David Todd
Chicgo,IL
Summary
Mission-driven leader that is detailed-oriented and committed to the betterment of community with nine years experience in business operations and management, and seven years experience in nonprofit organization, development, and management. Education is his endless pursuit, and compassion is his purpose.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Director
Clippers Change Communities NFP (seasonal)
Chicago, IL
08.2022 - Current
- -Created, Planned, Organized, and Implemented the business plan
- -Gathered the required documentation
- -Coordinate Community Events
- -Share mission of organization with public through successful community outreach and marketing.
- -Recruit, hire, and train employees on operations and performance expectations.
- -Public Speak on Community Grooming
- Promoted public awareness of mission through outreach, advocacy and online presence.
- Set organization direction and developed strategies and tactics to fulfill mission.
- Strengthened company business by leading implementation of new projects and procedures.
- Non-profit-management
- Fundraising
- Awarded grant from Chicago Beyond
- Website development
- Administrative management
- Recruited Volunteers
Executive Mentor
Groomfly Mentoring NFP (part-time)
Chicago, IL
05.2021 - Current
- -Created, Planned, Organized, and Implemented the business plan
- -Formed A Board of Directors
- -Gathered the required documentation
- -Facilitate the mentor's program
- -Recruit, hire, and train employees on operations and performance expectations.
- -Non-for-Profit formation
- -Public Speak on Reentry Mentoring, Higher Education in Prison, Resilience,
- Determined appropriate budgets and administered expenditures.
- Recruited participants for the program
- Website Development
- Mentor juvenile and adult returning citizens
- Created, planned, and implemented workshop curriculum
Business Owner
Groomfly LLC
Chicago , IL
10.2018 - Current
- -Planned, Organized, and implement the Groomfly Business Plan and mission.
- -Manage day- to- day operations; short and long term
- -Market and Promote Business
- -Style, cut, and shave hair
- -recruit contractors
- -Keep records, pay bills
- -Recruit Stylist and Barbers
- -Customer Service
- -Licensed Cosmetologist
- -Business Formation
Public Speaker
Contracted
Chicago, IL
01.2017 - Current
- Guest Speaker at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2023
- Presenter at the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago Conference, 2023
- Guest Speaker at Cal state, San Bernardino, 2023
- Guest Speaker at Precious Blood Ministries and Reconciliation, 2022
- Guest Speaker at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Advisory Council Member (Volunteer)
Education Justice Project of U of I
Urbana-Champaign, IL
06.2021 - 06.2023
- Provide advice and support from experience on the positive impact of higher education in prison
- Member of the strategic planning committee.
- Public speak through presentation on the positive impact higher education has on incarcerated people, their families, and neighborhoods from which they come.
Advisory Committee Member (Volunteer)
Reentry Guide Initiative of EJP
Champaign-Urbana, IL
06.2021 - 06.2023
- -Provide advise and support in the organization's reentry guide for the formerly incarcerated and deportees
- -Public Speak on Reentry
- -Mentor returning citizen with the RGI Re-entry Guide
- Strategically planned on the distribution of reentry guides
People's Assembly Member (Volunteer)
Chicago Beyond
Chicago, IL
09.2022 - 07.2023
- -People's Assembly is a group of community advocates who reside in chicago and discuss ways on how to better our communities and do block-by-block work in their own communities
- Outreach
Community Navigator
Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance (grant funded)
Chicago, Illinois
10.2020 - 11.2021
- -Help coordinate Know Your Rights events and presentations to educate community members about the Cook County Just Housing Amendment.
- -Assist in the production of a Know Your Rights Video.
- -Provide targeted outreach to communities most impacted by incarceration in Chicago and Suburban Cook County.
- -Conduct needs assessments and make referrals to agencies for legal assistance fair housing services, housing counseling, reentry services.
- -Help people with records and their families navigate through the housing application process.
- -Develop and sustain relationships with leaders directly impacted by the criminal legal system, partner organizations, key stakeholders, and decision-makers to support the Just Housing Initiative coalition.
Community Navigator
Teamwork Englewood (grant funded)
Chicago, IL
04.2021 - 02.2022
- Assisted in gaining support for community resources.
- Informed the community members of Renter's Assistance programs offered in their respective areas
- Outreach
Reentry Mentor
New Life Center/Illinois Youth (temporary)
Chicago, IL
05.2020 - 10.2021
- -Planned, organized, and implemented the Groomfly mentoring program in the Illinois Youth Center.
