Delilah Richey

Serve as a local brand ambassador to empower women and foster community engagement, provide strategic event planning and promotion, day-of-event support, and strengthen partnerships in the women’s health and wellness sector across North Texas.

• Act as a wellness advocate and community connector, contributing to event planning through strategic feedback and trusted relationship-building with partners to expand reach and engagement.
• Drive awareness of health and wellness initiatives by promoting events and campaigns through social media, personal outreach, and authentic engagement.
• Provide on-site event support by interacting with attendees and vendors, coordinating setup and teardown, and cultivating key partner connections.

Oversaw program operations, client and partner engagement, and event logistics for student-centered social-emotional learning programming, including DaVerse Lounge, an under-21 platform designed to empower youth voice, creativity, and community wellness.

• Cultivated collaborative relationships with schools and non-profits to deliver interactive SEL programming that enhances student engagement, utilizing the power of voice, music, art, and storytelling.
• Lead client engagement by managing all front-line communications, scheduling, and proposals to ensure a seamless, professional relationship and experience.
• Oversaw administrative operations—including invoicing, contractor and vendor management, compliance documentation, insurance renewals, and procurement communications—to ensure efficient and professional program execution.
• Represented the organization as executive point of contact at live events, managing logistics and cultivating strong relationships with clients, partners, and community stakeholders.
• Transitioned to a consultant/advisory role (May 2024) while providing caregiving responsibilities to a terminally ill parent, maintaining client relations, operations, and program development input.

Worked alongside the Executive Director during a key transitional period at a faith-based nonprofit, providing strategic collaboration in operations and core business functions. Played an integral role in donor management and CRM optimization, coordinated high-impact speaking engagements, and partnered with leadership to develop spiritually healing-centered programming and initiatives.

• Collaborated with the leadership team to strategically plan and coordinate special events programming while managing ad hoc projects as needed.
• Coordinated hospitality, logistics, and materials for staff and board meetings and took detailed notes for later dissemination to key stakeholders.
• Streamlined gift processing operations, managing donor contributions via checks, electronic funds, and grants. Ensured accurate intake, CRM updates, banking, and reporting in partnership with finance to support compliance and donor stewardship.

Spearheaded collaborative physical education and athletics programming for middle and high school students, fostering a culture of wellness, healthy competition, and inclusion, while leading strategic planning, fundraising initiatives, and student leadership development through sports and academics.

• Launched fundraising initiatives through DonorsChoose and Fan Cloth apparel sales, securing over $2,500 to equip PE and sports programs with equipment and uniforms, advancing equitable athletic access, and enhancing student engagement, school spirit and student morale.
• Developed and implemented daily PE lessons aligned to TEKS standards for grades 6-9, impacting 500+ scholars by promoting foundational fitness, team cohesion, and lifelong healthy habits.
• Fostered an emotionally intelligent, inclusive environment that prioritized student mental health, social-emotional growth, relationship development, and a culture of well-being.
• Partnered with the Athletic Director to plan, manage and execute game-day operations, including logistics coordination, volunteer recruitment, and financial management, ensuring efficient athletic operations and programming.

Led the development and implementation of trauma-informed, inclusive PE and wellness programming for non-traditional high school students—strategically fostering resilience, healthy lifestyle habits, and long-term goal setting for teen parents, working youth, and students to overcome academic and personal barriers.

• Secured $10,000 in district-approved funding to transform campus wellness infrastructure with a new treadmill, elliptical, free weights, yoga mats, pedometers, and more—promoting inclusive access to physical activity, mental health, and long-term wellbeing.
• Facilitated trauma-informed, relationship-centered wellness instruction for non-traditional students, including teen parents and working youth, using Health & PE as a vehicle to build trust, connection, community, and healthy behavior change.
• Cultivated a strengths-based, inclusive learning environment focused on empowering students through meaningful relationship building, SMART goal setting, and consistent encouragement to foster wellness and academic success.

• Greenhill School – Adjunct JV Basketball Coach (2015–2016)
• Great Hearts Academy – 1st Grade Educator (2015–2016)
• Townsell Elementary (Irving ISD) – K–5 Physical Education Teacher (2011–2013).
• Principle Data Systems - Executive Assistant (2005-2007)
• Lorenzo de Zavala Middle School (Dallas ISD) – Teacher and Coach (2002–2004)
• St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School – 1st Grade Teacher (2001–2002).