ABOUT anna

Experienced solution creator, practice manager and people connector seeking to engage all parts in making the collective stronger. Experienced in developing human capital, strategic planning, building collaborative ecosystems and programs, outcomes measurement, and implementing new approaches to old problems.

Skills:

  • Stakeholder Analysis

  • Program Design and Evaluation

  • Project Planning and Management

  • Budgeting and Contracting

  • Ecosystem/Network Building

  • Presenting and Facilitating

  • Strategic Communications

  • Event Planning

Work examples

Program Development

Anna is an opportunity amplifier experienced in creating engaging solutions that meet multiple stakeholder needs from concept to launch and operation.

Responsible for planning and fiscal management over $12M annual operations.

Gifts-In-Kind KC: Secured warehouse and sourced product from national brands to bring high-quality donated goods into Kansas City for distribution to community agencies through organized and needs-based channels.

iImpact/Cerner Volunteer Program: Sourced and customized web platform to match thousands of associates with individual, group and leadership volunteer opportunities. Managed relationships with dozens of agencies to understand opportunities and build the directory and calendar before launching network of associate volunteer leaders to take over iImpact events and agency relationships.

Healthe Foundations: To expand mission of Cerner Corporation and it’s associates, created comprehensive online personal health curriculum for high school health class, still used for over 10k students per year. Focused on patients displaying preventable medical conditions, students played various healthcare provider roles to unpack diagnostic and treatment processes and build essential skills like communication and teamwork.

Pathways to Tech: Through partnership with PREP-KC, expanded existing Cerner Scholars program efforts with DEI focus to build and support more representative participation in Cerner talent pipeline programs. Model for shared pathways hosted by employers has been replicated across multiple industries with 4 school districts.

Real World Learning, Business to Education: Established practices and developed body of assets to implement partnerships between school districts and employers. Services include 1x1 coaching, needs assessments, facilitating peer learning, brand-able core promotional materials, landscape cultivation and scaled problem solving.

ProX: Co-founded regional solution to scaled work-based learning experiences in summer that also serves as an incubator for employer engagement, MVA attainment and professional development in support of collective real world learning goals.

Ecosystem building

Anna is a natural collaborator focused on identifying actionable problem statements and rallying a group to share in creating a solution.

Efforts established, cultivated or enhanced through Anna’s leadership:

Volunteer Managers: Established monthly meetups for volunteer coordinators across community organizations to identify best practices in leveraging employer relationships to grow relationships beyond financial contributions

Corporate Volunteer Council: Led group of peers in corporate community roles to learn from each other in building more robust channels to develop associates as community leaders and gain brand value through grassroots community presence

STEM Funders Collaborative: Established group of key corporate funders investing in STEM education to coordinate investments and expected outcomes around key programs and events

KC Rising, Experiential Learning Taskforce: Enhanced discussion around regional education approaches and need to expand access beyond boutique school-based programs and limited after-school efforts. Part of establishing Real World Learning Collaborative

Real World Learning Collaborative: Supported creation and management of network of school districts with engagement across multiple roles engaging with intermediaries and business activators as well as individual business leaders to grow access to experiences that help young people establish agency and awareness of skills and abilities

ProX Design Collaborative: Established group of community stakeholders to solve for operational constraints in order to grow access to quality summer youth employment