Causha Spellman-Timmons
Philadelphia,USA
Summary
Entrepreneurial multi-hyphenate leader with a proven track record of success in building, managing, and streamlining startups across various industries. Innate ability to lead and create lasting impact through forward-thinking approaches and solid business acumen. Ten years of leadership experience as a pragmatic critical thinker who excels at making sound decisions. Leads with superior business acumen and high emotional intelligence to effectively navigate complex challenges and drive organizational growth.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder/CEO
CAST Associ8tes
12.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: CAST Associ8tes is an integration of personal life knowledge and multi-faceted professional expertise in collaboration with individuals, groups, and organizations in partnership toward growth
- CAST Associ8tes provides access to business consulting, resource mobilization, personal life coaching, accountability coaching, peer support, public speaking, and more
- CAST Associ8tes is an integration of personal life knowledge and multi-faceted professional expertise in collaboration with individuals, groups, and organizations in partnership toward growth
- Developed strong partnerships with other businesses to allow for collaboration and more significant opportunities for growth.
- Established a successful business by identifying market needs and developing innovative solutions.
Director of Admin & People
Willow Permanent Real Estate Cooperative
10.2022 - 10.2024
- I am a founding member of the cooperative's steering committee and board, and was a founding worker-owner that helped to establish and develop a permanent real estate cooperative
- Spearheaded successful product launches that resulted in increased brand visibility and customer acquisition.
- As I developed the systems, I was also responsible for the day-to-day infrastructure development and operations
- Maintaining outreach operations and building connections, organizing, and the outward-facing structure of the cooperative
- Facilitated cross-functional collaboration for improved decision-making processes within the organization.
- Expanded knowledge and expertise of resource mobilizing and the solidarity economy.
- Navigated company through periods of significant change, maintaining focus on long-term strategic goals.
- Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
- Managed communications with cooperative residents.
Cooperative Research Fellow
Philadelphia Area Co-op Alliance
02.2024 - 09.2024
- Researched and collected study data & formulated research questions to propel progress and contribute to industry discourse; completed quantitative and qualitative analysis according to study protocol
- Composed abstracts and presentations to detail research findings to various audiences
- Engaged with public through outreach events
Youth Partner Supervisor
EPIC 'Ohana, Inc.
09.2018 - 08.2020
- Co-built and supervised a team of Youth Partners who provided peer support to youth receiving either Child Welfare or Child and Adolescent Mental Health services in the state of Hawai'i
- Sat on youth-serving community committee meetings
- Co-built curriculum and training for the onboarding of Youth Partners and mentored youth participants, providing guidance and support as needed
Lecturer
University of Hawaii at Manoa
01.2019 - 05.2020
- Lectured several courses in the MSW department of the Myron B Thompson School of Social Work Department of Social Work, executing lectures and class discussions via remote, hybrid, and face-to-face instruction
- Promoted critical thinking, personal development, and commitment with custom lectures and assignments
- Harnessed digital advancements and technology to boost comprehension and complement analog instruction
Program Co-founder and Co-facilitator
Ceeds of Peace - Youth Talk Back
03.2017 - 06.2019
- Co-built a community-based youth program (Youth Talk Back) that centers youth voices of Hawaii in creating action plans &/or passion projects for their communities concerns
- Mentored participating youth in organizing events and movements for their own communities and passions
- Co-facilitated program sessions for youth
- Evaluated market trends to identify emerging opportunities and inform strategic decision making.
Teen Advocate
Domestic Violence Action Center
08.2016 - 08.2018
- I provided brief counseling, intervention, and assessment as well as prevention education training and workshops for intermediate, high school, and college students, community youth, community members, teachers, parents, etc., as requested, as well as, long-term case-management services to youth ages 13-21 involved in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) relationships
- Provided court accompaniment to clients for family and criminal court hearings and maintained statistics for all clients, court accompaniments, agency/service referrals, etc
- Provided safety planning, DV education, Counseling, and other community service referrals; Co-developed and facilitated an ongoing, six-part, 12-hour training on LGBTQ+ competency for the agency, and training is available for other community agencies/organizations/programs
Education
MS - Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship - Business
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA05.2026
Master of Social Work - Social Work
University of Hawaii @ Manoa
Honolulu, HI05.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Child and Adolescent Development
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA05.2014
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Board Collaboration
- Staff Management
- Consulting
- Succession Planning
- Operations Management
- Public Speaking
- Client Engagement
- Resource Navigation
- Team leadership
- Entrepreneurial and innovative
- Business development
Accomplishments
- Supervised a team of 10 staff members.
- Collaborated with a team of 3 in developing Willow Permanent Real Estate Cooperative.
- Between Jan. 2017 and Aug. 2020, I built a social enterprise of 2 state-wide programs, still going to this day; a successful SOGIE/DEI consulting firm; a public speaking and lecturing platform; and successful policy campaigns as a policy coordinator.
Organizationalboardscommittees
- Black & Pink, National
Timeline
Cooperative Research Fellow
Philadelphia Area Co-op Alliance
02.2024 - 09.2024
Founder/CEO
CAST Associ8tes
12.2023 - Current
Director of Admin & People
Willow Permanent Real Estate Cooperative
10.2022 - 10.2024
Lecturer
University of Hawaii at Manoa
01.2019 - 05.2020
Youth Partner Supervisor
EPIC 'Ohana, Inc.
09.2018 - 08.2020
Program Co-founder and Co-facilitator
Ceeds of Peace - Youth Talk Back
03.2017 - 06.2019
Teen Advocate
Domestic Violence Action Center
08.2016 - 08.2018
Master of Social Work - Social Work
University of Hawaii @ Manoa
Bachelor of Arts - Child and Adolescent Development
San Francisco State University
MS - Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship - Business
Temple University
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