PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ; 8/2007 – Present
Lecturer, Leon Hess Business School
- Instruct Managing and Leading in Organizations classes up to 25 graduate students
- Instruct Strategic Management classes up to 25 graduate students
- Instruct Corporate Governance and Organizational Ethics classes up to 25 graduate students
- Instruct Business Analysis, Communication, and Research classes up to 25 graduate students
- Instruct Ethics, Law, and Social Responsibility classes up to 25 graduate students
- Instruct Entrepreneurship classes up to 35 undergraduate students
- Instruct Small Business Management and Marketing classes up to 35 undergraduate students
- Instruct Ethics, Diversity, and Social Responsibility classes up to 25 undergraduate students
- Instruct Business Writing and Communication classes up to 25 undergraduate students
- Instruct Leon Hess Business School’s capstone Strategic Management classes up to 25 undergraduate students
- Reformatted the classes listed above into hybrid and online courses
- Designed the university’s first Community Economic Development course
- Previously instructed American National Government classes up to 35 undergraduate students in the university’s Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities
Director, First-Generation Initiatives; 9/2026 – Present
- Serve as campus lead for initiatives that serve first-generation students
- Mentor/guide students and develop communications to better connect first-generation students with existing support available on campus
- Demystify jargon, policy, and procedure for engaging in campus structures
- Lead university efforts in understanding and supporting first-generation students including connecting with and utilizing the FirstGen Forward Network
- Collaborate with the First to Fly Club and the First Too Faculty to support their efforts
- Represent the university’s First-Generation Initiatives at Open House, Accepted Student Days, Hawk Advising Days, and other events where prospective students and their families are learning about Monmouth University
- Serve as liaison to schools, departments, academic programs, and academic support units to conceptualize innovative ways to engage students and advise them
- Collaborate with Director of Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the Executive Director of Academic Advising to identify relevant faculty development activities and training opportunities
Academic Coordinator, Center for Entrepreneurship; 12/2023 – 8/2026
- Designed and implemented a high school entrepreneurship training program aligned to the Congressional allocation received in August 2023
- Recruited high school students for the program. The Summer High School Entrepreneurship Program enrolled 9 students in its first year and grew by 5x in its second year to serve 45 students across two concurrent cohorts
- Scheduled every element of the immersive, two-week experience including campus tours, guest speakers, student program assistant schedules, working with LHBS staff to reserve classroom and auditorium space, cafeteria/lunch socialization time, photography and videography services, preparing for the program’s culminating event, and more
- Worked with LHBS faculty to represent the school’s four academic departments
- Invited entrepreneurs and other professionals to come to campus to participate in educating the high school students on the world of entrepreneurship
- Hired and managed a team of 5 student program assistants during the two-week program, focusing on providing on-site support to the program faculty and peer mentoring to the high school students
- Hired and managed a team of 4 student program assistants during the academic year, focusing on planning for the following summer’s program, following up with high school students to invite them to campus events, engaging with various campus offices to prepare for the next program
- Directed the process of withdrawing funds from the grant to pay for program expenses
- Assisted in designing a Minor in Entrepreneurship for non-Business majors
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New Jersey Community Capital, New Brunswick, NJ; 8/2006 – 8/2023
Program Director, Education & Early Care
- Created innovative financing solutions matching the company’s various financial capabilities to the needs of the nonprofit and mission-focused for-profit community throughout New Jersey
- Individually managed an active portfolio of approximately $220 million in commercial real estate and federal tax credit loans, charter school loans, affordable and supportive housing loans, disaster and pandemic recovery loans, creative placemaking loans, and small business loans, all of which were part of NJCC’s nearly $1 billion of assets under management
- Committed and deployed nearly $250 million in loan and guaranty funds
- Deployed, grew, and managed a combined $16.15 million grant from the United States Department of Education including annual reporting and meeting specific performance metrics
- Increased total charter school development costs leveraged from $23 million in 2006 to over $470 million in 2023 which supported just over 24,000 charter school seats and more than 2.1 million square feet of high-quality educational space throughout New Jersey, New York, and Washington, DC
- Assisted in deploying company’s combined $250 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation
- Led deployment effort for $53 million in CDFI Bond Guaranty funds
- Created, grew, and deployed a new loan fund around creative placemaking to enhance, promote, and connect the arts to other community revitalization efforts
- Trained and developed Lending Fellows before and during their internships including curating a pre-internship reading list and providing position-specific guidance
- Acted as a liaison between the company and local institutions of higher education during studio and other professional research-focused efforts
- Represented the company at local, regional, and national trade shows, workshops, conferences, and webinars, among other events
- Served as a member of Communications/IT Subcommittee; duties included helping plan and assess company’s information technology needs and implementation strategy
one89seven Apparel, LLC d/b/a Greek State of Mind, Oakhurst, NJ; 1/2013 – Present
Co-Owner
- Co-founded an apparel company focusing on providing high-fashion, cutting edge, yet affordable fraternity and sorority attire
- Manage the company’s multimillion dollar budget and oversee outside vendors including an accounting team and an on-site sales director
- Oversee the company’s internship program including two to three interns each year
- Lead and grow the company’s business relationships including with licensing companies, financial institutions, and fraternity and sorority organizations, among others
Thomas Edison State University, Trenton, NJ; 1/2010 – 8/2016
Online Mentor, School of Business and Management
- Instructed adult online learners in Nonprofit Leadership, Nonprofit Organizations, Grant Writing, Foundations of Leadership, Theories of Leadership, Critical Issues in Nonprofit Management, Prior Learning Assessments, and other classes in the nonprofit curriculum
Usable Web Solutions, LLC, Oakhurst, NJ; 1/2006 – Present
Owner
- Founded and operated a website design, development, and maintenance company serving the greater Monmouth and Ocean County regions
- Managed the needs for more than 50 clients including site maintenance, editing and uploading pictures, and deploying full stack implementation and updates while ensuring ongoing compatibility
- Operations largely ceased in September 2012, though the company remains operational and in use for small, local projects
CityWorks, Trenton, NJ & Neptune, NJ; 5/2005 – 8/2006
Real Estate Development Assistant
- Represented the company at meetings with Neptune Township’s elected officials regarding the $120 million West Lake Avenue Revitalization Project
- Prepared the company’s first successful New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Brownfield Development Area application; followed by the company’s first successful Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund grant; in total, helped secure more than $1 million in grant funds for the West Lake Avenue Revitalization Project
- Worked with local partners in preparing and operating community outreach efforts
Norwood Roosevelt Realty, Deal, NJ; 5/2002 – 1/2006
Office Manager
- Maximized revenue by monitoring cash flow for 35 properties
- Inspected properties before, during, and after tenant occupancy to ensure tenant compliance to covenants in the lease as well as with local ordinances
- Planned market strategies for related business ventures including purchasing and operating three hotels, a bar and restaurant, a nightclub, and a confection shop
- Prepared executive summaries and operating pro formas for property acquisitions and initiated marketing and branding plans for physical and intellectual properties