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Krista Corwin [email protected] 408.409.9860 488 S. Third St. Apt 150 San Jose, CA 95112 EDUCATION Bowling Green State University B.A. History Minor: Interpersonal Communications GPA 3.9 ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS Magna Cum Laude with University Honors Dean’s List 8 semesters National Merit Commended Scholar University Freshman Academic Scholarship B. Mason Memorial Technology Scholarship Harry S. Truman public service scholarship candidate SKILLS Project management Team leadership Leveraging community partnerships Event planning and logistics Communications management Desktop publishing Social media management Critical thinking, writing, and editing PROCESS INNOVATION Designed new Service Skills Video Library Drafted creative solutions to contractual problem with external trainer Invented and standardized methods of organizational communication and feedback SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/kris ta- corwin/8/b49/871 Blog: asktheintp.wordpress .com EXPERIENCE City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley 9/2009-present Impact/Operations Team Member  Leadership Development Project Leader  Led City Year’s leadership development curriculum  Adapted curriculum as a developmental response to feedback data  Secured $5,000 Walmart Foundation grant to train in literacy tutoring and $1000 CSX Grant for Clifton Strengths-Finder curriculum  Managed communication between the site and the leadership development team at CY Headquarters  Recruited and collaborated with corporate volunteers to train corps members in professional and career development  Served on internal innovation grant selection committee to evaluate the merits and sustainability of goal-oriented initiatives  Coached 12 team leaders of small-grou p leadership development teams Training Coordinator  Programmed weekly professional development trainings for 55 Corps members  Collaborated with community champions to bring leadership trainings to Corps members, including service skills and career development  Managed communication between the site and its training department  Developed response plans to training feedback data  On-boarded literacy specialist to supplement training and tu toring curriculum Organizational Leader  Wrote weekly community newsletter using MS Publisher  Led multiple long-term project-planning and event-planning committees simultaneously  Directed 7-member committee planning activities for week-long low-cost day camp for over 100 3-4 grade students  Coordinated physical service projects with corporate sponsors Organization for Women’s Issues, BGSU 2005-2009 Organization President  Collaborated with peers to pro gram year-round women-centered events, rallies, fundraisers, brown-bag workshops, and community activism.  Mobilized collection of 2,000 petition signatures to gain student government support for healthcare legislation.  Organized annual Take Back the Night rally against gender violence. The Vagina Monologues: Director and Actor  Directed 30 women in theater production  Publicized, fundraised, sold tickets, and recruited local sponsors Choice USA Gloria Steinem Membership Conference (2008)  Lobbied U.S. Congressmen for reproductive justice legislation

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Krista [email protected]

408.409.9860

488 S. Third St. Apt 150

San Jose, CA 95112

EDUCATION

Bowling Green StateUniversityB.A. History

Minor: Interpersonal 

Communications

GPA 3.9

ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONSMagna Cum Laude with

University Honors

Dean’s List 8 semesters

National Merit Commended

ScholarUniversity Freshman Academic

Scholarship

B. Mason Memorial

Technology Scholarship

Harry S. Truman public service

scholarship candidate

SKILLSProject management

Team leadership

Leveraging community

partnershipsEvent planning and logistics

Communications management

Desktop publishing

Social media management

Critical thinking, writing, and

editing

PROCESS INNOVATIONDesigned new Service Skills

Video Library

Drafted creative solutions to

contractual problem withexternal trainer

Invented and standardized

methods of organizational

communication and feedback

SOCIAL MEDIALinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/krista-

corwin/8/b49/871

Blog: asktheintp.wordpress.com

EXPERIENCE

City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley 9/2009-present

Impact/Operations Team Member  Leadership Development Project Leader

 Led City Year’s leadership development curriculum

 Adapted curriculum as a developmental response to feedback data

 Secured $5,000 Walmart Foundation grant to train in literacy tutoring and $1000CSX Grant for Clifton Strengths-Finder curriculum

 Managed communication between the site and the leadership development team

at CY Headquarters

 Recruited and collaborated with corporate volunteers to train corps members in

professional and career development

 Served on internal innovation grant selection committee to evaluate the merits

and sustainability of goal-oriented initiatives

 Coached 12 team leaders of small-group leadership development teams

Training Coordinator

 Programmed weekly professional development trainings for 55 Corps members

 Collaborated with community champions to bring leadership trainings to Corps

members, including service skills and career development

 Managed communication between the site and its training department

 Developed response plans to training feedback data

 On-boarded literacy specialist to supplement training and tutoring curriculum

Organizational Leader

 Wrote weekly community newsletter using MS Publisher

 Led multiple long-term project-planning and event-planning committees

simultaneously Directed 7-member committee planning activities for week-long low-cost day

camp for over 100 3-4 grade students

 Coordinated physical service projects with corporate sponsors

Organization for Women’s Issues, BGSU 2005-2009Organization President

 Collaborated with peers to program year-round women-centered events, rallies,

fundraisers, brown-bag workshops, and community activism.

 Mobilized collection of 2,000 petition signatures to gain student government

support for healthcare legislation.

 Organized annual Take Back the Night rally against gender violence.

The Vagina Monologues: Director and Actor

 Directed 30 women in theater production

 Publicized, fundraised, sold tickets, and recruited local sponsors

Choice USA Gloria Steinem Membership Conference (2008)

 Lobbied U.S. Congressmen for reproductive justice legislation