Diversity Consultant

Posted on: 2006-08-07

Donnae Smith-Jackson 219 Lincoln Avenue, Pomona, CA. 91767 ∙ (951) 552-0858 40 West Mosholu Parkway South, #28F, NY, NY. 10468 diversity @optonline.net ∙ (718) 450-3179 ________________________________________ Skills • Customize diversity initiatives in corporate environments, educational institutions, non-profit agencies and community organizations • Develop comprehensive action plans based on best practice for diversity initiatives, review for desired outcomes and revise as necessary • Prepare continuing reports using the data of other organizations to benchmark performance of diversity programs • Facilitate cultural-competency, diversity trainings and presentations with audiences/participants from 20 to 200 in attendance • Assist human resources with diverse staffing recruitment • Design Social Climate Assessment to ascertain the social environment of workplaces • Build coalitions between multicultural communities and workplaces, and facilitate homogeneous and/or heterogeneous group discussions, concerning issues of difference • Investigate employee complaints and advise executives/administrators • Conflict resolution to promote dignified and respectful workplace climates • Advise on sensitive personnel/student issues • Coordinate day or week-long diversity awareness public events • Prepare educational and training informational materials (curriculum, brochures, newsletters) for corporate and educational milieu PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 2006 – Present Western International University Phoenix, AZ Part-Time Faculty Presently, I teach nine-week, online courses. I am authorized to instruct courses such as Cultural Diversity, Introduction to Sociology, Organizational Behavior, Introduction to World Cultures & Social Environments and Critical Thinking. Between 2004 and 2006 I have been caring for my mother who was stricken with a terminal illness. Also, during this time I have been assisting my three children with their entrance into colleges. These issues are now resolved and I wish to, again, devote all my energies to career pursuits. 1998 – 2004 Independent Diversity Consultant • For nearly a decade I had various consulting contracts run concurrently. You will note the dates overlap as I consulted with each client on a part-time basis. • The contracts were with establishments such as the; New York State Electric & Gas, Ferre Institute, Inc., New York State Lawyer's Association, Broome County Department of Social Services 1999 - 2002 Diversity Collaborative, Inc. (DCI) Endwell, NY Executive Director/Co-Founder • Wrote proposals for potential clients, resulting in managing proposed projects • Facilitated diversity and conflict resolution trainings, worked in partnership with school administrators to develop district-wide cultural diversity initiatives. • Supervised undergraduate and graduate students who agreed to volunteer to work with high school seniors and take part in multicultural psychology research • Developed and implemented a Social Climate Assessment to assess need for diversity programming EDUCATION 08/2002 – 01/2004 State University of New York - Binghamton University Binghamton, NY` Master of Arts in Social Science - Interdisciplinary Program  Concentration: Student Affairs and Multicultural Education/Diversity 09/1996 – 11/2002 State University of New York - Empire State College Saratoga Springs, NY` Bachelor of Science – Interdisciplinary Program  Concentration: Diversity and Social Change Through Education