Consulting, Projects and Conferences

Grant Application Evaluator
The Roddenberry Foundation - 10/2018

  • As basic freedoms are undermined, nationalism and xenophobia flourish, inhibitions against hate speech loosen, and environmental deregulation continues unabated, the need for new narratives and solutions is profound. Now more than ever, we need more people to step up and engage; to reject the mainstreaming of hate and bigotry; to push ourselves and others to think (and act) differently; and to protect the most vulnerable from those who wield power in destructive ways. We’re looking for individuals and their initiatives that push boundaries, seek new ways of approaching systemic and entrenched problems, and/or leverage specific opportunities in unconventional ways. We care about a well-thought-out plan, clear goals, specific metrics, and measurable impact. 
Training Advisor
Effective Altruism, LLC - 5/2017
  • Diversity, Inclusion and Equity education for Oregon based consulting firm.
    • Applying evidence and careful analysis to doing good.
Development and Funding Consultant
Cortcontrol, LLC - 4/ 2017
  • CortControl’s Glutrasol™ family of integrative products, when combined with other specific medical protocols, such as vaccine regimes, infertility treatments and others, work to boost immune function to dramatically improve the efficacy of other medical protocols. 
Inclusion and Diversity Researcher
American Gap Association - 4/ 2017
  • Market research for state expansion of GAP year programming to underrepresented youth in the state of Oregon. 
  • Contributor for best practices increasing diversity in the national GAP Year field.
Program and Curriculum Consultant
Portland State University - 2/ 2017
  • Impact Entrepreneurs
  • Inclusion and Diversity contributions for launch of new community program for cused on LGBTQ Entrepreneurs.
Leadership Coach
Leadership Academy - Reed College's RELAY Program  - 2017
  • Coaching a remarkable student leader and researcher.
GAP Year Promoter
NAFSA - Denver, CO - May, 2016.

Diversity and Inclusion Educator 
Partnership of the Americas, Washington, DC 2016
·    Education and training on issues of sexual orientation, gender identity, and the politics of the queer culture movement in support of youth leadership exchange with Latin America.

Webinar Leader
George Washington University, Washington, DC - 2016
·        Professional Enhancement: Cultural Competency vs Humility, Emotional Intelligence, Leveraged Vulnerability and Global Health Practice

Workshop Designer and Presenter
COFLT – Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching, Portland, Oregon - 2106
·       Language Acquisition, Social Justice, and International Volunteer Service. How can educators intentionally use language acquisition as a tool for developing critical thinking, emotional resilience, and cultural humility?  Can curricular integration promote a platform that advances social justice, inclusion, human rights, and peace?
 
Luminary 
WayfindingAcademy, Portland, Oregon  2015 to 2016
·       The Wayfinding Academy is an educational program focused on each individual student with the goal of developing more engaged citizens and better communities. The hand crafted educational experience at the Wayfinding Academy includes a core curriculum with courses in communications, social change, teamwork, and leadership and a tailored portfolio-based program co-created with each individual student and his or her advisory team. By stretching students with a curiosity- and community-driven education, we envision a world where each person lives life on purpose.
·       Financial contributor, community adviser and admissions professional.

Honored Mellon Sponsored Presenter 
Whittier College, Whittier, California – 2016

Panelist for Global Health Careers 
University of MichiganSchool of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, - 2015
·    Competencies in the field of global health

Key Note Speaker
Charles University, - Prague, Czech Republic, April/May 2105
  • Invited by Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, PhDr. et Mgr. Kryštof Kozák, Ph.D., Head, Department of American Studies
  • "Mr. Carlton Rounds has been awarded a Grant for Democracy by the United States Department of State through its US Embassy to the Czech Republic to visit the Department of American Studies of Charles University in Prague to be a keynote speaker and trainer at the Allen Ginsberg Memorial Freedom Festival, to take place in Prague, the Czech Republic on April 29 and May 5-7, 2015. Mr. Rounds’ participation is key to the success of the Festival, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of out gay Beat poet and activist Allen Ginsberg’s 1965 visit to Prague, in then Communist Czechoslovakia. The Festival presents to Czech university students and faculty, the general public and activist audiences the history and current state of US artistic freedom of expression, democratic dissent, civil rights and LGBT and HIV/AIDS activism, and trains them in cross-cultural coalition building for social justice. Mr. Rounds’ extensive experience and strong record of leadership in these fields make him a highly desirable citizen diplomat for this cultural exchange program."


