CURSORY OF MAJOR CONSULTING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 

Nonprofit, Governmental and Educational Organizations

 

• Designed Youth Connection Charter Schools’ Alternative Accountability Framework and Value Added Model with Performance Assessment Indicators, 2007.

• Independent Compliance Auditor, 23 alternative charter high schools, and provided other critical consulting services, Youth Connection Charter Schools, Chicago, IL 1997-2007.

• Facilitator, Grantmaker’s Board Development and Program Evaluation, Grotto Foundation, Minneapolis (Mpls), MN, 2004.

• Facilitator, Board Development and Governance, West Broadway Area Coalition; and, the Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, Minneapolis (Mpls), MN 2004.

• Independent Evaluator, Minneapolis Urban League’s Client Services Division, Mpls, MN 2003-2004.

• Coordinated and implemented culturally sensitive media and marketing outreach strategies that facilitated the successful merger two health clinics serving the Hmong, Somalia, Hispanic and African American communities, NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center formally Pilot City Health Clinic, Mpls, MN, 2003.

• Facilitated the completion and adoption of the 2003-2006 Strategic Plan--A Compass for the Future, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, Mpls, MN 2003-2004.

• Proposal Reviewer, Upward Bound and Federal TRIO Programs U.S. Department of Education, 2002-2004.

• Workshop Presenter. Nonprofit Program Evaluation Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, CT 2001.

• Initiated organizational capacity building, strategic planning, media/public relations, revenue diversification consulting services to designated agencies of the Chicago Department of Public Health, 1999-2001.

• Evaluated and provided recommendations on Strategic and Technological Plan, United States Postal Services, Chicago Performance Cluster, 2000.

• Initiated supply chain and workforce studies/projects that reduced hiring, training, and turnover costs for Continental Cablevision and other Chicago area corporations, 1994-2000.

• Collaborated with the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute, Tanzania; the Economic and Social Research Foundation of East Africa; and the University of Durban--Westville, South Africa, on variety of programs and conference strategies, 1994-1998.

• Directed and managed administrative, operational and budgetary functions; recruited, trained, and deployed an effective staff in support of the Chicago School-To-Work Opportunities System for Chicago Public Schools, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Chicago Workforce Board and Illinois State Board of Education, 1996-1998.

• Initiated connectivity allowing teachers and students in 17 Illinois schools to electronically communicate Chicago Metropolitan History Education Center (America’s largest independent urban history center), 1995-1996.

• Led cross cultural briefings on Tanzania MBA Enterprise Corp, 1994.

• Designed award winning public-private educational partnership publicized by the Secretary of Labor’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills 1992.

• Conceived and managed North Chicago Community Unit School District 187's Partners in Progress Program (PIP), which led to the selection of the Superintendent as one North America’s top 100 school administrators Executive Educator magazine, 1991.  PIP included innovative award winning programs as: Mini-Grants to Principals and Teachers, Home Learning Academy for Parents and Students, Principal’s Academy, etc.

 

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