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Bethann Mwombela

Silver Spring,MD

Summary

Dedicated project management professional with expertise and passion for equitable, community-centered partnership development and management. Skilled in relationship development, Salesforce CRM, verbal and written communication, cross-team communication and collaboration, and cultural humility.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Manager, Early Childhood Systems

share our strength, no kid hungry campaign
08.2023 - Current
  • Lead organization’s partnership with Educare Parent Ambassador Program to identify opportunities of alignment and collaboration with internal communications and advocacy teams to amplify the voice and reach of parent leaders
  • Manage partnership with Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health in increasing understanding of awareness, facilitators, and barriers to accessing federal nutrition programs among Native American caregivers
  • Support Community Design efforts within various projects, including Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) to understand barriers and opportunities for accessing federal nutrition programs, along with identifying best practices to build trust with indigenous serving- and -led organizations
  • Work directly with Director to further define program audience, strategy, measures of success and evaluation of the early childhood & special population work
  • Identify and engage internal and external stakeholders to implement innovative solutions to benefits access and integration and care coordination (i.e
  • WIC, SNAP) within early childcare system
  • Develop presentations for various audiences, including Share Our Strength staff, state anti-hunger partners, state agency staff, elected officials, and corporate partners
  • Lead coordination and logistics of conferences, trainings, meetings, and conference calls
  • Serve as member of Program CRM Workgroup to ensure successful launch of Salesforce CRM
  • Managed RFP process, rubric development, proposal review, and interviews for ECH Consultant.

Associate, Early Childhood

share our strength, no kid hungry campaign
01.2022 - 08.2023
  • Managed all internal and external communications for the Early Childhood team
  • Wrote reports and blog posts for a variety of audiences, including internal colleagues, community organizations, advocacy groups, and grantees
  • Interviewed community stakeholders to inform team strategy
  • Collaborated to develop research questions and procedures for a Food as Medicine for pregnant people landscape analysis in partnership with the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
  • Presented information on Federal nutrition programs at various webinars
  • Co-led the creation of the inaugural cross-sector Early Childhood Advisory Committee
  • Served as a member of the Centering Equity Fund Workgroup, which develops the priorities for the equity fund grant, determines outreach strategies, informs rubrics and measures of success, and participates in grant review
  • Participated in an 8-month knowledge-building training series led by the organization, Liberation in a Generation
  • Processed invoices and drafted partnership agreements.

Research Assistant

insight policy research
06.2020 - 12.2021
  • Recruited, scheduled, and conducted interviews with program sponsors and site supervisors from across the country for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Integrity Study
  • Coded the interview transcripts and collaborated on analysis and report writing
  • Drafted the results and program overview sections of the evaluation reports for the Center to Improve Program and Project Performance (CIPP) projects
  • Reviewed, cleaned data, and drafted report for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participant and program characteristics (PC) report using SAS: Collaborated with project team in reviewing data, communicating with state agencies about data quality, and running state-specific data cleaning programs while adhering to tight deadlines for data memo submissions and report drafts
  • Drafted detailed notes for the OPRE 2020 Methods Meeting: Exploring Core Components Research in Social Services Settings
  • Finalized the transcripts and audio descriptions of all meeting sessions to ensure 508-compliance using 3playmedia
  • Served as project manager for the U.S
  • Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA) Emergency Services for Children (EMSC) Program Evaluation: Responsibilities included drafting and sending all meeting agendas, producing meeting notes and monthly reports, coordinating logistics for virtual technical expert panel meetings via Doodle Poll and Zoom, producing panel discussion summaries, and tracking all deliverables via Asana
  • Coded and analyzed EMSC grantee progress report narratives using NVivo.

Human Development and Family Studies Intern

communities in schools of Durham (CISD)
01.2020 - 05.2020
  • Provided one-on-one tutoring to a caseload of 20 students in 2nd grade – 5th grade
  • Developed lesson plans for small group meetings that focus on optimal social-emotional development
  • Led the planning and implementation efforts of a pilot Food Bank Distribution program.

