Milton Cadena

Current

• Director at Eastside Neighborhood Center

Past

• Fellow Class 2008-9 at New Ventures in Leadership - ASA
• Program Coordinator at Economic Development Services of Catholic Charities
• Program Assistant at County of Santa Clara – Office of Human Relations

• Research Assistant / Library Clerk at Center for Latino American Studies (CELA)

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Education

• San Jose State University
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• Catholic Charities

Milton Cadena’s Summary

Ten years of social service delivery to low income populations countywide.
Experienced resource and program manager.
Fully bilingual English – Spanish (Social Services Interpreter Certification)
Grant writing and fundraising experience, independently and with collaboratives.
Database management, multimedia, Microsoft Office, SPSS, etc.
Excellent interpersonal skills, team player and experienced public speaker.

Milton Cadena’s Specialties:

Government - Nonprofits liason, Grant writing, Social Programs Implementation, Bilingual, Community Organizing, Community Education.

Milton Cadena’s Experience

• Director

  Eastside Neighborhood Center

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; USCC; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  February 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)

  Director of the Eastside Neighborhood Center of Catholic Charities. Serving low-income, monolingual spanish speaking families with several social services, such as: ESL, Computer classes, Health check-ups, Food bank, Community education and recreational activities.

• Fellow Class 2008-9

  New Ventures in Leadership - ASA

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

• Program Coordinator

  Economic Development Services of Catholic Charities

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; CCSJ; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 1999 — January 2005 (5 years 5 months)

  Supervised an "Employment Assistance & Training" program for CalWorks recipients and Resettled Refugees & Asylees; funded by Federal and City grants.

• Program Assistant

  County of Santa Clara – Office of Human Relations

  (Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; SCC; Government Relations industry)

  October 1998 — July 1999 (10 months)

  Development and analysis of Requests For Proposals (RFPs) for non-profit organizations that provide services to low-income immigrants.
  
  Organized and implemented the “Dialogue on Immigrant Needs” conference for three hundred participants. Responsible for the data collection of four different study areas and prepared statistical summaries.

• Research Assistant / Library Clerk

  Center for Latino American Studies (CELA)

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; UC; Higher Education industry)

  March 1996 — July 1996 (5 months)

  Research regional electoral trends and developed an extensive statistical electoral database for analysis.

Milton Cadena’s Education

• San Jose State University

  MPA , Public Administration , 2001 — 2004

  Lead a public policy project with the City of San Jose (PRNS) and the Silicon Valley Council of Non Profits to streamline the Request for Grant Proposals system for non-profit organizations.

• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

  BA , Sociology & Political Sciences , 1992 — 1997

  Activities and Societies:

  Work as a Consultant for Comunity Based Organziations located in poor areas in two cities.

Additional Information

Milton Cadena’s Websites:

• Catholic Charities

Milton Cadena’s Interests:

International Development, Work in Latin America, United Nations programs,

Milton Cadena’s Groups:

United Nations Volunteer On-line Program - Volunteer
Public Allies of Silicon Valley - AmeriCorp alumni
Immigrant Resources & Integrated Services (IRIS) - Board Member
East Side Adult Education Program - Board member

•    San Jose State University (official group)
•    New Ventures In Leadership - Partners, Alumni and Friends

Milton Cadena’s Honors:

Santa Clara County Supervisor Recognition for assisting to low-income new immigrants.

Milton Cadena’s Contact Settings

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