Connie M. Roberts, MPA has over 35 years in public and nonprofit leadership positions involving the delivery of human services. She is founder and principal consultant for CRC Training & Consulting which specializes in leadership and management training, team building, and collaboration and partnership development.

CRC Training & Consulting has worked with nonprofit organizations, government and educational institutions, community collaboratives, and others to improve the quality of life for children, families and communities. The majority of organizations served address such issues as poverty, child abuse, juvenile violence prevention, health care for poor and minorities, and access to quality education.

During her career with the County of San Diego, she progressed through the ranks from Social Worker to a variety of Management and Executive Management positions including serving as Operations Manager for eight Social Service District Offices. While with the Health and Human Services Agency, Connie provided groundbreaking leadership within the community collaborative arena, serving as a leader in the internationally recognized New Beginnings initiative and Director of the Office of Community Initiatives.

Connie also founded and served as the Director of the INSTITUTE FOR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and enhancing the use of collaboration and partnerships as a strategy for effecting change.

Connie has also worked with many County Child Welfare organizations in California as a consultant, researcher and trainer. Currently she is working with various counties to implement a federal mandated Peer Quality Case Review process aimed at improving the child welfare and probation systems through learning about effective case practice from those working within the system.

Connie is skilled and experienced in:

• Collaboration and Partnership development
• Facilitation and consensus building
• Community outreach and engagement
• Working with teams and groups
• Strategic Planning
• Assessing and developing organizational capacity to achieve organizational goals and to work externally with stakeholders and partners
• Designing and conducting organization and community assessments
• Participatory and asset-based problem solving and action planning
• Service Delivery system design and implementation to improve quality of services
• Use of technology and data sharing to improve communication in collaborative partnerships
• Training and curriculum development
• Cross-systems training including training with community members
  

Connie's background reflects a unique blend of both organizational and grassroots community experiences that provide a solid, real-world approach to her work.