Susan French
Rosalie,NE
Summary
Dynamic Farm to School Director with a proven track record at Omaha Nation Public School, enhancing community engagement and promoting health education. Expert in leveraging strong negotiation skills and adaptability to foster partnerships and drive program success. Achieved significant growth in local garden participation, demonstrating exceptional leadership and collaborative abilities.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Farm to School Director
Omaha Nation Public School
01.2021 - 01.2024
- Work with students in the 7-acre garden/farm
- Plan garden layout
- Educate students on traditional plantings, foods and relationships with mother earth
- Harvest produce when it is ready
- Oversee the daily needs of the plants
- Identify and develop opportunities for successful season
- Operate equipment, tractors, tillers, skid steer, forklift, pallet jack, disc, mowers, weedeaters
- Start seeds, flowers, in a greenhouse for the garden
- Maintain garden equipment
Native American Farmer - Owner/Operator
01.2008 - 07.2023
- Raised cow/calf pairs primarily on our farm until divorced in 2023
- Raised our children and also foster children as future native producer's swine, sheep, cattle, goats, equine, poultry
- Daily livestock chores, vaccines, feed rations, animal health
- Operate farm equipment tractors, hay equipment, manual transmission operation ability
- Daily farming operations including educating our youth in the community
Board Member
ONCRT
05.2017 - 01.2021
- Company Overview: ONCRT is a nonprofit organization focused on assisting tribal members that are in need
- Planned and implemented the strategic plan for ONCRT
- Coordinated community events
- ONCRT is a nonprofit organization focused on assisting tribal members that are in need
Community Foods Associate
Center for Rural Affairs
01.2012 - 01.2021
- Experience with event planning and presenting in front of groups
- Plan activities, training, and events to increase the number of home/community gardens and promote participation from the local communities
- Organize and manage program events and activities
- Identify and develop opportunities for partnerships and new programs within the community
- Oversee Garden Assistants and other staff who assist with program activities
Education
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS - GENERAL LIBERAL
NEBRASKA INDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
12.2019
Skills
- Strong initiation skills
- Adaptable
- Efficient under pressure
- Problem solver
- Result-oriented
- Strong negotiating skills
- Collaborative work
- Community event organization
- Goal-oriented
- Health education
- Encouragement
- Grant writing
Volunteer Experience
- Successfully organized and completed toy drives for the tribal youth
- Introduce youth to horses by hosting a week long horse camp
- Organize an annual buffalo cull with our community members
- Responsible for successful Thanksgiving community meal
- Planned and implemented the community Halloween haunted trail rides
- Elder Thanksgiving Baskets donated 50 baskets of food grown on our reservation to elders 2010-2021
Professionalorganizations
- ONCRT (Omaha Nation Community Response Team), Board Member, 2017-present
- TC Roughriders 4H Club, Co-creator, Volunteer, 2014-2021
- Native American Organizers training, Participant, 10/01/19
- Omaha Sacred Horse Society, 2016-present
- Kiewit Luminarium Museum, Display, 2021-present
Timeline
Farm to School Director
Omaha Nation Public School
01.2021 - 01.2024
Board Member
ONCRT
05.2017 - 01.2021
Community Foods Associate
Center for Rural Affairs
01.2012 - 01.2021
Native American Farmer - Owner/Operator
01.2008 - 07.2023
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS - GENERAL LIBERAL
NEBRASKA INDIAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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