Experience

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  Pa child welfare training program university of pittsburgh

  Sept 1995 - Jan 2007

  Assistant director, director and supervisor of curriculum & trainer development,

  Directed five departments ensuring work was conducted collaboratively to produce the products outlined in the inter-agency agreement with the Department of Public Welfare and Child Welfare Administrators. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTSo Facilitated work groups with subject matter experts resulting in 50 standardized curriculum and curricula series delivered throughout the state.o Coached and collaborated with over 100 contracted Trainers resulting in 100 specialized workshops to meet caseworker professional development needs throughout the state. o Conducted statewide and national workshops in organizational development, strategic planning, facilitation skills, leadership, supervision and program development. Coached new trainers and when evaluations fell below expectation, developed and implemented corrective action plans to ensure credibility/satisfaction of the program.o Trained over 400 subject matter experts contracted with the program to deliver awareness, knowledge and skill based workshops. Show less

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  Franklin fulton county drug and alcohol

  Jun 2007 - Nov 2009

  Administrator

  Provided executive leadership, strategic planning and change management to the agency. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTSo Reduced staff turnover by 75% by implementing processes and policies that increased staff engagement and empowerment to conduct the work. o Partnered with state governing agency to ensure compliance, resulting in no findings during state quality assurance inspections the first year. Redesigned 18 service provider contracts to increase treatment effectiveness.o Positive customer satisfaction surveys increased by 35% due to organizational redesign. o Developed and implemented a Drug and Alcohol Training Institute. Provided free training to county staff and professionals in the community to increase competence when working with the addicted population. Delivered 24 workshops and served over 400 participants the first year of implementation. Show less

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  American water

  Nov 2009 - May 2019

  Responsible for partnering with Human Resources and the business to identify opportunities and recommend solutions to address professional development needs for 7,000 American Water employees.• Conduct assessment process with stakeholders, research solutions and consult to determine best solutions to meet development needs.• Manage vendor relationships to deliver courses across 23 states based on professional development learning needs assessment.• Oversee the implementation of enterprise wide HR initiated training programs ensuring the roll out has 100% participation. Collaborate with local personnel to ensure training runs as intended and recorded properly.• Develop professional development courses and facilitate over 35 supervisor, manager and self-leadership courses. Show less • Directed the people side of change program to increase employee engagement and create a culture of continuous improvement. • Core responsibilities: defining and managing culture change outcomes, assessing organizational dynamics, mitigating risk, and developing change capability.• Identified competencies of front line and mid-level leaders to ensure training/talent management programs supported the company’s values, vision and employee engagement goals. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS o Provided internal consulting services resulting in 14 change management charters / change plans that included leadership coaching and system change efforts. Positive engagement survey’s increased by 15 to 25%. o Implemented first company wide culture survey, and worked with leaders to implement culture change action teams to support positive workplace change. Show less • Designed, developed and implemented a knowledge management program that identified, captured, documented and transferred key critical tacit knowledge to ensure skill was not lost from the company. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTSo Shadowed over 45 staff documenting knowledge/skill, aligned it to best practices and created training curriculum to transfer to new staff. The work resulted in a guide used by other American Water subsidiaries to replicate the work.o Facilitated talent review meetings with senior leadership identifying top performers creating a pipeline of leaders for the future. Show less

  • Learning Development Consultant

    Mar 2018 - May 2019

  • Learning Business Partner

    Jul 2015 - Mar 2018

  • Director of Change Management

    Apr 2012 - Jul 2015

  • Organization Development Consultant

    Nov 2009 - Mar 2012
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  Carlisle construction materials

  May 2019 - Oct 2022

  Talent development manager

  Responsible for developing, implementing and supporting a global talent strategy, working collaboratively with the HR team and business leaders across the organization to enhance the capabilities of the workforce.

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  Carllisle construction materials

  Oct 2022 - Mar 2023

  Talent devopment manaager

  Led the strategy for identifying, and developing high potentials within the organization. * Assisted people leaders with identifying high potentials using the 9 box model and guiding the design of the development plans. * Conducted Korn Ferry assessments to help identify leadership strengths and areas of opportunity. * Provided consultation during the creation of the development plan.Guided departmental Leaders in organizational change management efforts.* Guided the implementation of the Denison Organizational Culture survey.* Utilized the Prosci model to develop and implement change plans.* Developed quarterly progress surveys to be implemented with staff.Employee Engagement* Chaired the newly formed Employee Engagement Committe consisting of employees at the Carlisle campus.* Developed the charter, assembled the team, and provided 8- 10 engagement events throughout the year. Show less

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  Self-employed

  Aug 2023 - now

  Organizational development consultant

  Work on a contractual basis with organizations in the areas of curriculum development, training facilitation, team building, employee development, leadership development, strategic planning and culture change.