Experience

HOPE International Development Agency

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • May 2019 - Present

  Leading the HOPE organization to enable the neglected poor in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Americas to break the cycle of poverty by helping develop and implement local solutions to poverty that are effective, replicable, and sustainable. Leading the HOPE organization to enable the neglected poor in Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Americas to break the cycle of poverty by helping develop and implement local solutions to poverty that are effective, replicable, and sustainable.



MacPherson Savage Consulting

• Principal

  • Jan 2003 - Apr 2019

  FOCUS:Effectively manage and lead organizations to reach their strategic goals with a focus on targeted and innovative stakeholder programs for the public, private and non-profit sectors. Competencies include research, strategic planning, stakeholder relations, team building, coaching, project management, executive leadership and financial oversight.SELECT CLIENTS: One Life One Chance (House of Refuge), Automotive Retailers Association, Thermal Environmental Comfort Association, Residential Construction LMP Committee, Commercial Fisheries LMP Committee, Specialized Residential Carpentry HR Committee, GeoExchange BCEXPERTISE: • Public consultation and community liaison• Stakeholder relations and public relations• Strategic planning and communication planning• Committee member communications and conflict resolution• Meeting facilitation, presentations, report writing, budget development and oversight



Gracepoint Community Church

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Operations

  • Oct 2014 - Nov 2018

  FOCUS: Provide organizational direction and leadership during period of senior leadership recruitment. RESULTS: • Fostered an empowered culture for staff to be fully engaged and working to their highest capacity• Addressed areas of organizational un-health such as dysfunctional volunteer teams and challenging financial situations• Improved communication and relationships between multiple groups FOCUS: Provide organizational direction and leadership during period of senior leadership recruitment. RESULTS: • Fostered an empowered culture for staff to be fully engaged and working to their highest capacity• Addressed areas of organizational un-health such as dysfunctional volunteer teams and challenging financial situations• Improved communication and relationships between multiple groups



IRIS COMMUNICATION

• Account Manager

  • 2000 - 2002

  SELECT CLIENTS: Vancouver Foundation, Better Environmentally Sound Transportation, Genstar Development Company, CitiesPlus, BC Council for Families, Community Social Services Council of BC, Elizabeth Fry Society, Richmond Hospital Foundation.FOCUS: • Led community relations and public consultation strategies for a proposed development in Mission• Developed and implemented strategic communications plans for lobby groups, associations and community organizations• Designed media relations programs for non-profit clients• Provided counsel to non-profit organizations, assisted in capacity building• Worked with foundations for project funding to organizations• Conducted communication audits and planning



Union Gospel Mission - Vancouver

• Canada
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Resource Development Coordinator

  • 1999 - 2000

  FOCUS: • Launched new communications package; designed and began implementation of long-range strategic communications plan• Increased media exposure for UGM• Developed and implemented strategies to increase donor commitment to the organization• Worked with foundations for special project funding• Developed internal communications processes to increase employee awareness FOCUS: • Launched new communications package; designed and began implementation of long-range strategic communications plan• Increased media exposure for UGM• Developed and implemented strategies to increase donor commitment to the organization• Worked with foundations for special project funding• Developed internal communications processes to increase employee awareness



North Shore Association for the Mentally Handicapped

• Communications & Resource Development

  • 1997 - 1999

  FOCUS: • Wrote and coordinated all communication materials• Organized annual fundraiser, AGM and Community Living Day• Successful grant proposal writing• Issues management through research and interviews with NSAMH stakeholders FOCUS: • Wrote and coordinated all communication materials• Organized annual fundraiser, AGM and Community Living Day• Successful grant proposal writing• Issues management through research and interviews with NSAMH stakeholders