Panelist and Presenter
LetsKickAss.org, San Francisco, CA, - 2014
  • Testimonial to Multnomah County, OR for June 5th proclamation on HIV and aging.
Co-Founder
LetsKickAss - Portland 
  • Chapter serving over 100 AIDS Long Term Survivors.
Honored Presenter
University of Washington School of Global Health, Seattle, WA,  - 2014
  • From Shaming to Reclaiming; HIV and Stigma Reduction in Public Health
Higher Education Strategist and Mentor
Momentum Alliance/Student Alliance Project, Portland, OR, - 2013 to Present
  • Momentum Alliance is a youth-led non-profit, with experienced coaches, whose mission is to inspire youth to realize their power individually and collectively and to mentor future social justice leaders. Through Student Alliance Project (our "pre-apprenticeship" leadership program and Leveraging Momentum (our "journey level" leadership program), we prepare diverse young people from underrepresented communities in Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington, and Clark Counties to become effective community advocates, leaders and decision makers.
International Student Mentor
Reed College, Portland, OR, - 2013 to 2014
  • Hosting of a Reed College international student from South Africa providing support, guidance, and community for the purpose of student success and cultural adaptation.
Co-Coordinator
Positive Force North West, Portland, OR, - 2013 - 2014
  • Program development and management for the community service arm of this volunteer led organization focusing on people living with HIV.
  •  The goal is to increase socialization, decrease self-stigmatization, improve health outcomes, and build community.
Guest Panelist
WEGO Health Online Health Activists,  National and International - 2012
  • Topic: HIV and AIDS Issues as Reflected in Online and Virtual Communities.
Guest Lecturer
Concordia College/IPSL, Portland, Oregon, 2012 to Present
  • Ethics, Disclosure, and Personal Identity in Building Diverse Communities
  • Leading Through the Power of Vulnerability
Discussion Moderator
Building Bridges Coalition/Brookings Institution, Washington DC and Nationally - 2011
  • Emergency preparedness, crisis intervention, and disaster ethics in the field of study abroad and international service.
Panel Chair
SUNY Global Center/SUNY COIL Center, New York City, New York, - 2011
  • Interventions, Orientations, and Course Delivery through Technology in International
  • Work group information - Click HERE
National Award Winner
Diversity Abroad and Diversity Network - Oakland, CA , - 2011
  • Innovations supporting under-represented students in international education.
Teacher and Trainer 
Global Potential - New York City and Boston - 2010 to 2012
  • Guest speaker and trainer for urban high school students interested in the field of international service and civic development through the most unique NGO of its kind.
  • Designer 8 hour training on service, civics and strategy geared toward underrepresented college bound youth.
Founder
Hudson Valley International Educators Group, Hudson Valley, New York - 2010
  • Composed of international educators, this group leverages the experience of our diverse international educators to promote professional development, exchange, capacity building, and social networking.
Founder
Hudson Valley Positive - New York State, 2010 to 2012
