Consultant and Education Leader
Oakland, CA, 1/14 - present

• Leadership transitions and coaching, organizational capacity building, equity and inclusion, communication, board development, program development, and space planning.
  

Interim Provost and Dean of the Faculty
Mills College, Oakland, CA 6/15 - 12/16

• Led curriculum cost analysis, academic budget planning, strategic development, and space planning.
  
• Led the college through significant curriculum changes, the development of new undergraduate and graduate programs, and academic restructuring.
  
• Provided leadership during a time of presidential transition.
• Negotiated the first collective bargaining agreement for adjunct faculty at the College.
  
• Worked closely with the president and senior leadership to explore new partnerships.
  

Executive Director
National Writing Project, Berkeley, CA 1/08 –  11/13

• Led the organization through a dramatic shift in funding, including a redesign for a stronger, more sustainable future.

• Identified and secured new sources of income to support the mission and the infrastructure of a vibrant network of local sites. Raised more than $105 million through public and private sources.
  

• Provided strategic leadership, grounded in a collaborative style.

• Demonstrated success in policy advocacy. Initiated and maintained strategic alliances with organizations in support of NWP’s goals.
• Monitored and supported ongoing research on the effectiveness of NWP.
• Strengthened the NWP Board of Directors in collaboration with board leadership.
• Led a comprehensive strategic planning process.
• Invested in the leadership development of NWP’s senior team and staff.

Interim Director of Faculty Equity Programs
University of California Office of the President, Oakland, CA 10/06 – 10/07

• Coordinated, advised and provided support to the UC President’s Task Force on Faculty Diversity.
• Provided leadership to the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, with an emphasis on increasing participation in STEM fields.
• Worked with the University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity to coordinate Faculty
  Senate and administrative efforts to promote diversity and inclusiveness.

• Initiated a study on the status of women and underrepresented minorities in the health sciences.
• Facilitated the development of recommendations to improve equity across the UC system.
• Provided support to the Regents’ Study Group on University Diversity regarding the impact of Proposition 209 on students, faculty and campus climate.
• Conducted background research on proposed policies affecting academic administrators.

Special Assistant to the President for Diversity Initiatives
Bennett College for Women, Greensboro, NC 9/05 – 10/06 

• Worked closely with the president and senior leadership team of this historical college for black women to develop Bennett into a welcoming place for all women, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious/spiritual beliefs, and (dis)ability.
• Conducted focus groups and individual meetings with students, faculty, staff and alumnae to determine current climate for initiatives.
• Developed recommendations and action steps for implementing programs to support Bennett’s vision for  itself.
• Worked with Enrollment Services to facilitate the development of a strategic approach for the successful recruitment, matriculation and graduation of students not currently enrolled at Bennett.
• Worked  with Institutional Advancement and the president on fundraising and development efforts in support of these initiatives.

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Professor of Education
Interim Provost
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA. 1/03 - 6/05

• Provided leadership for academic planning, programming and budgeting for the college, including twenty-three (23) departments and programs.

• Oversaw a budget of $27 million. Working closely with department and program heads to align operational planning and management with the budget process.
• Brought greater transparency to decision-making (e.g., budget process, sabbatical awards, curriculum approval).
• Aligned the annual faculty evaluation process with criteria for tenure and promotion.
• Established an annual pool of funds to support faculty scholarship.
• Developed application process and facilitated the awarding of the new junior faculty research leave program.
• Led faculty searches, appointed and provided orientation for the Vice Provost and the newly created position of Associate Provost of Research.
• Provided direct oversight and leadership to the Office of Sponsored Programs until an Associate Provost of Research was hired. Sponsored Programs generated more than $10 million new dollars each year from 2003 through 2005.
• Worked with the Faculty Welfare Committee and Human Resources to develop a faculty retirement incentive program.
• Reorganized the department of Physical Education and Athletics into one entity to better meet the needs of students and institutional priorities; established four new full time faculty-coach positions for greater student engagement and support.
• Facilitated a revision of curriculum committee policies for greater consistency, and supported the development of new majors and minors in the sciences and humanities.
• Facilitated completion of the first approved faculty handbook since 1986.
• In preparation for re-accreditation, led efforts to revise the program review process.
• Staffed the Faculty Affairs and Educational Policy Committee of the Board of Trustees.
• Led efforts to gain greater support from the Board of Trustees and a commitment for a new Arts building.

 
Professor and Education Graduate Program Coordinator
Associate Professor and Founding Director of Project SPIRIT
Education Department
Springfield College, Springfield, MA. 7/96 – 1/03

• Led collaborative multi-department initiative to redesign both the undergraduate and graduate teacher preparation programs to align with the new state standards.
• Led effort to create new post-baccalaureate teacher preparation programs.  
• Redesigned the Master of Education programs to better prepare educators to function effectively in data-driven environments.
• Served as the department representative to the Graduate Council.

• Developed an advising system that improved student retention and graduation.
• Implemented a mentor program for teacher preparation students with K-12 teacher leaders.
• Led collaborative K-16 partnership that designed and implemented an academic enrichment program for high school students of color to encourage college attendance.
• Managed grants to support programs totally nearly $1.18 million; served as lead or solo writer on grant applications that generated $180,000 in new funds.

Visiting Lecturer
School for International Training
Brattleboro, VT, Spring 1997

Visiting Lecturer
School of Education and School of Natural Resources, 
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 1/94 - 5/94 and 9/95 – 12/95     
              
Assistant Professor
School of Exercise, Leisure and Sport 
Kent State University, Kent, OH. 8/89 - 2/96
 
Program Director and Instructor
Adventure Education Center
Worthington, OH. 8/83 - 8/89

Complete curriculum vitae available upon request.