Leadership Development Project Manager

DEYA GREER

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

My life’s work has been dedicated to understanding how humans learn and develop new skills to achieve their greatest potential and to create learning and development environments that enable people to have transformative experiences that spark creativity, innovation, and collaboration. My expertise is in assessing organizational workforce and leadership development needs, leading multidisciplinary teams of internal and external stakeholders to design and deliver virtual, in person, and blended training programs that promote individual and team growth, operationalizing those programs for maximum efficacy, and designing impact and outcome evaluation to drive continuous improvement and exceed performance metrics.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, DC

Lead Specialist, Workforce and Leadership Development, January 2022 - present

Senior Program Specialist, Infrastructure and Systems, January 2013 – January 2022

•Lead the workforce and leadership development training portfolio including the design, development, and implementation of eLearning courses, leadership academies, virtual trainings, and in person trainings for local health officials, health department staff, and partners.

• Build and implement a seven-month long, cohort-based, blended learning training academy that prepares executive level leaders to lead adaptively, mobilize staff to solve complex organizational challenges, create innovative workplaces, build intentional workplace culture, and navigate through transformation and change. Provided content expertise, led development of curriculum, evaluation, and associated resources.

• Develop a one-year long training program to provide new leaders with the human and process skills and abilities needed to succeed in their new roles. Provided content expertise, selected and managed external consultants, led leadership advisory committee, oversaw leadership training needs assessment, curriculum design, and design of evaluation for the training program.

• Design and deliver impactful virtual, in person, and synchronous and asynchronous eLearning

programs, capacity building, and technical assistance for internal staff, members, and external clients in leadership development, organizational culture improvement, change management, strategic planning, community health improvement planning, personality assessments, and workforce wellbeing.

• Create tools, resources, materials, virtual communities, communities of practice, and website content to support leadership, management, and workforce development training initiatives.

• Prototype and implement train-the-trainer programs for training staff to deliver leadership development and workforce trainings including development of KSAs, learning pathways, and trainer assessments.

• Research and analyze theory, content, and delivery methodologies for development of

training and capacity building programs that meet the needs of leadership and workforce.

• Provide thought leadership and represent NACCHO in internal and external workgroups, advisory committees, national partner and funder meetings, and national conferences.

Adaptive Leadership Associates, New York, NY

Adaptive Leadership Consultant, November 2015 – December 2019

• Delivered and coached Adaptive Leadership programs for national and international clients.

• Collaborated with Cambridge Leadership Associates to deliver Adaptive Leadership training and coaching for the Microsoft High Potential Leaders program.

Research Foundation of the State University of New York, Cobleskill, NY

Senior Analyst for New York State Department of Health Grants, February 2011 – Sept 2012

• Managed NY State Department of Health Grants and partnered with community organizations and businesses to build recreational areas and community gardens, assess and improve walkability, facilitate partnerships between local farms and schools, senior centers, and restaurants, and launch an online farmers’ market.

• Drafted memoranda of understandings, contracts, and training documents for subcontracted staff and provided oversight and technical assistance to subcontracted agencies to ensure timely delivery of products and services.

• Developed grant proposals, work plans, budgets, performance metrics and evaluations.

• Planned, organized, and facilitated multi-level stakeholder meetings and focus groups.

• Developed and implemented public relations strategies including writing press releases and appearances in print, television and radio news interviews.

Capitol Region Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), Albany, NY

Policy Coordinator for New York State Department of Health Grants, July 2009 – June 2010

• Managed NY State Department of Health Grants and Schenectady Health Department

• Served as a member on K-12 Wellness Committees in each school district and coordinated wellness activities at individual schools.

•Recruited and supported community participation in policy, systems and environmental change to increase access to healthy lifestyle choices for all community members.

• Provided oversight to multiple advisory committees including national and local partnerships to foster collaborative relationships to support health initiatives.

The Junior Museum, Troy, NY

Consultant for Curriculum Development and Train the Trainer for Staff, Feb 2004 – April 2006

• Developed curriculum in partnership with Rensselaer Polytechnic University.

• Created and implemented train the trainer program for staff teaching new curriculum.

Washington Very Special Arts Public Charter School, Washington, DC

Project Manager and Curriculum Designer, January 2003 – February 2004

• Oversaw curriculum development for Auto Arts Academy.

• Managed budget and staff development for implementation of a new public charter school.

Winkler Botanical Preserve, Alexandria, VA

Educator and Curriculum Designer, March 2001 – February 2004

• Led curriculum development for educational programs for K-12 environmental center.

• Ropes-course certified facilitator and trainer for experiential learning program.

ARCHAEOLOGY & FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE

• National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC (2000 - 2001).

• Four Corners School, Monticello, UT (1999).

• Aspen Achievement Academy, Loa, UT (1998 -1999).

• Achieve Charter School, Durango, CO (1996 - 1998).

• Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO (1995 – 1998)

EDUCATION

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC

MAT, Education and Human Development Department; summa cum laude (May 2001).

FORT LEWIS COLLEGE, Durango, CO

BA, Anthropology with concentration in Archaeology, summa cum laude (December 1998).

SKILLS-BASED TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS (All certifications listed are current)

• Using CDC Quality Training Standards to Effectively Develop Trainings, NNPHI (2022)

• Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Certification Training, Center for Appreciative Inquiry (2022)

• Co-Active Leadership Coaching Training, Co-Active Training Institute (2020, 2021)

• Business Agility Certification, ICAgile (2018)

• Emotional Intelligence Training, Skillpath (2018)

• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Training, George Washington University (2017)

• Emergenetics Certification, Emergenetics International (2015)

• Adaptive Leadership Train the Trainer Training, Cambridge Leadership Associates (2014)

• Technology of Participation Training: Levels 1– 3 (2013 – 2014)

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