SPECIAL AREAS OF INTEREST AND EXPERTISE EXPERIENCE Philanthropic Advisor Non-Profit Management Non-Profit Consulting Evaluation
Strategic Planning for Community-Based Initiatives
Program Planning and Evaluation
Philanthropic Advising
Applied Research on Community Resilience
Community Development Leadership
2008
City of New Orleans Office of Recovery Management. Team Leader: Responsible for organizational development training.
2006 – 2008
Ashé Cultural Arts Center. Learning Partner Co-Leader: Community reconciliation project.
2015
Bellagio Conference. Facilitate Field Lessons from the Ground: Building Urban Resilience Upon the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
2015
The Women Donors Network. Advise on annual convention on Katrina 10th Anniversary
2014-2015
The Walton Family Foundation. Production of community voices videos for inclusion in BP Oil Spill anniversary event
2011
Annie E. Casey Foundation. Evaluatiion of civic engagement activities.
2009
Greater New Orleans Foundation: Research for redesign of local health care system.
2007-2008
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Develop plan for foundation recovery investments in the Greater New Orleans area.
2007
Open Society Institute. Advisor for philanthropic investments in the Greater New Orleans area.
Gulf Coast Funders for Equity. Facilitator for national and local foundations focused on increasing equity in recovery efforts.
2005-2008
Ford Foundation and Institute for Regional and Community Transformation. Member of design team that developed plan for the investments in the Gulf Coast region post-hurricanes.
2016-Current
Co-founder/Co-facilitator of NOW, LOVE (500 person women’s network)
1999-2000
Louisiana Public Health Institute: Interim Executive Director
1994-2000
Urban Youth against Violence: Founder and Team Leader
2008-2012
New Orleans Coalition on Open Governance. Coalition Director: Coalition of eight organizations whose mission is to: Increase openness and accountability in governance through increased informed community engagement in civic decision-making, rebuilding watchdog function of journalism, and structural and policy advances.
1993 – 2011
Strategic Planning, Board and Organizational Development, including:
Alliance for Human Services
City of New Orleans
Foundation for the Mid-South
Goodwork Network
Greater New Orleans Foundation
Institute for Mental Hygiene
Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund, Washington, DC
Louisiana Office of Public Health
Montefiore Medical Center
National Network of Public Health Institutes
UNICEF Social Mobilization Project
University of New Orleans
U.S. Agency for International Development
2000-2004
Annie E. Casey Foundation. Team Leader, “Making Connections” Initiative Learning Partners, New Orleans, LA
1996-2003
Institute for Mental Hygiene: Grants/Evaluation Consultant,
New Orleans, LA
International Assignments/Special Teams Academic Positions 1995-2006 , 2013 – present Board Experience RECENT PUBLICATIONS SELECTED PRESENTATIONS EDUCATION LANGUAGES
2012
Rockefeller Foundation. Bellagio Residency, Italy
2009-10
Jazz at Lincoln Center. Cultural exchange, Cuba
2008
Japan Society. Participant in U.S. Japan Innovators Network, Tokyo
2006
Ford Foundation. Exchange with victims of tsunami: Phuket, Thailand
1991-1992
Medical Research Council of South Africa. Research grant for doctoral dissertation in Alexandra Township, South Africa
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Adjunct Faculty
1997-2000
Centers for Disease Control. Faculty, Graduate Certificate Course
1996-2006
South Central Public Health Leadership Institute. Faculty
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Joan Mitchell Foundation (National)
Member of National Academies Institute of Medicine Advisory Committee on Post-Disaster Recovery of Public Health, Mental Health and Social Services
Member of the Executive Council of local NPR Affiliate (WWNO)
Member of the Advisory Committee for Planned Parenthood of Southeast Louisiana
Propeller: Force for Social Innovation, Board Chair, 2014-2018
Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana
Tulane University Center for Clinical Effectiveness and Prevention
Lusher School PTSA
Crescent City Peace Alliance
University of New Orleans Women’s Center
DES ACTION (National)
Building Resiliency and Supporting Distributive Leadership Post-Disaster: Lessons from New Orleans a Decade (almost) after Hurricane Katrina, Journal of Leadership in Public Services, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2014
Power Amidst Renewal, Alliance for Justice monograph, 2010
Power Amidst Chaos, Alliance for Justice monograph, 2007
Editor, Policy Papers, Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, 2006
– Lessons Learned in Transforming Distressed Communities,” National Association of Small Foundations Annual Conference, Austin, TX. (October 2010)
– Facilitator, Panel discussion on openness and accountability in governance, Open Society Foundation Board Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (December, 2009)
– Lead Planner and Convener, “Story Circles”, Women Donor Network, National Conference, New Orleans, LA. (November, 2009)
Facilitator, “Building Sustainable, Innovative Civil Society”, Funders Forum on Sustainable Gulf Coast Transformation, Mobile, AL. (November, 2008)
– Facilitator, “Education, Arts, and Culture in the Process of Transformation”, Funders Forum on Sustainable Gulf Coast Transformation, New Orleans, LA. (September 2007)
– Moderator of Plenary Panel: Women Donor’s Network National Conference, New Orleans, LA. (October 2006)
– “Strategic Opportunities in the Gulf Coast Post-Hurricanes” (Team Presentation), The Ford Foundation, New York, NY (February 2006)
– “Strategic Opportunities in New Orleans Post-Katrina” (Team Presentation), The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. (December 2005)
1993 Doctor of Public Health: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; New Orleans, LA
Delta Omega Honor Society; Student Recognition Award
1979 Master of Public Health: Planning and Administration of Community-Based Centers; University of California at Berkeley, CA
1974 Bachelor of Arts: Psychology and Art; Duke University, Durham, NC
Teaching Certificate: Class A; Duke University, Durham, NC
Magna cum Laude
Conversational Spanish