Experience & Skills
Employment
Director of Grants & Sponsored Programs
Landmark College - Putney, Vermont
May 2013 - January 2019
Responsible for pre- to post-award grants management for the College.
Worked collaboratively with the development and research offices, as well as with faculty seeking grant-funded support.
Responsible for the stewardship of all endowed scholarship funds, and the creation of a campus-wide scholarship program to increase the number of low-income students served.
Created and implemented a campus-wide funding competition for faculty research projects.
Senior Project Manager
Vermont Afterschool, Inc. - Burlington, Vermont
August 2009 to April 2013
Founding partner of the Vermont Center for Afterschool Excellence, which later became Vermont Afterschool, Inc., a non-profit organization to support out-of-school time programs across Vermont.
Developed and led a three-year grant initiative to highlight innovative programming across the state.
Led professional development efforts for afterschool professionals across the state.
Provided state-level evaluation services to the Vermont Agency of Education for VTAOE-funded afterschool programs.
Project Director & Program Evaluator/Grants Manager
Wings Community Programs - Jacksonville, Vermont
October 2005 to September 2009 (Project Director)
September 2001 to October 2005 (Program Evaluator/Grants Manager)
Built and expanded out-of-school time programming from a one school initiative to a supervisory-union wide program.
Created systems for sustaining afterschool programming that became model programs at a state level.
Program Evaluator
Deerfield Valley Community Partnership - Wilmington, Vermont
October 1998 to May 2004
Designed local evaluation tools to monitor the effectiveness of alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention programming within the Deerfield Valley.
Managed all data collection and grant reporting for state funding supporting local prevention efforts.
Contractual Work
New Hampshire Department of Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers - Concord, New Hampshire
May 2007 and March 2008
Grant reviewer for 21st Century Community Learning Center proposals.
Reviewer for New Hampshire's Continual Improvement Process for Afterschool Programs (CIPAS).​
Vermont Agency of Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers - Montpelier, Vermont
March 2007, February 2016, February 2018, February 2019, and March 2022
Grant reviewer for 21st Century Community Learning Centers proposals.
Provided professional development and technical support to out-of-school time programs related to financially sustaining programming.
Vermont Agency of Human Services, Child Development Division - Waterbury, Vermont
February 2008
Survey development, data collection, analysis and synthesis for the Career Pathways Project.
Other Consultation Work
Arboreal Habitats - Halifax, Vermont
Bellows Falls Community Bike Project - Bellows Falls, Vermont
Brattleboro Area Hospice - Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro Community TV (BCTV) - Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) - Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro Mutual Aid Association/ Thompson House - Brattleboro, Vermont
Building Bright Futures (BBF) - Williston, Vermont
Groundworks Collaborative - Brattleboro, Vermont
Latchis Hotel & Theater - Brattleboro, Vermont
Monadnock United Way - Keene, NH
Texas Education Agency - Austin, Texas
Education & Certifications
University of Wisconsin-Madison
MSSW Master of Science in Social Work, May 1996
BA Social Work & Psychology, May 1995
The Grantsmanship Training Program, October 2005
Marlboro College Graduate School
Results-Based Accountability, May 2015
Certificate in Non-Profit Management, June 2010
Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality
Youth Program Quality Assessment (YPQA) External Assessor Certification, November 2012
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