Casey Thomas

thomas.cmet@gmail.com

(540) 621-5370

Education & Technology

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Masters of Public Health Education University of North Carolina at Greensboro, May 2016

Certificate in Nonprofit ManagementUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro, May 2016

B.A. Sociology/Anthropology Guilford College, May 2010

Spanish: Interpreted for Spanish-speaking clients during Americorps Service, studied for 4 months in Mexico
Software: Microsoft Office Suite (Including Word, Excel, Publisher& Access), Salesforce, Google Drive, Adobe
InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, WordPress, Weebly, Pages, IBM SPSS Statistics, IBM SPSS Data Collection, Map Window

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Public Health Education Skills

Program Evaluation
- Collaborating with team to develop process evaluation proposal for Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina, including
evaluation crosswalk, gantt chart, and budget; proposal focused on the relationship between the initiatives outreach
strategies and the motivations of institutions deciding whether or not to adopt their health strategies.

Community Health Needs Assessment
- Collaborating with team to build profile of neighborhood based on data from the American Community Survey,
windshield tours, walking tours, and interviews with residents and other community stakeholders; analyzing qualitative
data to identify themes in interviews; mapping assets and deficits in the neighborhood.

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Nonprofit Management Skills

Philanthropic Fundraising
- Developed plan for nonprofit to build annual fund including segmenting donors and targeting mailings, as well as
building organizations capacity to prepare for soliciting major gifts and starting a planned giving program; developed
case statement for annual fund and as boiler plate language for grant-solicitation; secured $10,000 in grant funds and
wrote grant currently under consideration for $50,000 for Greensboro-based food security initiative.

Volunteer Management
- Chairing Owner Recruitment & Outreach Committee for Renaissance Community Cooperative; recruiting and
scheduling volunteers to table for outreach at community events; academic coursework on ISOTURE model of
volunteer management, including identifying, selecting, orienting, training, utilizing, recognizing, and evaluating
volunteers.

Professional Experience

Administrative Support Specialist for Public Health Education, UNC-Greensboro, NC November 2015Present
- Overseeing financial operations of Public Health Education at UNC-Greensboro; maintaining annual budget of over
$120,000, comprised of state funds, grant funds, and endowment-generated funds; arranging travel and
reimbursements; managing human resources processes for hiring faculty and graduate students; maintaining records
and managing data for admissions process; ensuring compliance with university purchasing policies; communications
with students, faculty and staff; managing list serve for Public Health Jobs.

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Program Coordinator for African American & African Diaspora Studies, UNC-Greensboro, NC June 2013November 2015
- Overseeing administrative operations including financial management, budget development, record-keeping,
recruitment and supervision of office assistants, volunteers, and interns; maintaining and analyzing enrollment data;
managing calendar and coordinates meetings for director; internal and external communication with students, faculty,
staff, and external parties; managing social media outlets; coordinating events including annual academic conference
with over 250 attendees including presenters from across the country, over 40 local professionals from diverse fields.

!Administrative Assistant/Activities Coordinator, INTERLINK Language Center at UNC-Greensboro

August 2011- June 2013

- Assisting over 120 students per semester at English for Speakers of Other Languages Program with application and
enrollment processes; maintained and analyzed data for enrollment, accreditation, and billing; coordinating volunteerbased tutoring and language exchange program; managing accounts payable and receivable coordinating activities and
events to enhance students English.

!Special Projects Coordinator, (Americorps ACCESS Project Volunteer) FaithAction International House,

Greensboro, NC August 2010- August 2011

- Maintaining databases with records for client cases; developing and updating database with resources for human
services in Guilford County; managing cases for clients facing housing crises, food insecurity, and domestic violence;
developing human services programming for local immigrant communities; developing best-practices for working with
immigrant and refugee clients of local food pantry to which we referred our clients; managing, tracking, and soliciting inkind donations including diapers, clothing and food for pantry; recruiting, training and coordinating volunteers;
spearheading collaborating on projects with local nonprofits and faith-based organizations.

!Administrative Assistant (Rover Secretary), US Embassy Manila, Office of Building Overseas, Manila,

Philippines July 2010- August 2010

- Drafting reports, and creating presentations regarding monetary and deadline inconsistencies in the accounts and
schedules of raw material providers; collaborating with engineers and embassy staff to ensure compliance with federally
mandated building regulations.

Community Engagement

Board Member, Renaissance Community Cooperative

- Collaboratively developing a community-based solution to a food desert in North East Greensboro through building a
cooperatively owned grocery store; collaboratively developing fundraising and community outreach strategy that has
raised over $2.2 million and over 750 members for the RCC in 4 years; serving on Board of Directors for RCC and as
Chair of the Owner Recruitment & Outreach Committee.

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Delivering presentations and workshops on cooperatives and food insecurity to diverse audiences; building
relationships with faith organizations, civic groups, universities, local officials, and neighborhood associations across
Greensboro; recruiting members and volunteers; identifying and writing grants; procuring $10,000 in grant-funding;
representing the RCC to potential funders; coordinating online fundraising campaign to raise $16,000 of $15,000 goal.

!Board Member, Cooperative Youth Council

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Reaching out to youth who are interested in learning about cooperative businesses; planning and delivering workshop
on using relational organizing for outreach.

!Secretary, Greater Glenwood Neighborhood Association

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Maintains and shares minutes from monthly neighborhood association meetings; coordinated Fall Festival with 18
vendors and community organizations; developed outreach plan to increase attendance and participation in
neighborhood association.