Experience

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  Newark housing authority

  Jun 2008 - Dec 2012

  Managed Newark Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) programs and led local housing initiatives, including the relocation of tenants from a housing development losing federal aid. Managed a major initiative to select residents from the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program waiting list to assist Newark's housing needs and increase the Housing Authority's voucher utilization. Led relocation efforts for residents housed at two Public Housing sites scheduled for major redevelopment by the Newark Housing Authority.

  • Coordinator of Program Admissions and Project-Based Housing

    Jan 2011 - Dec 2012

  • Leasing Project Team Leader

    Sept 2009 - Jan 2011

  • Relocation Specialist

    Jun 2008 - Sept 2009
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  Aids resource foundation for children

  Dec 2012 - Feb 2022

  Led the New Jersey Housing Collaborative, a statewide housing initiative funded by the New Jersey Department of Health's Division of HIV, STD, and TB Services that aims to respond to homelessness and expand housing opportunities across New Jersey. Director of operations and administration for several permanent housing programs serving over 300 formerly homeless individuals and families in the greater Newark area.

  • Director of the New Jersey Housing Collaborative

    Oct 2017 - Feb 2022

  • Director of Housing Programs

    Dec 2012 - Sept 2017
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  Rutgers business school

  Sept 2017 - Aug 2018

  Victoria emerging leaders program (velp) fellow

  The fellowship combines time-tested elements and benefits of a structured curriculum, peer mentoring, one-on-one coaching, Emotional Intelligence assessment and training, and Life & Career Planning®, a proprietary tool that focuses on personal and professional growth through exploring one’s own values.

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  City of newark

  Feb 2022 - now

  Director, mayor's office of homeless services

  Appointed by Mayor Ras J. Baraka as the Director of the City’s first Office of Homeless Services in early 2022. In this role I oversee the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services, its programs and activities, and lead the Mayor’s initiatives and projects that aim to end chronic homelessness in the City. In late 2022, my office launched Newark's first Homelessness Strategic Plan. This plan was developed with support from consumers, community partners, business leaders, and stakeholders and focuses on key strategies that will reduce street homelessness, improve the shelter system, and expand housing. Show less