MARCELLA RAY KUTEK, MBA

**** **** *** • Sacramento, CA 95834 • 916 - 548 – 2480 • acvvuo@r.postjobfree.com

CORE COMPETENTECIES

Excellent leadership, facilitation, presentation and public relations skills

Twenty+ years of experience in implementing both small and large scale local, national and international projects

Proven track record of ability to interact well with diverse populations and build strong professional relationships regardless of country, industry, culture or language

OJECTIVE

I am looking for the opportunity to contribute to the improvement of the leadership skills, processes and performance of individuals, organizations and/or communities. It is my passion to help others fulfill their potential.

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Management

•Implemented a new billing system for 11+ clinics

•Facilitated informational sessions, directed training plans and managed the transition from project to support

•Received two diversity grants that saved the facility over $100,000 in language service funds during the first 3 months of the project

•Coordinated community development projects with local residents, government officials and international organizations

•Designed and launched a national career and leadership development project with NeighborWorks America

Operations

•Built infrastructure at Kaiser South Sacramento Hospital to provide appropriate interpreter and translation services

•Built partnerships with various local cultural organizations to learn more about the various cultures in Sacramento and jointly develop community initiative to address cultural issues

•Stratified existing performance metrics by diversity data to highlight how such data impacts membership growth

•Developed systematic approaches to identify future issues associated with diversity

•Identified and addressed training and organization development issues

•Facilitated medical clinic reviews

•Designed and implemented a training academy that trained 2500 Social Workers across the State of California

•Was responsible for ongoing program development, budget adherence and departmental process improvement

•Established relationships with other local organizations to build community partnerships

•Coordinated fundraising events and obtained corporate sponsors for scholarship program

Training / Staff Development

Developed and facilitated monthly workshops on various topics including: Bias Reduction, Managing Conflict, Generational Differences, Team Building, Leadership Development

Made presentations on various and diversity issues

Provided diversity training for all new employees and new physicians

coordinated conferences for community residents, medical professionals and diversity advocates

Provided compliance training for all new employees and all new physicians at Dignity Health

Actively supported the development of staff associations which now show an increase in membership and activities.

Implemented a training academy supervising a curriculum developer, several facilitators, trainers and social workers to train 2500 in-home support services social workers on new care delivery standards in every county in California.

Created a national leadership development program for which I recruited and developed 56 community leaders to work with 36 organizations in 25 cities across the United States.

Conducted presentations and facilitated half-day to two-day workshops for community development professionals and resident leaders.

Co-authored a career development manual for community development professionals

MARCELLA RAY KUTEK, MBA

916 - 548 – 2480 •acvvuo@r.postjobfree.com

Leadership

Led Kaiser Permanente’s South Sacramento Diversity and Inclusion Services Steering Committee in developing the department’s Vision, Mission and Goals.

Supervised a project team of consultants, vendors, analysts and trainers in implementing a new system module

Managed inter-departmental initiatives

Actively participated in the hospital’s bio-ethics committee

Communication / Public affairs

Created partnerships with various local, cultural organizations

Coordinated local, cultural events such as fairs, conferences and presentations with community partners

Provided technical assistance to community organizations

Media / Graphic Design

Created a departmental website

Created a departmental brochure,

Regularly created workshop flyers announcing upcoming training opportunities and designed a monthly display cabinet

Provided user-friendly access to training resources and tools via a fully functional intranet.

Fundraising

Coordinated fundraising events and obtained corporate sponsors for scholarship programs

Secured funds from USAID for the construction of cement wells and the development of dry season gardens

Raised unds for participants of a career and leadership development project

Board Development

Organized 3 - 4 Executive Board meetings and one Annual General Meeting of the 200+ member organizations, usually taking place in different countries

Oversaw the 9-member executive board

Liaised with the 7-member Executive Board that was made up of language travel professionals from many different countries

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1990 - 2016

Job Titles

Organizations

Learning Consultant

Manager, Diversity and Inclusion Services

Manager, Clinical Resources

Training Specialist

Program Manager, College of Continuing Education

Club President

Association Manager

Field Service Officer – Leadership & Organization Development

Peace Corps Volunteer

Department of Housing and Community Development

Elevate Learning

Kaiser Permanente Medical Foundation

Dignity Health (Catholic Healthcare West)

California State University, Sacramento

American Women’s Club of Denmark

Association of Language Travel Organizations

NeighborWorks America (Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation)

The United States Peace Corps

City of Sacramento

EDUCATION

Masters of Business Administration (MBA) – University of Phoenix, Sacramento, 2008

Bachelors of Environmental Studies / Social and Cultural Development – University of California at Santa Barbara,1990

Certificates

Project Management – California State University, Sacramento; College of Continuing Education, 2006

Project Leadership, Management and Communications – The George Washington University; School of Leadership and Public Management, 1995

Principle Techniques of Fund Raising – Indiana University Center on Philanthropy; Fund Raising School, 1995

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