Becky is a private consultant with an emphasis in group facilitation, strategic planning, issue resolution, and policy development. Drawing upon multiple disciplines, Becky has designed and facilitated a wide range of meetings, retreats and strategic planning processes for both the public and non-profit sectors, and has over 25 years experience in non-profit management, coalition building, and policy change.
During her career, Becky has previously held positions with the WV School-Based Health Assembly and the Governor’s Cabinet on Children and Families, and has served as a government relation’s specialist at Tonkin Management Group to advance public health and child welfare policy issues.
In addition to facilitation and consultation, Becky serves as co-coordinator of Our Babies: Safe and Sound, a statewide educational campaign on infant safety sponsored by TEAM for West Virginia Children. In this position, she is responsible for research, program design, implementation, technical assistance, and facilitation. Most recently, Say YES To Safe Sleep for Babies, an infant safe sleep parent educational program, has been implemented with 16 birthing hospitals and 20 home visitation programs across West Virginia.
Becky is a certified trainer in the Standards of Excellence for the Non-Profit Sector, is a member of the International Association of Facilitators, and has served on numerous non-profit boards. She is a graduate of West Virginia University and Marshall University College of Graduate Studies, and holds a master’s degree in counseling and guidance, with an emphasis in community organization.
Collective Impact has been working with the Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living to help the organization develop a strategic plan for the future as well as engage in succession planning for the planned departure of its founding Executive Director who has lead the organization for nearly 30 years.
During this engaging and productive process, Collective Impact is becoming more educated about the variety of needs of people with disabilities as well as the numerous services, resources, and supports available to the disabilities community. Did you know that in the United Stated, 12.6% of adults have some type of disability? Did you know that in West Virginia, the number is even higher, with 19.4% of adults having some type of disability? And in West Virginia, adults with disabilities are more likely to smoke (21.9%) and be obese (43.3%).
The challenges facing people with disabilities is overwhelming, but many of these challenges are being met daily by organizations like NWVCIL. A BIG shout out to the good folks at NWVCIL for your passion, tenacity, and strong work on improving the lives and communities of people with disabilities in the mountain state!
Greene County Human Services contracted with Collective Impact to develop a “Children and Family Resource Directory” to serve as a useful guide for service providers to help better meet the needs of the children and families in Greene County, Pennsylvania. This resource connects people, systems, and services that are helping children and families in the County. Families usually need a variety of supports from different service systems, in order to be successful. Making connections for them quickly and effectively can make a significant difference in their lives. The guide will help users gain a better understanding of the array of human services available in Greene County, connect with a network of local providers and experts in all areas of child and family services and supports, access important resource links and contacts for learning more information, identify needed services and connections in a quick and timely matter. Collective Impact also revamped and modernized the Greene County Find-Out Website which has served as an interactive directory of resources for the community for over 15 years.
"The Indiana County Department of Human Services has been a long time customer of Collective Impact; we have used their branding communication and Venue Internet services (website) for over fifteen years. The website is very easy to manage and to make changes to. More importantly, our customers tell us how easy it is to navigate our website to search our human services directory (by topic or name) or find our flyers and brochures. The few times that we've had problems, the Collective Impact team is quick to respond to correct any issues. We've also contracted with Collective Impact for project evaluation. The cost is reasonable, their time and commitment to the project is sufficient and the outcome is a quality report." ~ Bonni S. Dunlap, Ph.D. – Director, Indiana County Department of Human Services, Indiana, PA
