Dr. Desiree Del-Zio is a proven management systems and operations leader with a track record for creating high-functioning teams. Her professional development is grounded in organizations serving children and families. Notable leadership roles include operations management, regional management, evaluation and monitoring, program design and improvement, and federal oversight. Dr. Del-Zio’s most recent professional work was with the Office of Head Start Federal Monitoring contract. During her service to the contract, she facilitated or managed approximately 400 federal reviews. Dr. Del-Zio earned a Master of Arts Degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management and an Education Doctorate in Organizational Change and Leadership. In her years of academic development, Dr. Del-Zio received a lifetime membership in Mu Lambda Nu and Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Societies for academic excellence in public service and education studies. Dr. Del-Zio is certified in Diversity and Inclusion and Nonprofit Management and Leadership. She is a bestselling author and earned the global Education 2.0 award for excellence in early childhood education services. As the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Consultant for D.E.&C Consulting, Dr. Del-Zio has consulted and coached more than one hundred agencies in various sectors including Head Start agencies, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and beyond. Her firm offers services such as Federal Monitoring Review Preparation, Gap Analysis and Change Implementation, Continuous Quality Improvement System Development and Implementation, Leadership Coaching, Training and Technical Assistance, and customized services that meet organization’s unique learning and growth development needs.
p: 760.420.2874
e: desiree@deandcconsulting.com
At Hume Collaborative we are focused on how people think, feel, and behave – which means that the principle of human learning is at the core of our services. Our change management and strategic planning approaches are grounded in learning about our client’s organizational culture and priorities to ensure we deliver support models that strengthen organizational readiness to adopt new processes, effectively meet customer needs, and identify success metrics that resonate throughout an organization. Our focus is on facilitating learning spaces that promote leadership team development and designing channels to engage stakeholders in key organizational milestones.
We are passionate about collaborating, partnering, and supporting organizations that value the importance of stakeholder engagement and aim to anchor their growth and strategy development in collective input of their community’s voice. Our past projects have included engaging Boards, Leadership Teams, Internal Stakeholders, and Community Members across diverse industries including:
● Early Childhood Education
● Federal, State, and Local Grant Initiatives
● K-12 Public School Systems
● Non-Profit
Hume Collaborative’s services are grounded in asking the questions that lend to solutions for our clients, and we specialize in:
● Grant Development
● Strategy Development (Mission, Vision, & Values)
● Goal Setting & Strategic Initiative Planning
● Stakeholder Survey Design & Data Collection
● Data Analysis, Visualization, & Storytelling
● Organizational Redesign &; Change Management
● Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
As a lead consultant, Sara Agostinho brings over 15 years of experience in program development, strategic planning, and learning solution implementation across education, workforce development, and non-profit fields. She has led complex, multi-stakeholder engagements across a diverse range of clients including early childhood education programs, K-12 school districts, and state and federal government agencies. As an expert designer of training models and change management strategies, she is equipped to lead organizations through planning processes that enhance the internal capacity needed to deliver quality services and systems change to deepen impact. Sara holds a Master’s Degree in Educational and Development Psychology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development and Philosophy, both from Boston College.
Contact: Sara Agostinho, humecollab@gmail.com
As an Executive Coach and Consultant Larry helps Directors build exceptional leadership teams. His familiarity as a former Executive Director of Head Start uniquely positions himself having walked in the Director’s “shoes.” His expertise enables him to drive change using professional coaching techniques to help the C-Suite leaders achieve organizational effectiveness and implement strategic initiatives. From this vantage point he is very skillful at utilizing coordinated approaches to break silos, training Education Coaches on core tenants of professional coaching frameworks, building a culture of continuous quality improvement, cultivating programs capability to improve management systems, achieving long-range program goals, and solving systemic problems. He also consults with Head Start board of directors supporting them in strategic planning as well the development of vision and mission statements. Larry is available for keynote speaking engagements, Pre-Service and Professional Development days.
Larry is a member of the Certified Coaches Alliance holding credentials in both executive and organizational development coaching. He also holds a certificate in Change Management from Cornell University. Larry is a graduate of the UCLA Fellows Program.
I have been to management workshops, not leadership training. This has totally changed my perspective and encouraged me to propel forward in developing my skills.
I am honored and humbled to be a recipient of the Head Start WEST’s Legacy Scholarship. The scholarship helped me get one step closer to achieving my goal of becoming a Head Start Director.
I took part in The disproportionate impact of COVID 19, and how to provide “real” support for black/brown children and families and I just want to say this was an amazing webinar. I hope we can look forward to further conversation on this topic.
Thank you so much for making events like this! I really enjoyed and learned so much teaching strategies to implement STEM in the classroom.
The HR Network was an excellent opportunity to network and learn the best practices from other HR professionals within Head Start programs. You will be amazed by the level of talent and experience of the participants.
The Summer Camp training was powerful and inspiring! Each presenter was very engaging, it’s hard to even pick a favorite session!
The Leadership Challenge training was very relevant to my work as a Head Start leader! Great facilitation; stayed with the program yet allowed time for individual and small group reflections.
Regular price $12.00
Regular price $39.00
Questions? Contact us at headstartr9@region9hsa.org.
