I'm a human services leader, trainer, and leadership coach with nearly a decade of experience spanning frontline child welfare practice, trauma-informed parenting support, supervision, statewide systems coordination, and service as board president of a local nonprofit for 2.5 years, where I supported the executive team and led the board. I know this work from the inside — not just from a training room or a policy manual, but from the weight of a caseload, the complexity of a team, and the moments when leadership felt anything but simple.
My career has taken me through frontline permanency work, supervising child welfare staff, supporting foster and birth parents, developing statewide caregiver initiatives, and helping bridge the gap between policy, practice, and lived experience. That breadth shapes everything I bring to supervisors I work with today.
I understand firsthand how much the right supervisor can change someone's career trajectory — and how a leadership culture that lacks support quietly erodes the best people in the field.
- Frontline child welfare practice
- Child welfare supervision
- Trauma-informed parenting support
- Foster & birth parent services
- Statewide caregiver initiatives
- Systems & policy coordination
You naturally sense and understand the emotions of others. People often feel seen, heard, and emotionally safe around you.
You have a strong internal drive to accomplish meaningful work. Productivity, follow-through, and purpose motivate you.
You see potential in people and genuinely enjoy helping them grow. You tend to notice progress others might overlook.
You naturally identify patterns, possibilities, and pathways forward. When challenges arise, your mind quickly starts mapping solutions.
You value deep, authentic relationships over surface-level networking. Trust and meaningful connection matter to you in both leadership and personal life.
My leadership coaching approach is grounded in relationships, growth, and practical action. My strength in Empathy helps people feel understood and psychologically safe, while Relator allows me to build authentic connections that go beyond surface-level conversations. Through Developer, I naturally see potential in others and enjoy helping emerging leaders recognize their own strengths and growth opportunities. My Strategic thinking helps me identify patterns, navigate challenges, and guide leaders toward clear and realistic next steps. At the same time, Achiever brings consistency, accountability, and forward momentum to the coaching process. Together, these strengths allow me to support leaders in a way that is both relational and results-oriented. I aim to help leaders grow not only in skill and confidence, but also in self-awareness and the way they lead others.
A truly supportive supervisor does more than manage tasks and track deadlines. They help people carry the emotional weight of the work, feel safe enough to grow, and stay connected to their purpose even during the hardest seasons. That's the standard I help supervisors rise to.
Create team environments where people feel safe to speak up, make mistakes, and ask for help — the foundation of every high-functioning team.
Build the habit of slowing down to think critically about practice, relationships, and impact — the hallmark of trauma-informed leadership.
Develop the consistency and presence that teams desperately need — especially in high-stress, high-turnover environments like child welfare.
Help your team stay connected to the why behind their work — even when the work is relentless and the system feels overwhelming.
My mission is straightforward: help supervisors lead in ways that strengthen people, sustain teams, and create healthier workplace cultures throughout human services. Not just for the short term — but in ways that actually last.
Outside of my professional work, I'm a husband, father, advocate, and lifelong learner. Those roles aren't separate from my leadership philosophy — they're inseparable from it. I believe the same principles that make a great supervisor also make a great human being: showing up with intention, holding people with care, and never treating relationships as a means to an end.
If you're a new supervisor searching for a better way to lead, an agency leader building a stronger supervision culture, or a training professional looking for a model that actually works — I'd love to connect.
"Help supervisors lead in ways that strengthen people, sustain teams, and create healthier workplace cultures throughout human services."
— Levi's Mission
I help new supervisors in human services lead with confidence, compassion, and clarity — so their teams don't just survive the work, they thrive in it.