Youth Project Assistant

city of Durham, Office on youth
09.2019 - 05.2020
  • Organized qualitative data from the residential survey; Assisted with City/County Youth Programs Inventory
  • Supported and collaborated with the team in all planning efforts for the Youth Listening Project (YLP), including finalizing focus group topics and questions, recruiting organizations to host sessions, and participating in interview workshops with other youth project assistants and youth ambassadors
  • Coordinated and co-facilitated focus groups for the Youth Listening Project (YLP)
  • The purpose of the YLP was to hear directly from Durham’s young people about their needs, desires for improvements, and view of the resources in their communities
  • Hundreds of young people, their caregivers, and individuals who work in a youth-focused field participated
  • Collaborated on Photovoice Project efforts to complement the YLP findings
  • Conducted phone interviews and led a group activity that contributed to the final selection of Youth Ambassadors.

Intern

one (Organizing neighborhood equity) DC
05.2019 - 08.2019
  • Supported outreach efforts through phone banking and direct communication with community members
  • Assisted with grant writing and event planning for over 1,000 attendees
  • Co-facilitated LEAP (Leadership, Education, Action, & Power) workshops
  • Drafted and edited written testimony in support of Barry Farm public housing receiving historic status
  • Collaborated with fellow interns to design mission statement and work plan for future community asset mapping.

Coordinator

the life (Lifting individuals and families to excel) center
08.2018 - 05.2019
  • Launched the new after school program for the Cornwallis Public Housing Community to serve the students who had an earlier dismissal time
  • Provided tutoring and served as advisor for the curriculum utilized by the programs
  • Collaborated with the executive director on important decisions, such as how to connect with the community.

Intern/site Supervisor

the life (lifting individuals and families to excel) Center
05.2018 - 08.2018
  • Oversaw the summer food service program that served the Cornwallis Public Housing Community
  • Maintained records and all related paperwork – in total 1,093 meals were served
  • Planned and implemented youth summer camp, fall after school program, and other community events.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Education, Human Development and Family Studies

The University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill

Master of Arts - Education, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Johns Hopkins University
05.2026

Skills

  • Mail Chimp and Asana
  • Technical: Microsoft Suite, Google Suite, SAS, SPSS, Salesforce
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Cultural Humility & Asset Framing
  • Time Management

Certification

  • Project Management Institute (PMI) - Project Management Professional (PMP) Expected September 2024

Leadership and Community Involvement

Northstar Tutoring Volunteer and Mentor – Washington, DC 06/2023 - Present 

· Provide weekly tutoring and mentorship to a high school student.

· Led small group tutoring sessions during the summer with youth ages 10-12.


Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee – Share Our Strength 09/2022 - 09/2023

· Collaborated with committee members to foster EDI practices and principles across program strategies in alignment with Share Our Strengths EDI Vision and Road Map.

· Advised, influenced, and coordinated the implementation of the fiscal year plans and strategic objectives.

· Facilitated EDI check-ins to ensure accountability and progress.

· Ensured a sense of belonging across the Program team and served as a resource where each Program Team member can anonymously raise and foster broader discussion around EDI related issues.


Minority Mentor – Minority Advisory Program 08/2017 - 05/2020       

· Selected by the Coordinator for Peer Mentoring and Engagement to mentor four first year students. Regularly met with mentees to help with goal setting and successful adjustment to UNC at Chapel Hill.


Member and Treasurer - B4 (building bonds, breaking b.a.r.s.) 08/2017 - 05/2020

· Fostered positive relationships with the adolescent-aged youth of the Durham Youth Home and promoted life skills, including goal setting and coping. Advocated for funding for B4's weekly visits to the Durham Youth Home and projects that brought awareness of the school-to-prison pipeline crisis.

Timeline

Manager, Early Childhood Systems

share our strength, no kid hungry campaign
08.2023 - Current

Associate, Early Childhood

share our strength, no kid hungry campaign
01.2022 - 08.2023

Research Assistant

insight policy research
06.2020 - 12.2021

Human Development and Family Studies Intern

communities in schools of Durham (CISD)
01.2020 - 05.2020

Youth Project Assistant

city of Durham, Office on youth
09.2019 - 05.2020

Intern

one (Organizing neighborhood equity) DC
05.2019 - 08.2019

Coordinator

the life (Lifting individuals and families to excel) center
08.2018 - 05.2019

Intern/site Supervisor

the life (lifting individuals and families to excel) Center
05.2018 - 08.2018

Bachelor of Arts - Education, Human Development and Family Studies

The University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill

Master of Arts - Education, Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Johns Hopkins University

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