Kewannah Van Dunk

Redefined workforce strategy from talent acquisition to retention-first, designing and executing a Direct Support Professional (DSP) retention strategy that exceeded recruitment goals and increased employee retention by an average of 17% each year (2023–2025). Expanded DSP recruitment from one county to seven across New York, reduced time-to-start by 2 days, increased DSP retention by 23% YOY, and

Coordinated monthly workshops and community service projects for middle school students, serving as a liaison between Wonder Girls leadership, school administrators, and guest speakers. Facilitated student engagement and managed logistics for mandatory field trips, including Community Service Days and Graduation events.

Supported educational programming and served as a speaker for middle and high schools in Rockland County, NY and Bergen County, NJ. Helped deliver structured programming and manage on-site support to ensure sessions ran smoothly and students remained engaged.

Provided specialized long-term foster care for adult and senior cats with complex, unadoptable needs requiring ongoing support and dedicated attention. Delivered consistent daily care and individualized support to help maintain animal well-being during fostering.

Managed full-cycle recruiting for hospital and healthcare roles, including clinical and non-clinical leadership positions such as RN unit management, directors of nursing, social work, and admissions. Built candidate pipelines through outbound/inbound outreach, social media, referrals, email communication, and internal databases, and supported clients through offer negotiation and placement.

Owned end-to-end marketing communications, managing a $140,000 budget for events and product marketing materials across trade shows, conferences, seminars, webinars, and user groups. Led risk advisory board work for ISM by managing survey creation, research extrapolation, deployment, and user group scheduling for conference meetings.

Managed enrollment and social media marketing initiatives, increasing campaign performance by 20% and delivering $1.01M more than a $5M campaign goal. Co-managed implementation of iModules, training and documentation processes, and supervised 26 community member projects for MBA and Summer School recruitment and rebranding efforts.

Completed an M.S. in Information and Knowledge Strategy at Columbia University in New York, NY.

Completed a B.A. in Communications at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, MD.