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LISA A. LAUXMAN, PH.D. Washington, DC 520-***-****

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LEADER IN COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT

Envisioning engagement, empowerment, and education as the key to future success for today’s youth. Dedicated and influential Outreach Advocate serving domestic and international at-risk, in-need populations. Excel at connecting with youth and adults in the community, collaborating with service providers, cultivating relationships, implementing outreach plans, delivering compelling presentations to domestic and international community groups, and developing a network of services. Adept at problem solving through analysis and resolution of academic and social challenges, prioritizing, completing multiple objectives simultaneously and following through to achieve corporate and individual project goals. Cultivated creative experiences that leverage the assets of diversity and promote the coalitions across lines of difference, driving youth success through a solid record of launching, directing, and managing of large-scale programs.

Community Relations Expert

Federal Inter-Agency Collaboration

Cross Collaboration

Liaison & Coordinator

Career Development

Counselling & Mentorship

Public Services & Programs

Transformational Leadership

Organizational Development

Project Oversight Relationship Building Referral Services & Support Professional Experience

CONSULTANT DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL

YOUTH ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT, October 2019 – Present

• Developed a 3-day training for a virtual Farmer to Farmer organizational and leadership development assignment with an agricultural company in Tanzania through remote facilitation sessions with mid-managerial employees. Pivoted to recruit an in- person trainer and counseled with them on the in -person train-the-trainer model for sustainability.

• Conducted a virtual 3 week, 6 one-hour sessions Farmer to Farmer organizational and leadership project for Ecuador Coffee and Cacao cooperatives.

• Work in progress - USDA FAS Georgia Agricultural Extension Strategies - consultant for national extension strategy and women and youth engagement.

• Work in progress - Co-Editor of Special Issue for Journal of Youth Development on International Positive Youth Development to be published in spring 2021.

CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS – USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) NATIONAL PROGRAM LEADER, July 2018 – October 2019

• Established Cooperative Extension resources for international opportunities, emphasized international youth and adult engagement strategies in agriculture, non-formal learning, and leadership development.

• Collaborated with key stakeholders to orchestrate a positive environment with federal agencies to enhance workforce development and employability opportunities for a global workforce.

• Subject matter expert provided technical knowledge for USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service with Tanzania agricultural service providers’ curriculum, youth development and extension strategies in Mexico, and youth engagement strategies in agriculture.

• Streamlined success through technical expertise with USAID on collaborative projects with Bureau for Food Security’s Feed the Future of a landscape inventory and draft report to track youth programs, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (E3) for Higher Education Positive Youth Development (PYD) Map for Older Youth, and a continuum of youth agricultural programs for agricultural market systems and civic engagement strategies. INSTITUTE OF YOUTH, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, USDA NIFA DIRECTOR, DIVISION YOUTH & 4-H, February 2010 - July 2,2018

• Spearheaded overall programmatic leadership, administration, and strategic direction for Positive Youth Development (PYD) and the 4-H Program through development of key leadership and partnership relationships for program execution.

• Revitalized the National 4-H Strategic Plan in collaboration with over 110+ land-grant extension partners reaching 6M+ youth participants and 500,000 volunteers with key elements of program quality, accountability, access, equity and opportunity, and learning in Science, Healthy Living, and Civic Engagement. Lisa A. Lauxman Page 2

• Managed $47M in capacity-funded programmatic efforts, $8.3M for at risk youth and $5.1M with military-service branch partners CONUS, OCONUS, active guard and reserve youth and adult programming.

• Represented agency on the Federal Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs and served 8 years as Agency career representative to OJJDP's Dept. of Justice's Federal Coordinating Council representative.

• Positioned National 4-H Conference as vehicle for youth voice, so youth are regarded as change agents on topical issues relevant to youth’s health, education, and employability with 15 federal agencies. Modeled youth-adult partnerships leveraged PYD with other federal agencies and informed House and Senate Ag Committee members through youth briefings.

• Collaborated with Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s Infectious Zoonotic Disease, Animal Plant and Inspection Service (APHIS) on human and animal health interactions related to H3N2v outbreaks and Zika. Leveraged relationships to secure funds from the Council on State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) for youth-adult partnership programs.

• Developed the Science Emphasis Area (SEA) of Positive Youth Development as one of nine NIFA Science priorities to reflect USDA strategic plan and research, economics, and education (REE) mission area. Additional Relevant Experience

NATIONAL CHILDREN, YOUTH, & FAMILIES AT RISK (CYFAR) COORDINATOR, CSREES USDA December 2008 – February 2010 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR – OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT, March 2008 - February 2010 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ACTING, 4-H –April 2005 – March 2008 CURRICULUM COORDINATOR, July 1996 - February 2010

Education

PH.D., EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY, PROGRAM EVALUATION RESEARCH METHODOLOGY University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

M.A., EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Colorado State University, ED 591HV (Dare to Be You) 1 hour M.B.A.

Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

B.S., HOME ECONOMICS EXTENSION

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Awards & Recognitions (selected)

USDA Recognition for service to the next generation of farmers and ranchers, 2016 Outstanding Merit Performance Rating, USDA NIFA 2012-2016, Superior 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018 2010 LEAD 21 Class VII participant, selected to represent USDA NIFA NAE4-HA Awards: 25 Year Award (2007), National 4-H/Army Youth Development Program Salute Award (2006), National award winner for Excellence in 4- H Club Support (2005), National Power of Youth Award (2005), Beyond Power of Youth Leadership Grant

(2005), National NAE4-HA Communicator Award, Educational Piece (2003); Meritorious Service Award (2003), Youth at Risk Award

(1992), Distinguished Service Award (1989) Western Region: Excellence in Team. Western Extension Directors, Epsilon Sigma Phi State Mid-Career Award

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