Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations Fellowships
Presentations
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HD Goodridge

Takoma Park,MD

Summary

Dynamic professional with a proven track record in cross-functional team building, project and program management, and innovative partnership development. Committed to decolonizing program design and fostering intentional, sustainable solutions that prioritize equity and impact. Expertise in cultivating collaborative environments that drive success and enhance organizational effectiveness. Passionate about creating transformative strategies that empower diverse communities and promote lasting change.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Director

Black Trans Fund/Groundswell Fund
01.2022 - 01.2025
  • Directed 1.8 million in funding and resources to Black trans community organizations, artists, and leaders through Arts and Culture, Gender Justice, and Reproductive Justice funding programs.
  • Developed a cooperative contract agreement for Black Trans Fund's inaugural Arts & Culture Program, featuring a dedicated focus on sustainability, capacity building, and self-determination.
  • Expanded partnership programs with Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC HASI Fund) & Birth Justice Fund (Groundswell), to cross-pollinate community care work for Black trans and gender expansive communities.
  • Built a co-funding partnership program to support community mapping led by Black trans and gender expansive community leaders interested in intersectional Reproductive Justice, resulting in a national Black Trans RJ Survey.
  • Represented the organization at conferences and workshops to build relationships with funders, policymakers, practitioners, and researchers on behalf of Black Trans Fund.
  • Established a yearly convening with grantee artists and community partners to expand resource offerings, community connection, and outreach opportunities to network with potential funders and donors.
  • Managed relationships with key stakeholders, including donors, partners, and beneficiaries.

Program Assistant

Groundswell Fund
06.2020 - 01.2022
  • Provide program coordination support to 2 program officers across 3 funding programs, and inclusive of calendar scheduling, program inquiries & eligibility, and notification of determinations.
  • Organized and maintained grantee reporting files and monthly follow-up to close out grants on 3-month funding cycles.
  • Revamped and streamlined RFP process in the absence of a formal grantmaking system for the organization's smaller portfolios (Rapid Response Fund, Black Trans Fund) with multiple funding cycles annually.
  • Facilitated daily intake calls with prospective grantees in review for funding, and with current grantee partners for final reporting.

Program Coordinator

The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Center
01.2015 - 08.2018
  • Created user-friendly forms or templates for collecting essential data from participants or stakeholders.
  • Represented the organization as a member of Healthcare for All NY.
  • Built relationships with community partners to expand offerings and access to enrollment for LGBTQ and Spanish-speaking populations in Queens and Harlem New York with satellite enrollment centers at Voces Latinas.
  • Offered guidance on navigating complex medical terminology and paperwork associated with insurance claims & medical bills.

Instructor/Educator (Community Violence Prevention Project)

Center for Anti-Violence Education
01.2003 - 01.2016
  • Facilitating Self-defense workshops and multi-session courses with Adults and Youth Lead discussions on intersectionality, systemic cycles of violence, gender-based violence, safety prevention and community mapping.
  • Facilitated instruction on physical techniques to build up-stander deescalation and martial arts self-defense skills in youth, adolescents, and adults throughout NYC.
  • Encouraging self-empowerment and self-care through group-led exploration and community building. Encouraging social-political thought and activism with a Queer feminist anti-oppression philosophy and theory of change.

Patient Health Navigator

The New York LGBT Center (Lesbian Cancer Initiative)
01.2013 - 01.2015
  • Helped patients navigate local healthcare system, including insurance coverage and financial assistance programs.
  • Provided emotional support to patients during their cancer journey. Connected patients with appropriate community resources such as transportation, housing, and financial assistance programs.
  • Organized and managed a Health and Pleasure community event with healthcare partners, wellness vendors, and presenters to hold workshops, and healing services for LBTQ identified women, at risk for cancer.

Education

Sociology And Anthropology

Howard University
Washington, DC

Skills

  • Relationship building & Partnership development
  • Interdepartmental coordination
  • Systems Oriented and Tech Savvy
  • Strategic team oriented leadership & Decision-making
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Community engagement
  • Staff and Vendor Contract management
  • Program planning & Management
  • Mission Driven & Values Aligned
  • Community Organizing
  • Union Organizing
  • Fellowship Design
  • Workshop and Panel Design and Facilitation

Affiliations Fellowships

  • Harmony Initiative (Justice Funders) Cohort 9
  • Funder Organizing Intensive (Funders For Justice)
  • Trust Based Philanthropy (Philanthropy NY)
  • Auburn Institute (Coming to the Clearing)

Presentations

  • Commitments to a Canon of Black Trans Joy, Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, 01/01/24
  • A New Word is Coming: Black TGNC Artists and writers speak on Cultural Organizing, Funders for LGBT Issues, Virtual Panel, 01/01/24
  • Agency, Autonomy & Affirmation: Embracing Cultural Self Determination in Trans a Queer BPOC Communities, Grantmakers in the Arts Conference, 01/01/24
  • Imagining Queer Futures Panel, Funding Forward, 01/01/23
  • Funder Practices that Center Black Trans Joy, UNITY Summit workshop in partnership with Arcus Foundation, (virtual), 01/01/23
  • Affirming Futures for Trans Femmes -Reclamation and Reciprocity, G4GC convening in partnership with Grantmakers for Girls of Color (virtual), 01/01/22
  • Fertility Care Access is a RJ Issue; Addressing Barriers to Fertility Care to Support People's Family Formation Goals, Lets Talk About Sex Conference (in partnership with Center for Reproductive Rights + National Birth Equity Collaborative) virtual panel, 01/01/22
  • Allyship as an Active Practice, National Leaders Council NLW Summit @92Y NYC, 01/01/19
  • Sexual Abuse to Maternal Mortality Pipeline Institute, Black Women's Blueprint, 01/01/19

Timeline

Program Director

Black Trans Fund/Groundswell Fund
01.2022 - 01.2025

Program Assistant

Groundswell Fund
06.2020 - 01.2022

Program Coordinator

The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Center
01.2015 - 08.2018

Patient Health Navigator

The New York LGBT Center (Lesbian Cancer Initiative)
01.2013 - 01.2015

Instructor/Educator (Community Violence Prevention Project)

Center for Anti-Violence Education
01.2003 - 01.2016

Sociology And Anthropology

Howard University

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