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Damon Gibbs

Waterbury,CT

Summary

Passionate about DEIB work and people development with 20 years experience of training design and facilitation. Committed to helping people gain skills to navigate conversations and interactions across difference.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Equity and Belonging Manager

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
01.2021 - Current
  • Manages affiliate-wide equity and belonging programming
  • Supervises and supports Capacity Building Specialist to develop and implement agency-wide training and resources
  • Internal implementation of training related to implicit bias, racial anxiety, and stereotype threat across the affiliate
  • Supports implementation of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), related training, and provided one-on-one coaching to staff related to the IDI
  • Manages race alike and cross racial caucus and affinity spaces
  • Manages the implementation of systems to evaluate and measure the impact of equity and belonging work
  • Supports the implementation of accountability measures related to agency-wide equity and belonging goals
  • Provides on-site coaching for staff related to equity and belonging skills
  • Partners with Clinical Staff Training to ensure coordination between clinical staff training and Equity and Organizational Culture teams
  • Cultivates and maintains effective relationships with internal stakeholders
  • Designs and facilitates trainings on diversity and inclusion, racial equity, LGBTQ+ inclusivity, microaggressions, and systemic power and privilege
  • Participates in national DEIB training program and initiatives as appropriate
  • Partners closely with the Leadership and Professional Development Manager to ensure Equity and Organizational Culture program alignment
  • Manages the design and facilitation of onboarding process for new staff
  • Responsible for equity and belonging related metrics and tracking of budget expenses
  • Worked with Senior Director of Equity and organizational Culture on PPSNE’s Strategic Planning and Budgeting Process.
  • Worked closely with Senior Director of Equity and Organizational Culture to implement interventions designed to create a culture of equity and belonging within the organization
  • Helped plan, coordinate, and facilitate organization-wide Staff Development Day for 300 staff members
  • Partnered with various departmental hiring managers as part of interview panels

Capacity Building Specialist

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Designed and facilitated various agency-wide Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging training curriculums
  • Facilitated trainings on race, cross-cultural communication, LGBTQ inclusivity, giving and receiving feedback, and sexual health
  • Trained as a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)
  • Designed and facilitated supplemental IDI related trainings and delivered results to the organizations Leaders, admin staff and clinical staff
  • Coached staff to help them build cultural competence amongst their colleagues and patients
  • Designed and facilitated onboarding process for new staff
  • Partnered with Clinical Staff Training Director and team to successfully onboard new staff
  • Responsible for tracking all staff progress with in-person, virtual, and digital online trainings
  • Responsible for helping guide the work of the Core Partnership Team in order to expand the capacity of the agency and continue advancing our work around DEIB
  • Worked with Chief Equity and learning Officer and VP of Human Resources on PPSNE’s Strategic Planning and Budgeting Process
  • Partner with Chief Equity and Learning Officer to relaunch the Emerging Leaders Mentoring Program
  • Worked closely with Chief Equity and Learning officer and Human resources department to identify training and learning needs of the organization
  • Worked closely with Chief Equity and Learning officer and Senior Director of Equity and Organizational Culture to analyze 65-page data report and determine necessary interventions designed to create a culture of equity and belonging within the organization
  • Participated in the organizations strategic planning process
  • Helped plan and coordinate organization-wide Staff Development Day for 300 staff members
  • Incorporate Adult Learning Theory in trainings and workshops
  • Assisted National Planned Parenthood office with training of national colleagues in a Training of the Trainer workshop on Workplace values.

Youth Development Specialist and Educator

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
01.2012 - 01.2019
  • Developed and facilitated sexuality education for youth grades 5-12, college students, adults, and professionals
  • Implemented evidenced-based curriculum in conjunction with the City of Hartford Teen Pregnancy Prevention initiative
  • Developed and maintained relationships with community-based organizations to promote PPSNE and its programs and services
  • Yearly recruited, hired, trained, coached, and mentored a group of 16-18 peer educators
  • Managed peer education budget
  • Worked with PPSNE’s Hartford North Health Center to coordinate Teen Clinic events
  • Coordinated field trips and events for high-school aged peer educators.

