Christina Amparan
Lakewood,CO
Summary
Talented leader skilled in handling administrative, operational and outreach program functions. Wears many hats to accomplish dynamic objectives. Ready to apply 23 years of experience to new professional challenges with growth-oriented organization.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Programs
Denver Sheriff Department
06.2023 - Current
- Manages functional and/or operational areas within the Jail Programs Team, to include ensuring legislation compliance.
- Implements initiatives, develop strategic plans and optimizes performance, objectives, and key performance indicators (KPIs), and analyze trends and data to inform decision-making, program development and continual improvement efforts.
- Implements policies, programs, operating procedures and effectively manages operating costs.
- Recruit, develop goals, document performance, provides performance feedback and formally evaluates employees; provides reward and recognition.
- Oversee grants, contracts with vendors and processes for external stakeholders to offer programming within the jails.
- Develop and or support other department initiatives such as creating the departments language access plan.
Senior Management Analyst
Denver Sheriff Department
01.2023 - 06.2023
- Work directly with leadership and functional units to facilitate full assessments of issues, design solutions, support the unit in implementing them, and measure future improvement.
- Providing project management oversight, conduct research, facilitate workshops and process improvement events, partner with subject matter experts to design new programs and policies, provide implementation support and tracking benchmark metrics after implementation.
- Manage DSD participation in PEAK trainings, providing support to PEAK academy graduates, tracking potential innovations, and identifying new opportunities to leverage the partnership.
- Support the agency's performance management infrastructure by helping to prepare reports and participating in performance management meetings.
Temporary Senior Director of Community Engagement & Advocacy
Rocky Mountain Partnership
09.2022 - 01.2023
- Serves as project manager for the 27J Schools Mill Levy Override Campaign; mobilizes the community; increases community awareness of educational inequalities impacting the district, and informs district staff of community input of educational barriers; supports ballot initiative efforts
- Oversee efforts to gather voice and perspective (focus groups, interviews, surveys) to inform the collective work of the Partnership
- Serves as the project manager for developing and conducting impact assessments to effectively support partners to understand how current policies, public funding, and public programs and services are impacting the community around each of the collective work areas.
Program Manager, Division of Community Engagement
Aurora Youth Violence Prevention Program
04.2021 - 08.2022
- Severed as the project director and advised executive staff of operational priorities, goals, and objectives, and available resources to include City Council.
- Completed a community assessment and developed a strategic plan, policies and procedures, intergovernmental agreements, and facilitated program workgroups with diverse stakeholders.
- Completed a number of community engagement efforts and marketing efforts.
- Implemented short-and long-term projects/programs; analyze program outcomes and oversight of program budget, research prospective funding source, fund community-based organizations
- Oversee the cities regional response with surrounding municipalities and build understanding and capacity of internal and external stakeholder of treads related to youth violence and youth programming.
- Provide supervision of program staff; oversee hiring, training discipline, termination or advancement of employees that includes program coordinators, front-line staff and youth advisors.
Director of Advocacy, External Affairs Team
STRIVE Prep Charter School Network
09.2020 - 04.2021
- Developed and executed the strategic plan, analyzed trends and data to inform decision-making and program development.
- Identify policy and legislative issues (local and state) that would have impacted STRIVE Prep and advocate for policies to address barriers.
- Build a strong network of local and state education advocates, policy makers and organizations to work on behalf of STRIVE Prep, and identify areas to work collectively.
- Effectively work across 10 schools to support efforts to involve and engage students, families, and staff in advocacy efforts
- Identify gaps in family engagement and advocacy efforts and build programming to provide wrap around services in coordination with community and system-based organizations.
- Coordinated and developed DEI efforts for agency staff and the mental health multi-disciplinary team.
- Created and managed budgets, efficiently allocating resources for social and community service projects.
Operations Coordinator, Foster Care & Adoption Recruitment & Training Unit
Denver Department of Human Services - Child Welfare Services
10.2019 - 09.2020
- Implemented efforts to recruit, train, certify and retain Resource Families within the Child Welfare Division and participated in efforts develop and implement strength based and trauma informed perspective programming.
- Implemented on-going process improvement, program evaluation, data collection efforts.
- Conducted prospective participant pre-screen interviews and wrote reports to be presented.
- Serve as a liaison for other department units and supported marketing efforts.
- Participate in department work groups to review abuse and neglect reports, diversity, inclusion and equity efforts, and other Child Welfare Division activities.
