Executive Director

Posted on: 2006-11-09

Brenda J. Crawford 424 Parkview Terrace Vallejo, CA. 94589 707-643-3661 510-502-8699-cell E-Mail:[email protected] Experience and Skills Analysis/research on policies and goals... Strategic/operational planning, organizational development, team building, meeting facilitation, conflict resolution. Program development, organizational assessments, effective communication systems, leadership development and executive coaching. Formal teaching & training ... Instructing, directing and motivating professional and administrative staffs, trainer of trainers and other consultants. Administration ... Executive responsibility for developing and administering large complex operating budgets. Highly successful in developing new fund raising programs and increasing funding levels. Interpersonal and communication skills... Skilled negotiator and consensus builder at all organizational levels. Proven ability to develop positive teamwork and goal oriented direction. Accomplished public speaker, negotiator and lobbyist. Honors, Awards, Citations Alameda County Women‘s Hall of Fame 1999 - Community Service Award Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition 1998 Congresswoman Barbara Lee Community Service Award Marlon Riggs Achievement Award 2000 Outstanding - Leadership in the community Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition 1998 - Congresswoman Barbara Lee Community Service Award East Bay Pride - Assemblywoman Carole Migden’s Award for Political Activism - 1998 Commendation from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors - for Community Service-1999 California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition for Front line work - in the Fight against Substance Abuse-1995 The National Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund Award For Political Activism - for working Nationally to elect more openly Gay & Lesbian Public Officials- 1997 Certificate of Appreciation from United State Senate Senator Barbara Boxer - in Recognition of Outstanding Community Service-1999 National Black Alcoholism Council, California Chapter - Certificate of Recognition for Work toward decreasing Alcoholism and Substance Abuse In the African American Community Marlon Riggs Community Leadership Award - Oakland Black Pride-2000 San Francisco AIDS Foundation Black Brothers Esteem Project - Community Leadership Award-2001 Zuna Institute a National Black Lesbian Advocacy Award - Recognition for work with Older Black lesbian- 2003 University of California San Francisco Lesbian Health Research Project - Community Leadership Award-2004 Relevant Work History Crawford & Associates, Oakland CA. Principal/Organizational Development Consultant 1987-2001 CompassPoint Nonprofit Consulting Services, San Francisco Affiliate Consultant 1993-2001 West Oakland Health Center, Oakland CA. Director of Residential Substance Abuse Treatment 1993-1997 Community Development Institute, East Palo Alto CA. Senior Associate Consultant 1995-2001 National Community Development Institute, Oakland CA Associate consultant-2001-present Progressive Research and Training for Action, Oakland CA Executive Director 2001-Present Education: Summit University BA Fielding Graduate Institute MA Candidate in Organizational Development (expected graduation 2007) Partial Client List: Alameda County Housing and Community Development San Francisco Department of Public Health AIDS Office San Mateo County Office of AIDS Lyon & Martin Women’s Health Clinic Oakland Unified School District, Department of Research & Evaluation Equal Rights Advocates Governor’s Office of Criminal Justice Planning Santa Clara County Department of Alcohol & Drug Programs California Health Care Foundation Contra Costa County United Way City of Oakland Community Action Agency Mayor of San Francisco Office of Children, Youth and Their Families San Francisco/Marin Chapter of the YWCA Booker T. Washington Community Center Urban Habitat Food First