Hallmark Career Achievements

Final Dollar Grant Programs Creation

Instrumental in the creation of Cincinnati State's Be Great Grant and Gateway KCTCS's Tri-State Scholars Programs

K16 Data Sharing Agreements

Developed and launched data-sharing agreements between a large urban K12 district and 14 college campuses

Summer Melt Collaborative Work

Catalyzed partnerships between a K12 district and multiple college campuses to co-create and co-fund meaningful summer melt advising

School Counselor Advocacy

Led advocacy efforts that resulted in the doubling of school counselors within a K12 district

Cincinnati College Consortium

Convened a collective impact group of stakeholders to develop systemic solutions to equity concerns

20x20 Initiative


Piloted efforts to increase female representation to 20% by 2020 within a competitive engineering and applied science college

Work Experience

Founder and Lead Coach
AlignED Strategy

Postsecondary Leadership Coach
OneGoal

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Diversity Series Courses
(Thomas More University)

Lead Coach
District C

K16 Consultant & Coach
Momentum Metrics (Education Strategy Group)
Tipton County Schools (TN)
Lauderdale County Schools (TN)
AccelerateED  (BMGF)
Eastern Kentucky Student Success Pipeline (EKYSSP)
EmployIndy Career Advising Framework

Ed Tech Content & Community Engagement Lead
Encourage (Encoura)
myOptions (NRCCUA)

K12 Administrator
College Manager
(Cincinnati Public Schools)

College Access & Success Non-Profit Leader
TRiO Talent Search
AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides
GearUP Norwood
(Cincinnati Youth Collaborative)

Undergraduate Admissions & Enrollment Management
Program Manager (University of Cincinnati  CEAS)
Admission Counselor & Ambassador (Thomas More College)

Formal Education

Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership
Northern Kentucky University

Master of Science, Marketing
University of Cincinnati

Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics
Thomas More College

Associate of Arts, History
Thomas More College

Certificate, DEI in the Workplace
University of South Florida

Certificate, Entrepreneurship
Cornell University

Recognitions

2022  Life Member Award, Ohio Association for College Admission Counseling

2020 40 Under 40 Nominee, Cincinnati Business Courier

2018 CChange Class 13, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce

2016 Rising Star Award Honorable Mention, National Association for College Admission Counseling

2016 Barbara Seibel Spirit Award, Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

2015 McCormick Distinguished Staff Member Award, University of Cincinnati College of Engineering & Applied Science

2014 New Member Awardee, Ohio Association of College Admission Counseling

Unique PD

Fellow, KIPP Collaborative for College Success Executive Fellowship, Inaugural Cohort, 2020

Invitee, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation K12 District Postsecondary Leaders Fall 2019 Convening

Leading Others Certification, Leadership Pipeline Institute, October 2019

C-Change Class 13, Cincinnati Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2018

Studio C, facilitated by Design Impact, sponsored by United Way, Class of Spring 2017

NCAN Idea Incubator: Collecting and Reporting Metrics across Organizations, Networks, and Collaboratives, August 2016

The Leadership Challenge, Leadership Council for Non-Profits, Class of Fall 2016

Kenton County Government Academy, January-April 2016

SafeZone, TransZone, and DreamZone trained


Presentations

"Realizing Holistic Admission: Implications of Black Feminist Epistemology on College Application Review", Critical Race Studies in Education Association, October 2022

"Help Students and Families Build a Balanced College List", ASCA Webinar, September 2022

"Ready, Set...So You Can Go: Using The End of Junior Year Wisely So You Can Start Application Season Strong", NAF Webinar, April 2022

"Put On Your Oxygen Mask First, Then Help Others: Student Success Depends On It”, MN ACAC 2021 Conference

“Working Differently Together: A Unified Approach to Summer Melt”, OACAC 2021 Conference


“Back to the Future: Engaging and Supporting the Class of 2022”, NCAN Webinar March 2021 and NAF Next Conference 2021


“Coalition Building For Change: Co-Creating Equitable College Experiences for Grades 7-12”, NCAN 2020 Annual Conference 


“Building a Better System for Summer Melt”,  NPEA, OACAC, & NODA Fall 2020 Webinars


“On The Same Team: School Counselors and College Access Partners”, NACAC 2020 Conference


“Building Mutual Accountability: How We’re Creating #DestinationCincinnati”, 2019 NCAN National Conference


“Partnerships For Postsecondary Success”, 2019 Strive Network National Convening


“Partnerships Around The Table”, 2019 NACAC National Conference


“Building Bridges: How to Uniquely Partner Across the K-12 and College Divide”, 2018 NCAN National Conference


“Barrier Busters”, 2018 OACAC Annual Conference & 2018 University of Cincinnati Diversity Conference


“The Third Leg of College Accessibility”, 2017 OACAC Summer Institute


“Using Inclusion Cards to Drive Inclusive Programming”, 2016 COE National Conference


“Off the Beaten Path”, 2016 NCAN National Conference


“Join Now to Lead Later”, 2014 OACAC Annual Conference & 2014 Summer Institute


“True Colors: Hue Are You?”, 2013, 2014, and 2016 OACAC Summer Institute 

Service

Thomas More University Alumni Board of Directors, June 2014 to present

Treasurer, OACAC Executive Board, March 2018 to May 2022

Hispanic Scholarship Foundation Advisory Board Member, May 2018 to present

University of Akron Admissions Advisory Board Member, October 2017 to January 2021

Membership Chair, OACAC Executive Board, May 2016 to June 2018

Program Chair, OACAC Annual Conference, July 2016 to June 2018

Thomas More College J. G. Brown Honors Program Admissions Committee Member, Spring 2017

The Ohio State Young Scholars Program Interview Panelist, Spring 2017 & 2018

On-site Registration Chair, OACAC Annual Conference, July 2015 to June 2016

Gender Inclusive Housing Committee, University of Cincinnati, September 2014 to December 2016

University of Cincinnati Honors Program LeaderShape Cluster Facilitator, December 2015

Entertainment Committee Chair, OACAC/KYACAC SuperConference, July 2014 to June 2015

PR/Communications Committee Chair, OACAC Summer Institute, September 2012 to August 2014

Co-Chair, 2014 Annual Appeal, Bishop Brossart High School

Marketing Advisory Board Member, Bishop Brossart High School, January to December 2015