Program Administrator of the Victim Assistance Unit and Pretrial Victim Services Unit
Denver Police Department - Crisis Services Division
08.2016 - 09.2019
- Oversaw grant writing, program implementation and reporting.
- Audit, recommend, develop and/or modify program procedures, guidelines, standards and policies to achieve program goals and objectives.
- Monitors the cities' compliance with the Colorado Victims Rights Act Law.
- Provided victim advocacy support to victims of crime and responded to large-scale incidents.
- Oversee hiring, training discipline, termination or advancement of employees to include coordinators, front-line staff and volunteers.
- Provide trainings to recruit officers during their academy.
- Complete media interviews with English and Spanish and community outreach and engagement efforts.
- Consulted and collaborated with other Criminal Justice and community-based agencies and represent the division in task and provide technical support to sites across the nation.
Supervisor
Thornton and Northglenn Police - Victim Services Unit
10.2013 - 03.2016
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Develop and administer the shared budget between both cities, and monitor the cities' compliance with the Colorado Victims Rights Act.
- Research barriers and prepare written or statistical reports to present to Command Staff.
- Supervised staff, volunteers, and interns and oversaw recruitment, hiring, training, evaluation, discipline, termination or advancement of employees.
- Coordinate the application, implementation and reporting on various federal, and state, grants.
- Consulted and collaborated with other Criminal Justice and community-based agencies and participate in task forces.
- Provided victim advocacy support to victims of crime and responded to large-scale incidents.
- Oversaw the translation of department documents to Spanish and identify culturally diverse strategies.
Program Coordinator
Denver Department of Public Safety - Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver (GRID)
08.2009 - 10.2013
Lead Diversion Officer
Denver Department of Public Safety - Safe City
01.2008 - 08.2009
Victim Advocate
Denver City Attorney's Office - Victim Advocacy Program
11.2004 - 01.2008
Intern/City Attorney's Office Victim Advocacy Program
Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance (COVA)
06.2004 - 11.2004
Special Education Paraprofessional
Denver Public Schools
10.2001 - 07.2003
Education
MBA - Strategic Management
Regis University
Denver, CO08.2020
Master of Science - Criminology
Regis University
Denver, CO05.2013
Bachelor of Science - Applied Psychology
Regis University
Denver, CO05.2011
Associate of Applied Science - General Studies, Human Services
Community College of Denver
Denver, CO03.2004
Skills
- Budget Administration
- Grant Management, RFP and Contract Oversight
- Supervision of Program Managers, Front-line Staff & Volunteers
- Team Building & Development
- Community Engagement
- Multi-Stakeholder & Interdepartmental Collaborations
- Strategic Leadership
- Problem-Solving & Analytical Thinking
- Performance Management & Continuous Improvement
- Program & Policy Development, Implementation & Evaluation
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Director of Programs
Denver Sheriff Department
06.2023 - Current
Senior Management Analyst
Denver Sheriff Department
01.2023 - 06.2023
Temporary Senior Director of Community Engagement & Advocacy
Rocky Mountain Partnership
09.2022 - 01.2023
Program Manager, Division of Community Engagement
Aurora Youth Violence Prevention Program
04.2021 - 08.2022
Director of Advocacy, External Affairs Team
STRIVE Prep Charter School Network
09.2020 - 04.2021
Operations Coordinator, Foster Care & Adoption Recruitment & Training Unit
Denver Department of Human Services - Child Welfare Services
10.2019 - 09.2020
Program Administrator of the Victim Assistance Unit and Pretrial Victim Services Unit
Denver Police Department - Crisis Services Division
08.2016 - 09.2019
Supervisor
Thornton and Northglenn Police - Victim Services Unit
10.2013 - 03.2016
Program Coordinator
Denver Department of Public Safety - Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver (GRID)
08.2009 - 10.2013
Lead Diversion Officer
Denver Department of Public Safety - Safe City
01.2008 - 08.2009
Victim Advocate
Denver City Attorney's Office - Victim Advocacy Program
11.2004 - 01.2008
Intern/City Attorney's Office Victim Advocacy Program
Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance (COVA)
06.2004 - 11.2004
Special Education Paraprofessional
Denver Public Schools
10.2001 - 07.2003
MBA - Strategic Management
Regis University
Master of Science - Criminology
Regis University
Bachelor of Science - Applied Psychology
Regis University
Associate of Applied Science - General Studies, Human Services
Community College of Denver
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