Skills & Abilities
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• intensive training in
servant-leadership and flat leadership techniques
• professional visual artist,
photographer, and artistic/design consultant
• accredited career development, art, English and MS
software instructor
• interactive work with special
needs groups including homeless populations,
at-risk students, abused
children, (ex-)offenders, adult students, and underserved populations
• extensive grant-writing/evaluation/research/management experience
• 20+ years of volunteer
management, public service, project creation and management
• excellent communication/public speaking skills
• experience in all aspects
of non-profit administration and operation, and board service and development
• professional experience in economic development,
membership management, and governmental/political/community activism
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Experience
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Director - Works In Progress Louisiana
Shreveport, LA
May 2014 - present
Responsible for all functions of nonprofit agency which
provides business development workshops/project funding grants to creative
professionals in 26 North Louisiana parishes
Nonprofit Consultant
Northwest Louisiana
June 2011 - present
Research, write and manage
grants and databases for various nonprofit clients and creative professionals; use
Constant Contact, SAGE, Excel, Access, ServicePoint, WIX and other
MS/web-based/database programs; train grant writing and database personnel;
assist nonprofit organizations with 501(c)3 applications, Articles of
Incorporation, bylaws, board selection, etc.; acquired $500,000.00+ in
grant funding from various sources including the State of Louisiana
DHH/OPH, Beaird Foundation, Caddo Parish Commission, Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Foundation of Louisiana, Gamma Mu Foundation, Grayson Foundation, R.Q.
Terrell Charitable Trust, Caesars Foundation, MAC AIDS Foundation, Elton
John AIDS Foundation, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Combined Federal
Campaign (OPM CFC), Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundations, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, et al
Director of Serving Ministries - First United Methodist Church
Shreveport, LA
June 2005 – October 2010
Responsible for leading a
large mission ministry that created/implemented community outreach
programs including ex-offender services, homeless outreach, and prison
ministry/education programs; assisted people in need of various types of
emergency assistance; managed FUMC Community Grants Program, community
volunteer education and training, and internship program; significantly
increased church’s local missions budget; hosted annual outreach events for
people in need, e.g.: Christmas Love Feast, Operation Stand Down; served as liaison between church and
community non-profits/agencies, and represented the church at
local/national mission-related events; presented educational seminars about
serving/outreach to various civic/religious/non-profit groups, and
published numerous articles re: community outreach and social justice
concerns
President - West Edge Artists’ Co-op
Shreveport, LA
June 2005 – October 2010
Founded, organized, and
managed a regional nonprofit arts organization; directed operations at art
gallery in downtown arts district, worked with film industry to provide
services for set designers and artistic directors; curated art exhibits at
local businesses; consulted/collaborated with other arts agencies on
local/state level
Instructor - Career Technical College
Shreveport, LA
June 2004 - July 2005
Taught Computer Education,
Career Development, English and Composition/Writing; coordinated with staff
& management re: lesson plans, teaching goals, and other aspects of
proprietary college; reported grades, student progress and provided student
advancement recommendations; consulted students on specific academic/career
goals
Art Instructor - Shreveport Regional Arts Council
Shreveport, LA
August 2003 - January 2005
Taught comprehensive art lessons to elementary public school students; responsible
for reporting detailed data to Shreveport Regional Arts Council for
state/federal grants
Database Administrator - Volunteers for Youth Justice/CASA
Shreveport,
LA
October 2001 - October 2003
Implemented/maintained new
database for CASA program; instructed case management staff in use of
database; interviewed and screened new volunteer case managers; wrote
grants for various VYJ programs; hosted events for donors/board members,
and assisted with collecting donations for high-risk foster children; consulted
with administration on new/existing program development; created arts-based
juvenile diversion program; worked with adjudicated children in the
anger-management program
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Community
Service
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Former Commissioner - Shreveport Mayor’s
Women’s Commission (2015)
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Member – National Association of Professional
Women
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President – N.O.W. Shreveport/Bossier (2013 –
2015)
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Former Board Member - Meadows Museum of Art at
Centenary College
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Advisory Board Member – Highland Cultural
District
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Founding Board Member - Noel UMC Community
Arts Program
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Former Commissioner – Louisiana Governor’s
Women’s Commission (2005)
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Contributing Writer – HenryHarbor.com, ForwardNow.com,
et al
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Juror/Curator/Critic – Shreveport Art Club,
Bossier Arts Council, et al
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Louisiana Civil Law Notary (1998)
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Contributor – Louisiana Coalition for
Reproductive Freedom, Forum for Equality Louisiana, various political
campaigns
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Community Supporter/Organizer - Shreveport
Opera, Baylor University Kappa Omega Tau Fraternity, Meadows Museum of Art,
Philadelphia Center HIV/AIDS Resource Center, MLK Health Center, Holy Angels
Residential Facility, ACLU, Shreveport
House Concert Series, Renzi Education and Arts Center, Montessori School of
Shreveport, YWCA, Volunteers of America, Multicultural Center of the South, ACS
Gender Studies Conference, Northwest Louisiana Art Gallery, Betty and Leonard
Phillips Deaf Action Center, Community Renewal International
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