Detroit, Michigan, United States
I am a seasoned executive leader with 20+ years of non-profit management success excited to lead a youth development organization to the highest level of productivity and effectiveness. I have proven strengths in collaboration, creative thinking, community partnerships, human resources, executive team management, and administration. I am known as a committed, steady, high-integrity leader who is helping improve Detroit through positive work with the community and youth.
Leading the Detroit PAL Executive Team and PAL staff in all operations, financial processes, programs, and collaborations while representing PAL in public relations, partnership development, and new initiatives - Implementing strategies to improve operations, financial management and fundraising efforts - Continuing Strategic Plan development including short-term and long-term implementation
Senior Executive Team member providing steady leadership through challenges such as the Great Recession & Pandemic and through great opportunities including the Kids At The Corner Campaign, building the new PAL Headquarters, and organizational growth to serve 15,000 participants in 93 municipalities with over 1,800 volunteers - Grew and institutionalized the Internship Program to over 140 students with 30 internships annually - Provided operational direction for the headquarters design and successful move into The Corner Ballpark - Led as Commissioner of Tiny Tigers T-Ball & Coach Pitch Program from 2016 to 2018 - Directed the CRM Transition to Salesforce with hundreds of thousands of records from multiple data sources - Developed the State of PAL Impact Report with over 12 Years of Programs & Demographic Data - Created Board Dashboards with metrics in youth participants, programs, volunteers, and survey results - Partnered with MSU’s ISYS developing evaluation systems with 8,000+ youth, parent, and coach surveys.
Executive Team member increasing organizational capacity by developing internal process improvements while also building stronger partnerships in the community, increasing brand recognition and expanding program outreach. - Co-Chair of the Community Outreach Committee for the 2009 Final Four Local Organizing Committee - Created the Detroit Grosse Pointe Collaborative, a LISC funded diversity initiative using sports and the arts - Improved customer service operations through phones, front desk, and online presence
Executive Team member leading efforts to develop processes and systems for the successful merger of Think Detroit and the Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL). Responsibilities included program administration, program communication, volunteer coordination, registration systems, and data management. - Developed unified registration and reporting systems for the 22 legacy programs of the two non-profits. - Administered the newly launched IMPACT Training that screened, trained, and certified 2300 volunteers - Developed processes for communication to volunteers, parents, schools and community partners - Began data mining efforts including 23,000 participants in 11 sports and 4 enrichment programs
Key leadership role with an entrepreneurial non-profit in strong growth phase with the responsibility of growing the primary program model through a variety of school and community outreach while maintaining the organizational culture. The company was selected as the Best Managed Non-Profit by Crain's in 2004. - Created scalable model for youth development program growth from 720 to 5,000 youth participants - Led sports leagues including Baseball, Softball, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, and Recreational Soccer - Launched 2004 first programming grant from the Skillman Foundation in the Good Neighborhood Initiative - Created and grew a sustainable school sports initiative from 8 school teams to 118 school teams - Developed new sports programs including starting Volleyball, High School Soccer, and School Track