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Nina Rodriguez Nina Rodriguez

Director, Facilities
rodriguez@jbcc.harvard.edu

Ms. Rodriguez has been with Judge Baker Children's Center (the Center) for 20 plus years with increasing level of responsibility and became the Facilities Manager in September 1999. As Judge Baker's Facilities Manager, Ms. Rodriguez provides oversight, overall supervision, and coordination of the maintenance, housekeeping, purchasing, security, and management of the Center's building, equipment and grounds. She defines the mission of the Facilities Department (Facilities) as follows: to provide a clean, safe, and healthy work environment for the Center and the children it serves and to provide and maintain the materials that keep the building's activities running smoothly. Ms. Rodriguez ensures that the building and grounds are in compliance with all building code, health safety, and licensing requirements. During the remodel and move to the new facility at Parker Hill, she coordinated her department with architects, contractors, and Judge Baker staff to help make the transition to the new building as painless as possible. She monitored the rehabilitation of the building ensuring it was appropriate for the staff and children we serve in terms of convenience and safety, for compliance to all codes, licensure and certificate of inspections. She attended weekly meetings to ensure schedule timelines for the completion of the renovation. Arrange for all new office furniture, designed and set up each office before staff moved in. Ms. Rodriguez reaches out to Judge Baker neighbors and surrounding community, in order to coordinate construction plans and to develop disaster and evacuation plans. She continues to update her knowledge of her field by attending pertinent courses and seminars.

Administrative Assistant:
Sarrah Davis
sdavis@jbcc.harvard.edu
617-278-4108

Facilities

Facilities is responsible for the daily operation of the building, HVAC systems, grounds keeping, maintenance, housekeeping, recycling, troubleshooting of copiers, lending equipment, regulating building temperature, security and purchasing. Facilities documents all services they provide to the Center. The Facilities Manager and Supervisor of Housekeeping work together to assure that all cleaning tasks are completed. The results are evident in the cleanliness of the facility each morning. The accomplishments of the recycling programs are documented by the flow of recyclables out of the building. Maintenance accomplishments are detailed in a work order database which tracks service provided and projects completed. This database describes the nature of the task, who provided the service, where and at what time. The security of the building is documented by a series of databases and security surveillance cameras. By computer, the Facilities Manager can control various aspects of the Center's security within and on the grounds of the Center 24/7. Facilities also documents and tracks all of the purchasing and supplies delivered to the Center. Facilities ensures that the Center is in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the building that governs its operation for example renewal of all city health and safety inspection certificates. Facilities works with Manville staff to provide "community service" projects for students who need to make restitution to the school community of damage or other disrespectful behavior. Facilities also provides summer work internship opportunities for students. Facilities helps in connecting the Center to the greater community by managing and making available to them, the use of the Macomber Gymnasium. This includes setting rules and guidelines for its use, scheduling the use and monitoring how well the space is working for the various groups. Lastly, Facilities accomplishments can be measured by encompassing all of its components, resulting in a cleaner, safer, more efficient building every day.