A Little About Me

EPSCOR STEM SPECIALIST: 4-H/YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Oklahoma State University Extension – Stillwater, OK

February 2021 - Present

·       Lead, manage and oversee STEM activities for the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development Program.
·       Direct and oversee the 4-H Military Partnership within Oklahoma. 
·       Recruit, hire and train summer STEMist’s. 
·       Wrote and received the National 4-H Council Computer Science Pathways Grant.
·       Recruit, train and supervise a team of 20 4-H Ag Innovators. 
·       Organize and schedule multiple state 4-H overnight events.
·       Recruit professional personnel to present workshops at State 4-H Roundup. 
·       Serve on Search and Screen Committee for the 4-H STEM Specialist position.
·       Collaborate with 4-H Educators and State Staff.

MCCLAIN COUNTY EXTENSION EDUCATOR: 4-H/YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Oklahoma State University Extension – Purcell, OK

May 2016 - January 2021

·       Lead, manage and direct McClain County’s 4-H youth development program.
·       Independently oversee and manage six Community 4-H Clubs and six Project Clubs.
·       Recruit, train and supervise a team of 20 4-H Certified Volunteers.
·       Maintained 4-H enrollment through 4-Honline enrollment system.
·       Organize, schedule and directed the OAE4-HA State Conference.
·       Enlisted the support of volunteers and collaborated with businesses and community groups.
·       Served on the search and Screen Committee for the 4-H Program Leader position.
·       Independently lead and mentored two OSU Extension Summer Interns. 
·       Presented two workshops at the Volunteer Conference of the Southern States: Personal Development Goal Setting Tree Workshop and Growing Cloverbuds Workshop.
·       Wrote and received three NRA Grants and one Healthy Living Grant.
·       Seek professional development continually by attending in and out-of-state educational conferences.
·       Independently and as a team, produced variety of informational videos for youth. 
·       Developed, led and monitored all McClain County 4-H marketing and social media campaigns. 
·       Coordinated ongoing continued education trainings for 4-H Volunteers and 4-H Teen Leaders.
·       Collaborated with multiple 4-H professionals while serving on state and district committees. 
·       Currently serving on the financial board for OAE4-HA, the State 4-H Roundup Committee and served at the chair for the Southeast District Youth Action Conference.
·       Serving as the chair of the Oklahoma 4-H Virtual Best Practices Committee.

MERCHANDISING SUPERVISOR
JCPenney – Stillwater, OK

May 2014 - April 2016

·       Applied for and was selected as the merchandising supervisor.

·       Independently secured daily cash tallies and processed manual and digital bank deposits. 

·       Lead, trained and supervised staff of 24 selling associates.

·       Independently coordinate daily work assignments for employees to specific duties to best meet the needs of the store.

·       Monitored and reordered inventory on a daily, weekly and or monthly basis as determined by the needs of the store.

·       Coordinated with outside company to conduct store inventory.

·       Trained and advised staff on appropriately handling difficult and complicated sales.

·       Scheduled and led weekly store meetings for all employees.

• Trained and developed new associates on POS system and key sales tactics.