Experience

PEAK Grantmaking

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partnerships Director

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Serve as PEAK’s first partnerships director, entrusted with leading the organization’s engagement strategy with philanthropic and peer organizations in support of the Principles for Peak Grantmaking. She aims to co-create deep collaborations that will transform philanthropy to be more equitable, effective, and efficient while positioning the grants community as change leaders for the sector. Serve as PEAK’s first partnerships director, entrusted with leading the organization’s engagement strategy with philanthropic and peer organizations in support of the Principles for Peak Grantmaking. She aims to co-create deep collaborations that will transform philanthropy to be more equitable, effective, and efficient while positioning the grants community as change leaders for the sector.



Candid

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Partnerships

  • Apr 2020 - Sep 2022

  Responsible for elevating and expanding the reach of Candid by building partnerships and strategies that help to strengthen the social sector.

• Manager, Global Projects & Partnerships

  • Feb 2019 - Mar 2020



Foundation Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager, Knowledge Services

  • Feb 2016 - Mar 2020

  Through the newly minted knowledge services department, our team strategizes and executes a wide range of projects that use data to drive decision-making and advance knowledge for the sector.

• Manager, Electronic Reporting

  • Apr 2013 - Feb 2016

  Manage outreach efforts and relationships with foundations, affinity groups, regional associations, financial advisers and software partners to promote more detailed and timely reporting of grants information in an effort to support a social sector driven by better data, research and analysis.

• Special Projects Associate

  • Jul 2011 - Apr 2013

  Contributing author and researcher for the Center’s online initiative (www.glasspockets.org) designed to encourage foundations towards greater transparency and accountability. Drove collaborative efforts with local foundations to improve standardized data collection allowing for better research and more strategic grantmaking.

• Training Coordinator

  • May 2007 - Jun 2011

  Part of 5-member San Francisco team reaching 10,000+ constituents annually, serving the Center’s mission of advancing knowledge about global philanthropy, helping foundations and nonprofit organizations access mission-based resources and critical training. Partnerships in 9 countries.Originally hired to design and implement training programs supporting Bay Area nonprofit capacity building. Curate and coordinate program offering, as many as 40 monthly trainings featuring in-house experts as well as external panelists, guest speakers, and grantmakers. Report to Director, San Francisco Office. Show less



Development Executives Roundtable

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Treasurer

  • Dec 2009 - Jun 2011

  Development Executives Professionals builds thriving organizations and communities by helping nonprofit professionals teach the joy of giving, providing accessible training and peer support for Bay Area fundraisers at all stages of their careers. Development Executives Professionals builds thriving organizations and communities by helping nonprofit professionals teach the joy of giving, providing accessible training and peer support for Bay Area fundraisers at all stages of their careers.



See Davis Consulting

• Principal

  • 2002 - 2007

  Retained by national and multinational NPOs / NGOs to help define best practices, strengthen programs, and cultivate strategic alliances and services for organizations with budgets ranging from $25K to $440M. Partnered regularly with presidents and CEOs of organizations with education-related missions. Projects include: Director | Gamanam: Progress Through Improvement, Hyderabad and Kolkata, India (2004-2007) Consultant | Faster Cures: The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions, Washington, D.C. (2003-2004) Researcher | Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Washington, D.C. (2003) Program Lead | AMIDEAST, Inc, Cairo, Egypt (2002) Show less



Earth Train

• Associate Director

  • 2000 - 2001

  Hired to manage two 30-person summer leadership-training programs and cross-cultural expeditions to Puerto Rican rainforest. Recruited 60+ international and U.S. youth. Engaged youth in media workshops through CNN international student bureau partnerships in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kurdistan, and Russia Moscow. Hired to manage two 30-person summer leadership-training programs and cross-cultural expeditions to Puerto Rican rainforest. Recruited 60+ international and U.S. youth. Engaged youth in media workshops through CNN international student bureau partnerships in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kurdistan, and Russia Moscow.