Illumine Ventures, LLC

Founder

Whole Foods Market

- Defined the leadership development strategy and roadmap for the organization.
- Enabled Whole Foods Market leader’s growth, happiness and performance through the successful design, implementation, facilitation and sustainability of unified leadership development programs.
- Responsible for all facets of leadership development for Store, Regional, and Global Support leaders.

Global Director of Leadership Development

• Defined the regional learning & development strategy and led cross-functional efforts to build impactful leadership development programs to enable the growth of leaders of all levels.
• Collaborated with global leaders to champion the “Success Profile” tool that will be foundational to all aspects of talent management at Whole Foods Market. Outputs: EC & RVP Success Profiles.
• Led the Unified Leadership Development working group through multiple strategic iterations. Outputs: virtual TL development workshops and defined competencies for four levels of leaders.
• Partnered with senior regional leaders to define regional strategic priorities as they related to talent management. Outputs: high-potential development strategy & programs, “Leading through Change” strategy, “Speed-to-Floor” & “Always-On-Hiring” mechanisms.
• Led cross-regional effort to build the TL Cross-Training program that was adopted company-wide.

Regional Director of Learning & Development

•	Responsible for developing and implementing the vision and strategy for the following programs: Team Educator, In-Store Educator, NM Onboarding Path, Certified Purchaser.
•	Created a comprehensive training and communication strategy to support the transition of the Team Educator program from a role to an official position with its own wage guideline.
•	Led the region’s Envisioning initiative; developing and facilitating an Envisioning Day for each Regional Support team and overseeing the execution of the Metro Envisioning Days.

Regional Learning & Development Associate Director

•	Demonstrated ability to increase store support for training through effective communication of training benefits, relationship building, and proven leadership development results.
•	Developed Restaurant Venue Orientation in collaboration with store and regional leadership. 
•	Created Metro Educator Guidebook to support new Metro Educator onboarding.
•	Served as a mentor to fellow Metro Educators and ISEs to maximize their effectiveness.

Metro Educator

•	Contributed to a successful new store opening through effective training, leadership, and communication with department team members.  Our department nearly tripled our opening sales projections.
•	Improved team performance through strategic merchandising, diligent inventory management, and by motivating our team to stay focused under the rigorous demands of a new store opening.
•	Focused on training team members to deliver an excellent customer service experience through role playing, recognition, and leading by example.
•	Developed a firm understanding of department operations and financials.

Specialty Associate Team Leader

•	Successfully completed leadership development program designed to prepare Team Members for team leadership.
•	Challenged to execute new product strategies to support regional objectives and increase department sales.

Leadership Development Candidate

Compass, Inc.

•	Responsible for leading all field training efforts; including creating the learning roadmap, content, and systems to support the field in achieving sales objectives.   
•	Increased monthly recurring revenue by 126% in one year by revisiting and adjusting the business system training; then followed through by increasing field awareness of both online and weekly training courses.

Director of Field Development

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Concierge Therapist and Resilience Coach

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STEVENSON PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES LLC

Registered Psychology Associate specializing in trauma with individuals, couples and families.  Areas of expertise include:

High Anxiety

High Achievers 

Mixed race/ethnicity

Career Counseling

Grief/Loss

Women's Health

Couples/Divorce

Obsessions and Compulsions

Psychology Associate 

Resilience Consulting Center, LLC

Providing out-patient and private practice clinical services to include behavioral therapy and counseling for Individuals, Groups, and Families.

Experience in, and actively treating:
Neuro-Developmental Disorders, PTSD, OCD, Depression, Anxiety, Traumatic Brain Injury,  Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Identity / Impostor Syndrome, and others.

CEO, Clinical Therapist

Booz Allen Hamilton

External consultant in the Enterprise Integration Capability area, focusing on program evaluations and instructional design in mental health services for The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) Resilience and Prevention Directorate.

Task and assignment lead, serving as Subject Matter Expert in the areas of training and development, and psychological health and well-being.

Senior Consultant

Nationwide BetterHealth, Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Positions Held:
- Training Specialist (promoted 2009)
- Senior Training and Development Instructor (promoted 2008)
- Training and Development Consultant (2007)

Conducted, designed, and developed training classes and programs designed to build moderate to high level technical skills in Disease Management, Case Management, Utilization Management, and Maternity Management in classroom, workshops, and e-learning environments.

Training Specialist

APS Healthcare, Inc. / Employee Assistance Program

Conducted telephonic and in-person clinical assessments, short-term counseling, crisis intervention, and referrals to community resources and health benefit employees.  Facilitated coordination of Critical Incident Stress Management with employees of over a thousand contracted corporations.  Conducted management consultations with, and provided training to, human resources executives, supervisors and managers regarding employees of contracted companies. Assessed, made recommendations, and provided appropriate interventions for managers in making decisions that would promote a more productive and satisfying work environment, such as communication training and conflict resolution problem solving.

EAP Consultant

Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health Center / Adventist Healthcare Systems

Facilitated utilization review of adult and adolescent acute care units. Managed the treatment of research participants in clinical trials funded by the Centers for Behavioral Health.

Triaged with the research team for treatment planning, acting as liaison for the hospital. Determined medical necessity for level of care.  Performed clinical review of patient medical records to determine proper utilization of facility resources, limitations of benefits and requirements of insurance carrier/managed care organizations, including Medicare and Medicaid.

Ensured hospital compliance with COMAR, HIPAA and JCAHO federal and state regulations and policies, working closely with Medicare and Medicaid administrators.  Sat on Peer Review Board and Utilization Review Committee to discuss complex patient rights issues with physicians and staff, keeping in compliance with hospital bylaws and JCAHO regulations.

Participated in daily treatment planning meetings with physicians and unit staff and provide expertise on managed care updates and requirements.

Clinical Care Manager

Sheppard Pratt

Conducted supervised group therapy sessions with clients diagnosed with mental illness.  Designed and implemented group therapy activities for both the Women's and the Creative Expressions group.

Administered individual, taped counseling sessions with clients, which include an initial interview, goal planning and goal implementation.  Represented clients at hospitals and as family advocate for local school system.  Collaborated closely with licensed and certified healthcare professionals in the treatment process of the clients.

Clinical Therapy Associate (Internship)

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