Michelle Rolanda Brown

Dedicated community advocate and community-centered development specialist. Demonstrated ability to secure and manage grants of up to $1 million, ensuring operational integrity and efficiency. Experienced Administrative Executive adept at time management, strategic planning, budgeting, data organization, and workflow optimization. Excel in communication, problem-solving, and adaptability, ensuring seamless operations and support across all organizational levels. Strong focus on staff development and care to drive organizational success.

• Communications Co-Chair, 04/19 - 04/22, Black Youth Project 100, Durham, NC, Designed and led large-scale community trainings to address gender and race-based violence, Introduced an electronic filing system that eliminated confusion, Strategically coordinated chapter digital presence, Built digital base for the chapter, Published chapter newsletter and chapter statements, Managed press logistics and donor relations, Maintained chapter email account, Developed meeting agendas
• Youth Counselor & Fundraising Co-Chair, 08/14 - 02/18, Catalyst Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, Designed and facilitated 4 day conferences to promote student leadership development for 100+ students, Facilitated conversations about social inequalities impacting marginalized communities, Guided students through executing projects of change in their communities, Managed benefit nights and grant writing
• Lead Co-organizer, 2017, Silent Sam Movement, Chapel Hill, NC, Coordinated meetings with administrators to discuss the removal of the Confederate monument, 'Silent Sam', Organized several phone-bankings, protests and demonstrations of 100+ students, faculty, administrators and local community members, Served as a spokesperson for the movement, Represented the movement at Board Meetings, Managed social media and external communications for movement, Coordinated press logistics and maintained relationships with local and national media, Represented the movement on public discussions panels and within UNC classrooms, Designed and published graphics, Served as an impact producer for the documentary 'Silence Sam'

• Creating a Positive Work Environment, 10/21
• Preventing Discrimination & Harassment: US Employees V3.4, 10/21
• Diversity, Inclusion, & Sensitivity, 10/21
• Microaggressions in the Workplace, 10/21
• Emotional Intelligence, 10/21, 3 credit course-UC San Diego

• English, proficient
• Spanish, advanced verbal and written

Selected as one of North Carolina's Faces of Change, 05/18, NC Policy Watch

• Advanced Salsa and Bachata Dancer (SDK Dance Kollective)