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| Natoya J. Walker Special Assistant to the Mayor for Public Affairs
Natoya J. Walker joined the Jackson Administration in January 2006 to oversee Community Relations, Consumer Affairs, the Department of Aging, and the Department of Public Health. She is also responsible for strategic direction and implementation planning of Mayor Jackson’s Operations Efficiency Initiative and the One Voice…Zero Tolerance Youth Initiative. Previously, Walker served as Deputy Executive Director for Resident Services & HOPE VI where she was responsible for more than $50 million in urban revitalization funds with Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA). In this capacity she was responsible for agency-wide strategic planning for all social, economic, health, and educational programs for all grant- or contract-funded initiatives. Walker honed her leadership, management, and relationship-building skills through a variety of positions spanning public affairs, public policy, and government administration. She has worked for the Non-Profit Clinic Consortium, where her responsibilities ranged from grants management to lobbying to designing a strategic business plan; Health Management Resources, where she was responsible for a $3 million Public Housing Primary Care, Health & Human Services contract; Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) on a graduate internship giving her policy reform experience; CMHA as a grants manager; and the Department of Justice Affairs, also as a grants manager. Walker is a graduate of the 2004 Leadership Academy at Cleveland State University and the charter class of Cleveland Bridge Builders. In 2003, she obtained an executive certificate in non-profit management from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Walker is a board member for the Black Professional Association Charitable Foundation, Cleveland Treatment Center, CSU Leadership Academy Society and the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority. She is also a member of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators and the Organizational Assessment Committee of United Way Services. Walker received her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Toledo, and she obtained a master’s degree in public administration from the City University of New York. Walker is also a proud graduate of Cleveland public schools. If you can't see the button above |