  • Hudson Valley Positive is a social networking platform that seeks to create a community of informed, supportive, and interactive men living with HIV in the Hudson Valley of New York State.
Guest Speaker
Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, New York - 2010
  • World AIDS Day 2010 speaker on international human rights and health policies.
Founder and Executive Director
Volunteer Positive,Thailand and Portland, OR, - 2009 to Present
  • Volunteer Positive empowers HIV infected and affected survivors through international volunteer service and cultural exchange; recognizing, leveraging, celebrating and enhancing social capital, while promoting informed self care, stigma reduction and community engagement. POZ Magazine Award Top 100 HIV+ Innovators - 2011 
Presenter
Curricular Integration Conference - Beloit College - 2009
  • Colleges and universities around the world have encouraged their students to pursue educational experiences in other countries by developing systems for recognizing the credits they earn abroad as part of their degree studies at the home institution.The purpose of this conference was to pay attention to how study abroad can be integrated into the undergraduate curriculum, and investigate how this integration is affecting the work of the faculty in teaching, advising, and scholarship.
Participant and Researcher
Institute for Disaster Mental Health - New Paltz, NY - 2009
  • Sojourner Truth Library exhibit highlighting my original thesis on Disasterology; The Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Guest Facilitator
Forum for Education Abroad - Portland, OR - 2009
  • "Students Abroad as Citizen Diplomats" hosted by the JFK School at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania Office of Education Abroad.
Project Consultant
Playback Theater - New Paltz, NY - 2008 to 2012
  • Member of international team designing and visioning an international theater and ethnographic anthropology program based in South Africa and Botswana. 
  • The mission of Playback Theater is to encourage and foster individual human rights and community dialogue through personal improvisational theater by facilitating the narration of diverse opinions, recollections and stories; listening; empathy; vitality; and hope.
Presenter
NAFSA Conference - Washington, DC - 2008
  • Intercultural Competence in Education Abroad: Theory, Practice and Mobilizing Students for Change
Scholar Mentor
The Point Foundation 2008 to 2009
  • The Point Foundation provides financial support, mentoring, leadership training and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
  • I mentored an emerging civil rights attorney, Patrick Kelly, at Harvard Law School.
International Human Services Volunteer
Cross-Cultural Solutions - May 2007
  • Two week volunteer to Lima, Peru. Placed in Villa El Salvador, a Nobel Prize nominated intentional community, in elder care, secondary school teaching, special education, and Mother Teresa's home for the Destitute and Dying.
Founder
Global Brain Trust - 2006 -2009
  • The Global Brain Trust is a synergistic matrix of international activists, artists, and educators working together for change.
Guest Speaker
New York City Area
  • LGBTQ Center's Twenty-Something Meeting focusing on issues of coming out cross culturally and international gay identity in areas of democratic transition. 2007

