Experience

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  The university of texas at austin

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

  Residence hall director

  First female Hall Director in Men's Residence Halls (MRH), charged with developing and implementing the transition from the all-male population to co-ed residential and staff population in MRH consisting of training, programming, crisis response, staff and student development within Brackenridge and Roberts Residence halls.

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  The ohio state university

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2006

  Assistant director - student affairs

  Orientation, Student Advocacy, Student Rights & Responsibilities (Judicial Process), Student Activities, Campus Programs and Events, Residential Life & University Housing, Student Government, Academic Advising, Campus Climate CommitteeServed in various capacities within Student Affairs including Hall Director, Assistant Director for Off-Campus Student Services, NIHHH project coordinator at OSU and Assistant Director for Student Affairs at OSU-Newark).

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  Arizona state university

  Jan 2006 - now

  Advance and enhance experiences for 11,000+ students, cultivating community, healthfulness and skill building. Directly influence campus experiences aligned with university wide priorities: orientation, fall welcome, family programming, retention, facilitating continued student success. Contribute positively to and provide stability for the work environment, encouraging knowledge of, respect for, and development of skills to engage with students and families from diverse backgrounds. Develop strategic approaches with Student Services, academic partners, and students the execution of activities that fulfill the student experience and enhances their participation in college life with the intent of increasing student persistence through graduation. Provide leadership for Multi-Cultural Communities of Excellence, including programming efforts supporting inclusion and belonging on campus. Advise Undergraduate Student Government and the Sun Devil Leadership Council to maximize advocacy and benefit to individual and the collective student experience. Direct and accountable for activities of cross-functional workgroups to meet goals and objectives. Engage proactively with campus partners, City of Phoenix to maintain a safe, vibrant urban campus experience. Manage complex situations with students and families to advance student success by coordinating appropriate response to such emergencies. Provide leadership to support maintaining the safety of students and academic integrity of the university and guidance to the Student Services team at DPC. Responsible for budget development and oversight, review fiscal accounts, and preparation of fiscal reports for all assigned areas. Serve as a resource to faculty and staff on student behavioral issues in the classroom and workplace. Exibir menos Leadership responsibilities in multiple areas including: New Student Programs (formerly Orientation), ASU Family Programs, Free Speech education, Situational Response Team, and Division Development Team member (identifying and writing funding grant proposals for strategic division initiatives). Primary presenter for New Student Orientation Welcomes, Family Orientations, International Family Orientations and Barrett, the Honors College Orientation Welcomes.Serves as a senior member of the Dean of Students Leadership Team, represent the Deputy Vice President and Dean of Students, responds to high-level student, family and constituent needs on behalf of the Dean and Deputy VP and leverages "other duties as assigned" to advance the needs of the division.Numerous professional presentations and competencies to include: Accountability trainer, ASHOKA University panelist, Conflict Resolution and Mediation (OSU Law School certification), Social Entrepreneurship, DEIB training, Personality Type & Myers-Briggs (MBTI), Strengths Based Teams, First-Generation Latina Persistence EPI International Conference (Educational Policy Institute), numerous presentations at ACPA, NASPA and ACUHO-I Conferences, webinar presentations annually beginning 2010 with: PaperClip Communications, Higher Education Educators and Inside Higher Education (topics include: Hispanic Student Success, First Generation College Students, Mentor Programs, Sophomore Success, International Student Engagement, Adult Learners), Reviewer for Current Issues in Education (academic education journal). University Undergraduate Standards Committee, ACPA National Directorate Member Commission for Administrative Leadership, University Staff Council representative, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Student of the Year Board member Exibir menos TRIO Executive Director (oversaw nine TRIO programs: four pre-college programs and five college programs, launched new pre-college program, successfully wrote nine renewal grants including receiving specialized one-time additional grant awards). TRIO Programs are Federally funded through the Department of Education (5 year grant cycle) student support services for first-generation, low-income, students with disabilities and/or veterans.Situational Response Team lead - crisis and/or situational response on campus from a Student Affairs perspective, emphasis on de-escalation and education, trained cross-functional staff members Exibir menos Areas of oversight included: Student & Cultural Engagement unit - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion student centric leadership development, awareness and engagement; International Student Engagement unit - Integration of international and domestic student experiences, expanded experiences for students to feel connected to campus life; - CORA - Counsel of Religious Advisers and University Liaison to the White House Interfaith and Service Campus Challenge; - Spiritual Wellness and Interfaith Initiatives - advocating, education and increasing awareness of and inclusive spaces for diversity of religious and spiritual well-being as part of holistic student development; - Situational Response Team - crisis and/or situational response on campus from a Student Affairs perspective, emphasis on de-escalation and education Exibir menos Reimagined organizational development and staff support for Student and Cultural Engagement including International Student EngagementCreated Heritage Month Celebration Series as a platform to elevate cultural celebrations, education and awareness university-wideLeadership Launch - early start program for incoming first-year and transfer students, foundational bridge program rooted in identity development yielding increased student success and retentionLaunched Culture@ASU as a student centered, staff supported on-going demonstration of institutional support for equity, inclusion, intersectionality, identify development and belongingStudent Organization Support servicesInitiatives in Student Leadership DevelopmentCultural Coalitions Development creating the Council of Coalitions as representative leadership with Undergraduate Student Government Council of PresidentsObama Scholars ProgramCORA - Counsel of Religious Advisers and University Liaison to the While House Interfaith and Service Campus Challenge Exibir menos Created a new and an operationally self-sustaining office within three years. Expanded Residential Education concepts to the off-campus community in partnership with and as an outgrowth of University Housing.The four areas of OCCSS are: Community Relations (partnerships with the city - town/gown relations), Adult Learners (undergraduate students 25yrs+), Commuter Student Programs such as Be A Good Neighbor and Community Liaison program (partnerships with apartment communities in the local area) and the Child Care Center (subsidized child care for students, faculty and staff in conjunction with Federal grant funding). Exibir menos

  • Dean of Students - Interim

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Faculty Associate | Instructional Professional

    Jan 2012 - now

  • Assistant Dean of Students

    Nov 2019 - Jul 2023

  • Assistant Dean of Students and Executive Director for TRIO Programs

    Jan 2016 - Nov 2019

  • Assistant Dean of Students

    Jun 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Director for Strategic Initiatives | Student & Cultural Engagement

    Jul 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Director, Dean of Student Affairs Office at Arizona State University

    Jan 2009 - Jul 2012

  • Director, Off-Campus & Commuter Student Service

    Jan 2007 - Jul 2009

  • Director, Residence Education

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
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  Paradise valley community college

  Jan 2024 - now

  Adjunct faculty