Professional Experience

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• Exec Vice President, Chief Development and Innovation Director, AmPac Business Capital (2025-present)

• Adjunct Professor, National University (2025 - present)

• Adjunct Professor, University of La Verne (2023-2024)

• WASC Senior College and University Commission – Public/At-Large Commissioner

• Assistant Deputy State Controller - Public Affairs, State Controller's Office (2015–2025)

• Director of External Affairs, Crystal Stairs, Inc. (2011–2015)

• Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Loyola Marymount University (2008–2011)

• Senior Program Director, Southern California Grantmakers  (2007–2008)

• Program Director, The California Wellness Foundation (2002–2007)

• Program Officer/Program Associate, California Community Foundation (1998–2001)

• Special Assistant, The Indianapolis Foundation (1997–1998)

• Field Representative, California State Assemblyman Kevin Murray (1994-96)

• Watts Field Deputy, Los Angeles City Councilmember Rudy Svorinich, Jr. (1993-94)

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Fellowships/Training

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• Emerge California (2016)

• 14th Annual G.C.S. Multi-Cultural Leadership Korea Visitation Program/LA Delegation to Korea (2011)

• America’s Leaders of Change – National Urban Fellows, Inc. (2009-2010)

• Ambassadors Within – California Community Foundation (2003)

• Leadership California – Annual Issues Program (2001)

• National Urban Fellows Program – Indianapolis Foundation (1997-98)

• Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs (1996-97)

• Cal-In-Sacramento Internship Program - California Department of Education, High-Risk Youth Unit (1991)

 

Awards

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• Association of Black Foundation Executives – Emerging Leader in Philanthropy Award (2003)

• California College Black Experience Legacy Honoree (2022)

• National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa – Western Region Conference Community Service Award (2018)

• National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Chapter (Inglewood) – Community Service  Award (2016)

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Civic/Community Involvement

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• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated - Life Member

• American Heart Association Greater Los Angeles Division – Board Member (2011 – present); Past Chair

• California Community Foundation – Centinela Medical Funds Advisory Committee (2025 – present)

• California Board of Psychology – Public Board Member (Governor Jerry Brown appointee; 2012 – 2018); Vice President, Chair – Policy & Advocacy Committee

• Cal Alumni Association (University of California, Berkeley) – Board Member (2013 – 2017)

• HRDCVR Magazine – Advisory Board (2014)

• Links, Incorporated – Member (2023 - present)

• Los Angeles African American Women’s Public Policy Institute – Board Member (2007 – 2011)

• Los Angeles County Consumer Affairs Advisory Commission – Member (2022 – 2024)

• Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce – Scholarship Committee (2000 – 2003)

• National University School of Public Service Advisory Board (2025 – present)

• National Urban Fellows, Inc. – Board Member (2005 – 2011)

• New Frontier Democratic Club – Lifetime Member

• Southern California Blacks in Philanthropy – Chair (2004 – 2007)

• Tavis Smiley Foundation – Board Member (2008 – 2012)

• YWCA of San Gabriel Valley - Board Member (2024 – present)

 

Education

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• University of La Verne – Doctor of Public Administration 

• Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York – Master of Public Administration

• University of California, Berkeley – BA, Social Sciences (Urban Education Emphasis)