Lorena Umana
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Diligent professional with 22 years of experience in leading and project coordination and management. Frequently praised as adaptable by peers. I am dedicated to improving the quality of life in various communities within the City of LA and its surrounding areas. Relied upon to help your company achieve its goals
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Manager
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
08.2021 - Current
- Managed and supervised administrative and daily program operations, complying with policies and regulations
- Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team
- Supervises, coaches, and mentors all program staff under program manager's responsibility
- Developed and maintained logistics workflows, procedures and reports
- Supervised material usage and corpsmember hrs to keep projects in line with budgetary restrictions
- Oversee contract compliance and program outcome
- Assist Director with overseeing budgets and provide necessary information for invoicing and reporting
- Prepare reports, budgets, correspondence, proposals, review program spending reports and other documents
- Works, and communicates with program sponsors, local community organizations and other public and private agencies to guarantee that schedules goals are met
- Manages approximately $1.5 million in program funding annually and over 60 young adults
Interim Site Director
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
10.2022 - 04.2023
- Manages approximately $2 to $3 million in program funding annually and over 60 young adults, 15 crew supervisors, and 3 program staff
- Worked closely with Corps' grant writer and the executive management team to ensure the submission of high-quality grant proposals and reports
- Program management: prepared work project proposals, budgets, sponsor agreement on annual basis and as needed for projects
- Facilitated effective communication between internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure that program staff provides training to new team members on site policies and procedures, mission and LA Corps Values
- Oversaw personnel safety and efforts at work site.
- Collaborated with management and fellow supervisors to organize operations and achieve demanding schedule targets
- Supervised material usage and corpsmember hrs to keep projects in line with budgetary restrictions.
- Managed budgets and resources for educational and work programs.
- Ensure that the Corps maintains high standards in the development of systems, procedures and ethics
Program Coordinator
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
09.2001 - 08.2021
- Developed and maintained relationships with external partners to facilitate program operations and program goals
- Recruit and hire youth and young adults ages 14-26
- Responsible for the coordination and supervision of 11 crews that consist of 5-10 corpsmembers per crew
- Conduct O3s, Quarterly and Annual Reviews for directly supervised staff
- Data entry into Salesforce and ADP budgeting system/platform
- Maintain field and documentation for contractual requirements
- Scheduled and supervised staff meetings to discuss new ideas and update participants on program details and milestones
- Collaborated with other program coordinators to achieve consistency in program objectives and services
- Created and delivered program training and education to keep participants knowledgeable about program opportunities and provide the necessary skills set to produce productively
- Monitor expenditures for budget line-items e.g. safety gear, project materials, corpsmembers hours, building supplies
Team Leader/Sr. Team Leader
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
05.1997 - 08.2000
- Recruit school age youth 14-17 from LAUSD, communicate with School liaisons
- Supervise up to 14 youth
- Identified and responded to work projects within all 15 council districts: Clean up, Tree plantings, graffiti removal, event support and flyer distribution
- Trained and develop youth sofa skills, conduct safety tailgates, provide coaching and mentoring
- Demonstrated knowledge of company mission and goals and mentored employees in reaching objectives aligned with company core values.
- Create and execute environmental/on the job sofa skills lessons and volunteer service projects for the team such as: Toy Loan, LAUSD site projects (greening), Food Bank, Homeless Shelters
- Prepared Work Project Monthly Report
- Supervised AmeriCorps members
Corpsmember
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
10.1996 - 05.1997
- Worked on Restoration projects: trails, removing non-native/invasive plants in the (Santa Monica & Azusa) areas
- Floor control, preparing sandbags for flooded communities
- Graffiti removal from public spaces
- Used hand tools, saws, and power equipment
Education
General Ed Classes
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park, CA06.2001
General Ed Classes
Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Los Angeles, CA08.1993
High School Diploma -
John C. Fremont Senior High School
Los Angeles, CA06.1993
Skills
- Computer skills/ Microsoft office / Microsoft Excel
- Customer Service
- Technical Report Writing
- Bilingual: English/Spanish
- Staff management and development
- Processes implementation
- Manage operations
- Team Building and leadership
Certification
WorkPlace & Employment LAW Update 2022
Timeline
Interim Site Director
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
10.2022 - 04.2023
Program Manager
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
08.2021 - Current
Program Coordinator
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
09.2001 - 08.2021
Team Leader/Sr. Team Leader
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
05.1997 - 08.2000
Corpsmember
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
10.1996 - 05.1997
General Ed Classes
East Los Angeles College
General Ed Classes
Los Angeles Trade Technical College
High School Diploma -
John C. Fremont Senior High School
WorkPlace & Employment LAW Update 2022
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