Experience

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  Persephone zill enterprises inc.

  Jan 2001 - Jun 2007

  Entrepreneurial trainer, business consultant and career coach

  Provided entrepreneurial training and business counseling for WEDC Produced and marketed national professional development conferences for The Forge InstituteProvided individual coaching for clients looking to change careers and/or start businesses

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  Women's enterprise development center

  Jun 2008 - Jun 2015

  Program director

  Implemented a new entrepreneurship curriculum and managed all entrepreneurial training programs including recruitment and management of program trainers Produced volunteer-led annual networking roundtable at a local corporationLaunched and managed annual LEAP Business Plan competition providing cash equity boost for start-upsDeveloped annual “Train the Trainer” summit to ensure continuous curriculum improvementWrote fundraising proposals for sustainability education and designed green business programsProvided day to day business counselingAs Senior Program Specialist & Business Counselor (2008 - 2013) Delivered business plan training and monthly workshops and counseled small business ownersProduced volunteer-led annual networking roundtable at a local corporationWrote e-news promoting small business center’s activitiesAssisted with marketing and social media initiatives Show less

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  Food bank for westchester

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2017

  Senior director, strategic partnerships & advocacy

  Expanded community partnerships with corporations, universities and government to increase feeding capacity and efficiency for network’s soup kitchens and food pantriesDeveloped 2016 Hunger Impact Summit featuring solution-oriented sessions stemming from collective impact initiative of feeding agency members, related area non-profits and fundersServed as the point person for interdepartmental connectivity around the creation and launch of a five-year strategic plan for the food bankPlanned and implemented advocacy initiatives around public policy development on a county, state and federal level Show less

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  Fordham social innovation collaboratory

  Sept 2017 - Oct 2018

  Associate director

  Mentored student teams around goals, strategies and outcomes for their area of desired social impact including sustainable living, food, finance and diversity, equity and inclusionDesigned and taught social innovation and diversity and inclusion to students and facultyResearched and developed social innovation learning model related to knowledge, tools and mindsets Coordinated faculty, alumni, corporations and non-profits partners for lab initiativesLaunched global social innovation pitch competition with 30+ universities in the US and internationallyHelped produce 150+ page report about all the social innovation research and teaching at Fordham University as part of the AshokaU “change maker campus” re-designation process Show less

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  Women's enterprise development center inc.

  Feb 2019 - now

  Director, women's business center