Deputy Director (Interim)
Bronx Pride Community Center, Bronx NY 10/06 to 2/07
  • Supervisor for LGBTQ homeless and at risk youth program through DYCD, including case management, after-school programs and curricular development, HIV outreach and prevention, trans issues, and broader community outreach. Click here for a video interview by NYU.
Adjunct Professor
Marist College, Poughkeepise, NY  2001- 2010
  • Curricular designer and instructor for interdisciplinary sociology course exploring the impact of global, national, and local institutions on personal identity, cultural values, and social structure. One of the most highly rated instructors in the program.
  • Thesis adviser and instructor for Organizational Leadership Program and the Integrative Studies Program
  • Specialist in adult learning methodology, experiential learning, and learner centered educational psychology.
Educational Specialist
Various Locations - 2000 to Present
  • College Placement Consultant, Harding Prep Academy, Oklahoma City, OK. January 2006.
  • College Placement and Financial Aid Expert for Upward Bound, a federal program that serves motivated under-served high school students by preparing them for the sociological and academic rigors of college. 2000-2003
  • Diversity Trainer and Crisis Counselor for World Scholar Athlete Games, sponsoring 15 underrepresented students to an international exchange program supported by the US Olympic Committee. Designed and implemented crisis intervention team for the program and trained staff on culture shock intervention. Summer 2001
  • Financial Aid and Admission Specialist for low-income multicultural youth leadership programs located in my county of residence. District trainer for multicultural issues and curricular globalization. 2000 - 2008
  • Organizer and Leader for an international youth peace exchange with Upward Bound students and their corresponding peer group from Cyprus through The School For International Training’s youth conflict resolution program, exploring racism and issues of ethnic discrimination. This opportunity was provided by the generosity of SIT. Summer 2000
  • Specialist in the field of underrepresented groups in the study abroad environment.
  • Special Olympics Coach for 8 men from a residential facility in New York. 1986
  • Direct Care and Consumer Educator for residential facility for people with intellectual disabilities - Greystone Industries. 1985 to 1986
Publicist
West Glen Communications, NYC, - 2000 to 2001
  • Freelance publicist for broadcasting department. Story pitching and market penetration for high profile international clients into top 50 television markets across the nation by means of news releases, satellite tours, and publicity events.
Event Developer and Lead Performer
Bohemian Club Events - San Francisco, CA -1997 to 2000
  • Selected by a San Francisco-based private arts group, the Bohemian Club, to launch a pilot fundraising program that facilitated 200 guests on a two-week trip to exceed $500,000. Managed the research of legal and tax issues surrounding California non-profit foundations to identify, incorporate, and file tax-exempt status for a public charity. Travel for this project was domestic and international.
Management Consultant
American Pride International, Oakland, CA, 1995 to 1999
  • Contracted by a corporation specializing in import/export and freight forwarding operations to support the negotiation of critical business transitions involving executive management change.
  • Accompanied President to a World Trade Center conference, advising on both strategy and cultural protocol during formal presentation to 500  industry professionals.
Human Resources Specialist
Walker Interactive, SF, CA, 1996
  • Implemented effective employment screening processes for recruiting and hiring. 
  • Utilized HR Vantage and other custom software applications to access confidential background, salary, and performance review information,and other generalist projects.
Logistics Coordinator
Jim Rivaldo Communications, SF CA, 1994
  • Jim Rivaldo was Harvey Milk's campaign manager.
  • Key member of campaign planning and management team that developed and executed large-scale media events, marketing plans, promotional programs, and political strategy, leading candidate to win election.
  • Devised telemarketing programs, and successfully recruited, trained, and directed a non-politically oriented team to effectively promote candidate and maximize public support. 
  • Managed the design and strategic distribution of promotional materials. Established and maintained effective communication between Headquarters, satellite offices and field operations to assure continued alignment with campaign
  • Event Coordinator and advance man for 1998 gubernatorial candidate with public presentations, press accesses, public relations and other extensive organizational challenges.
Presentation Coordinator
Iconic Interactive, SF, CA - 1995
  • Executed on-site presentation to Mr. Charles Schwab soliciting a successful capital investment for educational software.
International Programming Adviser
Global Land Authority for the Development of Peace Zones, NYC, - 1993
  • Served as a key adviser for the International Programming and International Peace Work Conference and Symposium dedicated to resolution between communities experiencing geopolitical conflict through the design and sponsorship of micro economic development ventures.
  • Supported the planning and management for conferences delegates from a variety of countries, engaged in theoretical discussions to generate concepts for micro economic development opportunities in areas of conflict.
Non Profit Analyst
Brattleboro Area Hospice, Brattleboro, VT, 1992
  • Formulated a winning proposal generating critically needed funding to facilitate a merger between the Hospice and a medical home care group for second oldest Hospice Program in the country.
Research Team
Southwest Airlines, Brattleboro, VT, 1991
  • Key member of academic team that designed and conducted an organizational behavior and corporate structure analysis for Southwest Airlines, defining organizational design and management style with focus on how the company created a unique workforce that set themselves apart from other industry leaders, and achieved a strong public image.
Research Team Lead
Garnet Hill, New Hampshire, 1990
  • Key member of academic team that researched Garnet Hill's personnel management and employee benefits programs, and conducted assessments to determine program's contributions to explosive company growth.
Business Development Consultant
Tax Pros Inc., Portland, OR - 1990
  • Assisted tax lawyer in establishing an accounts receivable financing business from inception through start-up, and ongoing development.
Program Adviser
AIDS Holistic Response Team, San Diego, CA, 1989
  • Conducted program evaluations and assisted in writing grant proposals resulting in the first government funding of a program of this nature through the "Ryan White Act."


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