Alicia Tappan

Experience

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  Pacific Quest

  Jun 2010 - Oct 2010

  Field Instructor

  Supervise and observe "at-risk" youth using organic gardening and sustainability to encourage therapeutic growth. Experienced with shift work.

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  Unishippers

  May 2011 - Aug 2014

  Office Manager

  Manage 3-5 sales people and 2 other administrative personnel. Problem solving customer needsOrganize office staff meetingsInitiate and facilitate customer relations

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  Footprints Yoga

  Jan 2013 - now

  Owner, Teacher, Activist

  • Ownero Organize class schedule, manage expenses, and organize community service projects• Philanthropisto Network stakeholders and gate keepers to help raise money and material items by pairing up with local non-profit organizations in Denver• Mount Saint Vincent and Johnson & Wales University Pumpkin Decorating• Colfax Community Network Farmer’s Market• Project Angel Heart grocery bags for support• East Evans Business Association Earth Day Clean Up• Teacher of eight community yoga classes weekly (over 150 students)• Volunteered to assist teaching annual Yoga on the Steps for Breast Cancer Research Show less

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  Mark Wichern For Congress

  Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

  Outreach Coordinator

  Communicating with Gatekeepers and Stake holders in District 1.Organizing volunteers, Town Hall Meetings, Voter Registration Drives, and weekly meetings with staff.Speaking on platform points, outreaching to community members, educational systems, and local events.When Mark Wichern lost to the incumbent, I was asked to stay on, but I would prefer to work back in the health field

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  The Secret Place Home, Inc.

  Oct 2018 - Aug 2023

  Executive Director

  • Executive Director duties include: plan and execute annual budget, fundraise, grant writing, manage staff, schedule, host and teach quarterly CSEC trainings, oversee overall function of program• Community gate keeper and capacity builder for awareness, trauma informed care services, and creating relationships to help build services for victims.• Working directly with child survivors of sex trafficking by providing CSEC Safe House and wrap around trauma informed care services.• Leadership and manage staff of Safe House, Advocacy center and CSEC Service Provider for Department of Children and Families, FamiliesFirst Network, and youth from the community.• Developed services for Department of Juvenile Justice and referral coodination•. Established need for re-entry program for survivors in local jail• Created a referall process for survivors who benefit from TEAMS (Mental Health Court). Show less

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  Tappan Consulting

  Jul 2023 - now

  Founder & CEO

  Providing survivor leaders of sex trafficking opportunities for proffesional development and leadership. Developed a public speaking toolkit. Partner with business coaches, speaking coaches, mental health professionals, law enforcement, military, and NGOs to provide training and consulting for human trafficking awareness and trauma informed care. LeadHer Retreats are quarterly trauma informed care opportunities to rest and recharge in a safe place. Survivor-led solutions are local, state, and national education platforms that build capacity within a community to provide a survivor lens on the trainings provided. Lastly, Brave Girl Diaries is a professional book series that provides evidence-based practices along side testimonies and journal entires for survivors to work through their trauma in a new and improved way. Show less

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  Survivor-Led Solutions

  Jul 2023 - now

  Founder & CEO

  Consulting organizations to become survivor-informed and centered. Emphasis on trauma-informed care. Train and education businesses. Provide survivor leaders with leadership, professional development, and ongoing mental health services. Parter in communities across the nation to bring survivor leaders to the decision-making tables.