Experience

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  Texas department of housing and community affairs

  Mar 2004 - Mar 2007

  Compliance monitor

  Monitored and provided technical assistance Multi-family developments to promote compliance with HUD and IRS program requirements.

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  Minnesota housing finance agency

  Sept 2007 - Jan 2014

  Grant administrator

  I facilitated the competitive grant-making processes and managed the financial and contractual aspects of a $15m biennial grant administered through 86 organizations serving 7,500 households annually. Tracked and measured performance through data and onsite monitoring. Collaboratively engaged partners to ensure continual focus on the grant’s direction toward innovative, client-centered programming.

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  Contract and consulting work

  Mar 2015 - Jun 2015

  Independent consultant

  Strategic planning, infrastructure development and grant management for governmental and non-profit agencies designed to support and strengthen communities. *City of Oakland Human Services Department - streamlining processes, compliance, capacity building and grant management

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  California humanities

  May 2015 - Sept 2017

  Associate program officer

  Led the Humanities for All Quick Grant Program and Literature & Medicine Program at California Humanities with the mission to connect Californians to ideas and one another in order to understand our shared heritage and diverse cultures, inspire civic participation, and shape our future.

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  Minnesota department of human services

  Nov 2017 - Jun 2020

  Social security advocacy and soar coordinator

  Redesigned the Request For Proposal (RFP) process for Social Security Advocacy Pay-for-Performance resources resulting in: o Application format shift from a 70+page document to a 6-page dynamic application o Over 80% of applicants received were new to the funding source due to expanded outreach o Eleven start-up awards granted o Integration of the State’s Diversity and Inclusion policy Launched interagency leadership council on Social Security Advocacy Facilitated partner communication via webinars, 2-day trainings, conference presentations, and as newsletter editorPlanned and facilitated bi-weekly equity-related activities as one of the Division’s Equity Champion/Liaisons Mostrar menos

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  Minnesota housing

  Jun 2020 - May 2022

  Grants program manager

  I led the grantmaking process and managed programmatic aspects of:o Minnesota’s Housing Trust Fund Rental Assistance Program, a $26.5m biennial grant administered by 42 non-profit and tribal organizations stabilizing 1,500 households annuallyo HUD Housing for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) & HOPWA-CARES Act funding serving nearly 200 households annuallyo Co-lead the $3.5m Homework Starts with Home program, a multi-disciplinary partnership providing state & philanthropic funded rental assistance and services to over 200 homeless and highly mobile students and families Mostrar menos

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  Self employed

  Jan 2022 - Jun 2024

  Consultant

  Minnesota Housing Finance Agency April 2023-June 2024• Granted more than $100m to established and new Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program grantees to quickly increase level of service statewide• Led weekly meetings with stakeholders to manage service ramp upNorth Star Policy Consulting February 2023-September 2023• Program implementation guidance of Medicaid-billable Housing Stabilization ServicesGuidehouse April 2022-September 2022• Translated federal regulation and national best practices into simple, actionable guidance for Pennsylvania’s implementation of Emergency Rental Assistance Program Mostrar menos