Lenore Webb

About Lenore Webb

Versatile career and leadership development professional with in-depth experience in career services and career coaching. Special interest and skill in fostering personal and career development and use of self-assessments to help career professionals and college students discover and appreciate their talents, strengths, transferable skills, and experience to make a difference in the world. Shifted from higher education to the government sector to support professional and career development of staff in the US and internationally. Specialties/Expertise:•Individual and group interpretations of Strong Interest Inventory, MBTI, and CliftonStrengths for students and professionals.•Coaching and advising undecided, nontraditional, and graduate students, alumni, and career changers.•Preparing and teaching career development workshops and courses.•Using self-assessment to serve at-risk students, improve retention, and enhance personal and career development.•Writing, editing, and adapting content for target audiences, including research reports and proposals, promotional material, blogs, lesson plans.

Experience

1. Professional Development Manager

   Social Solutions International, Inc

   Oct 2023 — Present · Fairfax, VA, US

   Partner with USmax Corporation to support the launch of the USAID Science for Development Fellowships program designed to utilize the expertise of PhD scientists, engineers, and MDs to solve international development problems.The fellowship program emphasizes enhancing participation of women and underrepresented minorities in STEMM, and expanding partnerships with higher education institutions to host events, provide speakers, facilitators, application reviewers, and mentors, and promote the fellowship program.Oversee planning and execution of professional development events such as a Science for Development Institute, orientations, and monthly trainings for fellows.

Education

• George Mason University

  MEd

• University of Virginia

  BA