Experience

Calgary Meals on Wheels

• Canada
• Food Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer, Calgary Meals on Wheels

  • Feb 2023 - Present



YW Calgary

• Canada
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager, Transitional Housing, Settlement and Language, and Economic Prosperity

  • Jun 2021 - Jan 2023



Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society

• Canada
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director - Programs and Operations

  • Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

  Liaising with the executive director to make sound decisions for operational activities, and setting and implementing strategic goals. Planning and monitoring the day-to-day operations to ensure smooth progress.Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society is committed to ending the traumatic cycle of domestic violence. Helping children (0-18) and their moms who are fleeing domestic violence heal, rebuild their lives, and become equipped to achieve self-sufficiency free from domestic violence. Client-centred, culturally appropriate, and trauma-informed supportive transitional housing and evidence-based and best practice programs. Working directly with children to mitigate the effects of trauma and build resilience, and helping moms better understand the impact of trauma on the developing brain. Show less

• Interim Chief Executive Officer

  • Mar 2020 - Jan 2021

  Responsible for stewarding the organization’s strategic plan, operations and programs.Overseeing and reporting on the organization’s results for the board of directors.Preparing accurate and timely analyses that capture and communicate fundraising results, variances, and performance trends.Providing leadership to and managing the efforts of site staff to ensure appropriate support of all departments.Financial oversight including annual budget reviews, monthly and quarterly reviews, and periodic forecast updates.Approving major systems implementations related to cost control.Retaining a diverse, highly qualified staff and volunteers by providing career coaching, growth, and personal development for staff.Ensuring that services and funding relationships are robust enough to meet or exceed strategic goals and objectives. Show less

• Senior Director, Programs and Operations

  • Mar 2020 - Mar 2020

• Senior Manager, Grants, Program Evaluation & Operations

  • Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

• Senior Manager, Grants and Program Evaluation

  • Jun 2019 - Nov 2019



Independent

• Calgary, Canada Area

• Nonprofit Consultant

  • Aug 2018 - Sep 2019

  Assisting nonprofits with grant writing, board development, strategic thinking and planning, internal conflict and succession planning. Assisting nonprofits with grant writing, board development, strategic thinking and planning, internal conflict and succession planning.



Calgary Learns

• Grant Coordinator

  • 2018 - Jun 2019

  Managing the granting program from RFP through to evaluation. Calgary Learns is a granting agency that supports foundational learning for adult Calgarians and promotes the value of learning. Through community consultations, research and needs assessments, Calgary Learns helps the community respond to current learning issues, and committed to ensuring that community-based learning is accessible. Managing the granting program from RFP through to evaluation. Calgary Learns is a granting agency that supports foundational learning for adult Calgarians and promotes the value of learning. Through community consultations, research and needs assessments, Calgary Learns helps the community respond to current learning issues, and committed to ensuring that community-based learning is accessible.



HRJ Consulting Ltd.

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Officer / Grant Maker

  • May 2000 - Jun 2018

  Providing grant management services to individual and foundation donors including: investigation and analysis of potential grant recipients that fit within the investment framework, development of grant terms that meet donor objectives, working with grantees to ensure grant compliance and other areas of need, and monitoring and evaluating impact. Providing grant management services to individual and foundation donors including: investigation and analysis of potential grant recipients that fit within the investment framework, development of grant terms that meet donor objectives, working with grantees to ensure grant compliance and other areas of need, and monitoring and evaluating impact.