- -Manage and oversee the affairs of the program
- -Mentored trauma impacted youth with rebuilding their lives.
- -Trained trauma impacted youth the basic skills of barbering.
- -Taught trauma impacted youth how to write a rebuilding life plan.
- -Guided trauma impacted youth with changing their negative behavior.
- -Facilitated Restorative Justice Peace Circles
Reentry Advocate/Mentor
Precious Blood Ministry Of Reconciliation
Chicago, IL
11.2019 - 06.2021
- Advocate for and Mentored formerly incarcerated juveniles and adults.
- Gave presentations to participants for job readiness
- Accompanied participants in their journey of reentry.
- Case Management
- Documentation.
- Facilitated Restorative Justice Circles
Youth Basketball Tournament Coordinator
Back Of The Yards Neighborhood (seasonal)
Chicago, IL
05.2019 - 08.2019
- -Supervised six(6) part-time summer youth.
- -Planned, Organized, Implemented youth basketball tournament in high risk areas
- -Collaborated with community members to ensure public safety
- -Made Weekly reports to funders
- Secured tournament site appropriate for event type and crowd size.
- Scheduled team timeslots to organize day-of activities.
- Coordinated scorekeeping, equipment and materials.
- Contracted with food and beverage vendors to secure concessions.
- Built and established lasting relationships using encouragement and personal support.
Outreach Worker
Cure-violence UIC
Chicago, Ill
11.2017 - 12.2019
- -Recruited high risk individuals for job placement
- -enrolled high risk individuals into job transitional program
- -mentored high risk individuals towards better futures
- -worked towards decreasing violence in high risk areas
- Violence Prevention and Intervention
- Case Management
Education
Bachelor of Science - Social Entrepreneurship, BA
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL08-2025
Some College (No Degree) - Liberal Arts And General Studies
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, ILAssociate of Science - Business Services
Lakeland College
Mattoon, IL05.2009
Skills
- Budgeting and Financial Management
- Business Management
- Detail-oriented
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Business Administration
- Non-for-Profit Development and Management
- Community Engagement
- Event Management
- Public Speaking
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Training and Mentoring
- Decision making
Licenses & Certificates
- JLUSA Fellowship Cohort 2022
- Restorative Justice Practitioner
- Licensed Cosmetologist
- Public Health Peer Mentor
- Sunshine Enterprises Business School Cohort 2022
Volunteer
- Volunteer Mentor and Barber, servicing the juvenile homeless, at the Covenant House
- Volunteer Mentor and Barber, servicing at-risk youth in the Back of the yards community at Precious Blood Ministries of Reconciliation
- Volunteer Mentor, servicing returning citizens, at the North Lawndale Employment Center.
Accomplishments
- Highlighted in Roosevelt University 2023 Newsletter for my service to the community.
- Recipient of Education Justice Project 2020 "New Horizons Award"
Timeline
People's Assembly Member (Volunteer)
Chicago Beyond
09.2022 - 07.2023
Executive Director
Clippers Change Communities NFP (seasonal)
08.2022 - Current
Advisory Council Member (Volunteer)
Education Justice Project of U of I
06.2021 - 06.2023
Advisory Committee Member (Volunteer)
Reentry Guide Initiative of EJP
06.2021 - 06.2023
Executive Mentor
Groomfly Mentoring NFP (part-time)
05.2021 - Current
Community Navigator
Teamwork Englewood (grant funded)
04.2021 - 02.2022
Community Navigator
Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance (grant funded)
10.2020 - 11.2021
Reentry Mentor
New Life Center/Illinois Youth (temporary)
05.2020 - 10.2021
Reentry Advocate/Mentor
Precious Blood Ministry Of Reconciliation
11.2019 - 06.2021
Youth Basketball Tournament Coordinator
Back Of The Yards Neighborhood (seasonal)
05.2019 - 08.2019
Business Owner
Groomfly LLC
10.2018 - Current
Outreach Worker
Cure-violence UIC
11.2017 - 12.2019
Public Speaker
Contracted
01.2017 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Social Entrepreneurship, BA
Roosevelt University
Some College (No Degree) - Liberal Arts And General Studies
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Associate of Science - Business Services
Lakeland College