Youth Program Manager

Connecticut Science Center
01.2008 - 01.2012
  • Coordinated with the VP of Programs To develop science-based programming for various community and youth organizations
  • Managed Connecticut Science Center's summer and vacation camps, Scout overnight program, and Teen Science afterschool program
  • Coordinated Scout overnight events for 200 scouts
  • Hired and supervised Youth Programs staff
  • Supervised organizations Teen Science afterschool program for 20 high school participants
  • Supervised Staff Scientists, vacation camp counselors, teaching schedules
  • Developed and managed annual program budgets
  • Managed inventory of materials.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging Consultant

Project Oceanology Diversity Institute
01.2003 - 01.2008
  • Delivered diversity workshops to high school students that participated in Project Oceanology’s Diversity Institute on the Groton campus of the University of Connecticut
  • Assisted with the implementation of marine science based activities that include aquatic animal physiology and reproduction, and water quality.

Education

Psychology

Naugatuck Valley Community College
Waterbury

Psychology

Burlington County College
Burlington, NJ

Education

Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ

Skills

  • Train Design
  • Facilitation
  • Strategic Planning
  • Expense Tracking
  • Staff Training and Development
  • Budget Management
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Team building
  • Written Communication
  • Positive Attitude

Professional Presentations

  • Facilitated "Building DE&I Capacity as an Individual and an Organization" Conference Session for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Solidarity Convening 2019
  • Facilitated “Sex and Diversity: Building Culturally Competent Peer Educators” Round Table discussion for the National Sex Ed Conference 2014
  • Preparing Kids to be Leaders” for the Mid-Atlantic YouthALIVE! (MAYA!) Regional Network Professional Development Meeting
  • Co-facilitated a “Family Science” workshop at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico and The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) National Conference in San Jose, California
  • Working your way to the top”: Mid-Atlantic YouthALIVE! (MAYA!) Regional Network Professional Development Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA.
  • Making your Vision a Reality: Bridging the gap between your institution and its local community [Don’t Be Scurred! [“sk & rd”; rhymes with “herd”; to be afraid]” at The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) National Conference in Los Angeles, California
  • Youth as Stewards of the Message” at The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) National Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Professional Activities And Awards

  • Member, Mid-Atlantic YouthALIVE! Regional Network 2002-2006
  • Alpha Site Participant, National Math and Museums Initiative
  • Developed and coordinated the Mid-Atlantic Youth-Alive (MAYA!) Regional Network Youth Summits
  • Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) Fellow award 2004, alumni award 2006 and 2007
  • In This Together Champion for the value of "We Respect and Honor all People" 2022
  • Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory

Training

  • 20 years facilitation experience
  • Designed and facilitated Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging trainings for The National Audubon Staff and Fellows
  • Designed and facilitated Equity and Belonging Training series for Planned Parenthood’s Sexual Health Advocacy through Peer Education (S.H.A.P.E) in partnership with Brown University
  • Designed and Facilitated organization-wide trainings at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Including DEI 101, IDI, Systems of Oppression, Foundations of equity and Belonging, and Systems of Power and Privilege, Microaggressions
  • Facilitated team building sessions for Planned Parenthood of Southern New England's Health Center managers and staff
  • Facilitated workshops on team building, communication, and diversity for the Mid-Atlantic Youth Alive (MAYA!) Regional Network Youth Summit
  • Facilitated diversity workshops for students who participated in the Ocean Diversity Institute at Project Oceanology at the University of Connecticut Avery Point Campus
  • Developed and implemented a Job Readiness Training Curriculum for middle and high school youth
  • Trained and instructed Youth Volunteer applicants for the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences. Writing and facilitating quizzes and tests for Youth Volunteer applicants.
  • Developed various Professional and personal workshops for high school students including such topics as job readiness, communication skills, Character development and Emotional Intelligence
  • Conducted field studies in Cape Cod, Florida Keys, South Carolina, North Carolina, Connecticut, and Maine
  • Exhibit interpreter and public program presenter for audiences of all ages
  • Science curriculum research, development, and implementation

Timeline

Equity and Belonging Manager

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
01.2021 - Current

Capacity Building Specialist

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
01.2019 - 01.2021

Youth Development Specialist and Educator

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
01.2012 - 01.2019

Youth Program Manager

Connecticut Science Center
01.2008 - 01.2012

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging Consultant

Project Oceanology Diversity Institute
01.2003 - 01.2008

Psychology

Naugatuck Valley Community College

Psychology

Burlington County College

Education

Rowan University

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