learning. Responsible for all phases of start-up of the program, including fundraising, program planning, managing, hiring staff and overseeing all the activities of Miami SCORES and its employees.
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Program engaged 120 elementary age children and eight teacher-coaches across four
low-income public schools annually. - Wrote all grants, policies and procedures for the new operation.
- Recruited, trained and developed board of volunteers and volunteer supporters.
Languages
English
Haitian Creole
Skills/Areas of Expertise
Constituent Services
Building and Sustaining Partnerships
Fundraising
Funding Source Identification
Grant-making
Consultation & Review
Evaluation Plan Development
Major Gift Solicitation
Professional Development
Leadership & Administration
Management
Partnerships
Staff
Volunteers
Program Development
Internal and external
Informal Education (K-12)
Youth Development
Work experience cont.
For more information on my work experience and history please click on the following link to see my full resume.
2010 - present
2010 - present
Other Skills
Miami Children's Museum
January 2005 - January 2006
Director of Education & Exhibits
- Served on senior management team; directly supervised four management level staff and indirectly the exhibit staff of four, 10 to 15 exhibition interpreters, more than 100 volunteers and several seasonal staff members.
- Directed public and private education program grants, overseeing development, implementation and evaluation.
- Developed the annual education and exhibits budget and tracked performance.
- Partnered with community organizations and schools on a variety of initiatives.
- Oversaw special events and outreach to reach South Florida’s diverse constituencies.
Proficient on both Macintosh and Windows-based platforms with several years of experience in desktop publishing and computer graphics; served as IT systems administrator for two former employers.
Experienced using social media and electronic communications for engagement of groups.
Education
Barry University
1988 - 1990
Bachelor of Science in Biology