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Dax-Devlon Ross Resume
Dax-Devlon Ross Resume
NONPROFIT EXPERIENCE
After-School All-Stars, New York City, Regional Executive Director
JUNE 2016 - PRESENT SKILLS
● Oversee a $8MM annual budget Leadership development,
● Direct and manage fundraising strategy for northeast region fundraising, social enterprise,
● Lead and manage regional development and program team and strategy
● Supervise and coach all chapter executive directors in northeast markets startup, public speaking,
● Oversee regional corporate, foundation and university partnership storytelling, writing, facilitating
strategy and training, budget/grant
● Cultivate and steward new board and donor prospects
● Launched organization-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative management, financial reporting,
● Launched consulting business unit performance management, board
development and management,
After-School All-Stars, New York City, Executive Director change management, adaptive
leadership, experience design,
MAY 2014 - JUNE 2016
cultural competency
● Launched the New Jersey chapter of After-School All-Stars
● Re-launched the New York chapter of After-School All-Stars
● Increased chapter budget from $200,000 to $2.7MM
● Managed board of advisors
● Managed state, city grants and corporate partnerships RECOGNITION + AFFILIATIONS
● Directed 60+ person program, operations and development staff
● Cultivated and stewarded new board and donor prospects
Reporting Fellow, The
● Interfaced with ASAS-National Network
Investigative Fund at The Nation
Institute, 2018-2019
Bank Street College of Education, N
ew York City, Manager of
Instruction and Design
NOVEMBER 2012 - MAY 2014 Member, NationSwell Council
Author
Beat of A Different Drum: The Untold Stories of African-Americans Forging Their
Own Paths in Work and Life, Hyperion Books, 2006
The Best of Intentions, Novel, 2007
A Staircase of Words, Essays, 2007
The Underdog’s Manifesto, Memoir (ghostwriter), 2007
The Nightmare and the Dream: Nas, Jay-Z and the History of Conflict in
African-American Culture, 2008