Dany Calhoun
Durham,NC
Summary
I am a Black Queer logistics and operations professional committed to operationalizing care in diverse non-profit and progressive spaces. I feel passionate about creating safe and effective containers for communities and organizations to collaborate, strategize and vision together. I am also a lifelong dancer, "plant mom", new yogi, and lover of embodiment and creative practices. I am eager to continue to grow my operations and facilitation skills and am committed to racial equity, queer liberation, environmental justice, disability justice and supporting all marginalized peoples in their fight for liberation.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Movement Building Coordinator
Blueprint NC
12.2023 - Current
- Provides high-level coordination and logistics support for the movement building team, which serves over 100 partners in our ecosystem, including managing team and ecosystem-wide events calendar/tracker, coordinating 2024 grant program and grant events, creating and responding to messaging and announcements for ecosystem, and tracking/organizing partner contacts and engagement.
- Coordinates all logistics and scheduling for both in-person and virtual partner-facing events, including Quarterly Partnership Meetings, Table Meetings, and Safety and Security trainings for partners.
- Leads coordination of venues, catering, documentation/note takers, rentals, and tracking participant registrations and questions, and facilitation for partner-facing events.
- Utilizes Every Action to track and optimize contacts for our ecosystem of partner organizations, as well as individual contacts.
- Cultivates relationships and containers with individuals and organizations to build collaborative support for our partners and allies. This often includes collaborative facilitation of events and spaces, along with planning and execution.
Executive Assistant
Blueprint NC
07.2021 - 12.2023
- Provided high-level daily support to the Executive Director for all aspects of her work, including keeping accurate and up-to-date documentation, monitoring and responding to incoming emails, helping manage priorities and action items, preparing reports, agendas, minutes, etc for Board of Directors meetings, and keeping up with Executive expenses.
- Managed Executive Director's calendar, including scheduling and coordinating all meetings, conferences, speaking engagements, travel/lodging arrangements, and event registrations.
- Managed internal organizational calendar, including all full staff, team level, and partner events, important organizational deadlines, and holidays.
- Coordinated and executed operations and logistics needs as the logistics lead for all organizational events, staff retreats, and team huddles, including venue coordination, group meal coordination, assisting in agenda/program creation, distribution of meeting materials, and meeting facilitation.
- Served as logistics lead and planning committee co-lead for the 2023 Inaugural BPNC Statewide Awards, featuring Dr. Angela Davis and NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green.
- Worked closely with Chief of Staff and Executive Security Specialist to create and implement organizational digital and physical security policies, including virtual and in-person meeting protocols, office protocols, and security.
- Served on hiring committee for 6 key roles in the organization, including Office Manager, who began in April 2023, and was my direct supervisee.
Education
Business Administration with Marketing Concentration Major -
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NCCross Cultural Management -
Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
Barcelona, SpainSkills
- Executive Support
- Scheduling and Calendar Management
- Meeting & Agenda Planning
- Event Planning & Coordination
- Travel Planning & Coordination
- Project Coordination
- Container Creation and Facilitation
Timeline
Movement Building Coordinator
Blueprint NC
12.2023 - Current
Executive Assistant
Blueprint NC
07.2021 - 12.2023
Business Administration with Marketing Concentration Major -
North Carolina State University
Cross Cultural Management -
Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
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