The Food Bank For New York City
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT MANAGER/
May 2016 - Present
Provide oversight for development, planning and implementation of Food Bank's centerpiece nutrition education program, CookShop, which reaches over 50,000 New York City youth and adults each year.
Responsible for spearheading initiatives to achieve program efficiencies and expansion; recruiting, training and supervising five coordinator-level staff; developing and ensuring adherence to operational and procedures measures; and implementing and tracking budgets.
SENIOR COORDINATOR, NUTRITION HEALTH SERVICES/
August 2015 - May 2016
Promoted within 10 months because of demonstrated project leadership skills.
Prepared and led internal and external trainings to reinforce best practices, to sessions of 60-120 participants each.
Oversaw teen interns in peer-to-peer health promotion.
EDUCATION ASSOCIATE/
July 2011 - August 2015
Managed research, design and development of multiple CookShop curricula, reaching over 35,000 children, teens and adults citywide.