Elizabeth Sorensen
Summary
Clinical and Community Outreach specialist with a passion for growing professional relationships. Ten plus years of experience with admissions, building and maintaining connections with clinical and educational professionals, hosting events, and creating referral networks.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Outreach
Fusion Academy
Westchester, Greenwich & Fairfield
05.2021 - Current
- Responsible for developing and executing comprehensive outreach strategies to meet/exceed enrollment and referral goals for 3 Fusion Academy campuses
- Schedule and conduct meaningful in person, virtual and phone meetings with clinical, educational, and community professionals to build relationships
- Coordinate strategic campus outreach plans and successfully reach weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual performance metrics
- Record and track metrics through Salesforce and Power BI
- Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders and provide a world class experience for families and professionals
- Build and maintain network of referring professionals
Director of Admissions & Outreach
Fusion Academy
Westchester
08.2014 - 05.2021
- Oversaw enrollment process for new student admissions
- Managed inquiries from prospective families and guided them through Fusion's programming/enrollment
- Scheduled and conducted community outreach to educational and mental health professionals in Westchester County
- Developed and maintained referral relationships with professional community partners
- Recorded and tracked metrics through Salesforce and Power BI
- Coordinated open house events on campus, community education events, and professional events
- Promoted to Positional Mentor for training new admissions and outreach staff in December 2018
Regional Director
PAX-Program Of Academic Exchange
Port Chester, NY
01.2012 - 08.2014
- Director of 35 field staff members and volunteers in southeast US
- Recruited, interviewed, hired, trained, and managed independent contractors and volunteer field staff
- Developed and implemented ongoing regional strategies and goals
- Ensured program administration was consistent with U.S. State Department's federal J-1 Visa Program and CSIET-Council on Standards for International Educational Travel regulations
- Communicated and worked in partnership with overseas international partner organizations
- Built and maintained relationships with U.S. high schools and U.S. high school administrators
- Supervised and counseled caseload of 95 international high school students
- Managed students' academics, support & supervision, disciplinary cases, and enhancement activities
- Conducted field visits to region for meetings with school officials, staff training, performance evaluations, and public relations
- Promoted to trainer for Regional Directors in January 2014
Family Services Coordinator
The Children's Center-Bedford Hills Correctional
Bedford Hills, NY
01.2008 - 09.2011
- Managed visitation programs with program development and planning, organizing, and recruiting support from volunteers and donors, coordinating transportation of children and families to the facility, preparing program-related activities, and supervising program staff members
- Facilitated overnight summer visitation programs within the facility between children and incarcerated mothers
- Management tasks included obtaining relevant guardian paperwork, overseeing advocacy needs of mothers and their children during programs, and providing mentor support to children and teens participating in the program
- Conducted follow-up research tracking residential nursery mothers after their release from prison, to assess progress and evaluate the nursery program
- Provided re-entry planning, preparation services, and future professional and social development for young women prior to release
- Maintained communication and provided continued support post-release for study participants
- Created and managed an ongoing system of tracking computer statistics composed of profile information and research data
- Reported to Center's Director quarterly and annual reports detailing statistics and findings
Education
Master of Arts -
St. John's University
Jamaica, NY01.2008
Bachelor of Science -
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY05.2006
Skills
- Strategic outreach and marketing
- Event organization & hosting
- Relationship building/strong communicator
- Community engagement
- Attention to detail
Certification
Serve on advisory board for a local non-profit
Experience planning and hosting regional education conference
Positional mentor/trainer
Timeline
Director of Outreach
Fusion Academy
05.2021 - Current
Director of Admissions & Outreach
Fusion Academy
08.2014 - 05.2021
Regional Director
PAX-Program Of Academic Exchange
01.2012 - 08.2014
Family Services Coordinator
The Children's Center-Bedford Hills Correctional
01.2008 - 09.2011
Master of Arts -
St. John's University
Bachelor of Science -
Marist College