Experience

Rocket Community Fund

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

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2023 - Present

• Vice President of Strategic Investments

  • May 2017 - Feb 2023

  The Rocket Community Fund was created to harness the incredible power of our organization and find innovative ways to make an impact in each of our home communities. Through our investments, we believe we can create value not only for our business but for everyone.Our philanthropic strategy focuses on investments in housing stability, entrepreneurship, education and employment, public space activation, veteran homelessness, and community sponsorships in our home cities. Through our For-More-Than-Profit model, we bring together for-profit businesses and non-profit investments.Our team is dedicated to investing alongside community partners to build social, racial, and financial equity throughout the Rock Family of Companies’ home cities: Detroit, Cleveland, Charlotte, and Phoenix. Show less



Gilbert Family Foundation

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

• Executive Director

  • 2021 - Present

  The Gilbert Family Foundation exists to grow opportunity and equity in Detroit and our home cities, and to accelerate a cure for neurofibromatosis. I lead both the Rocket Community Fund and the Gilbert Family Foundation. Together, they make up the philanthropic arm of Rocket Companies. The Gilbert Family Foundation exists to grow opportunity and equity in Detroit and our home cities, and to accelerate a cure for neurofibromatosis. I lead both the Rocket Community Fund and the Gilbert Family Foundation. Together, they make up the philanthropic arm of Rocket Companies.



Rock Ventures

• Detroit, MI

• Special Projects Manager

  • May 2014 - Feb 2023



Alternative Spring Break: Georgetown University

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Leader

  • Mar 2012 - Feb 2023

  Led Georgetown University Hurricane Relief Effort: Spent two weeks in Biloxi, Mississippi and New Orleans building houses and engaging in cultural immersion Created and Led Rustbelt Renewal: created a new trip to Cleveland and Detroit that assesses the new opportunities for manufacturing cities in the Rustbelt that need to find a place in a changing economy. The trip explores race, gentrification, education, urban farming, etc. Led Georgetown University Hurricane Relief Effort: Spent two weeks in Biloxi, Mississippi and New Orleans building houses and engaging in cultural immersion Created and Led Rustbelt Renewal: created a new trip to Cleveland and Detroit that assesses the new opportunities for manufacturing cities in the Rustbelt that need to find a place in a changing economy. The trip explores race, gentrification, education, urban farming, etc.



US Department of Education Intern: International and Foreign Language Office

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Intern

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  Wrote articles for the IFLE newsletter and website, researched foreign language education in K-12 schools and postsecondary institutions, wrote speeches for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education Wrote articles for the IFLE newsletter and website, researched foreign language education in K-12 schools and postsecondary institutions, wrote speeches for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education



Scholarships for Education and Economic Development Program (USAID)

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Administrative Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Sep 2013

  Worked with the SEED program on research; organizing events, conferences, and the arrival of students from Central American countries to US institutions of tertiary education; and communication across countries Worked with the SEED program on research; organizing events, conferences, and the arrival of students from Central American countries to US institutions of tertiary education; and communication across countries



The Office of Senator Claire McCaskill

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Intern

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

  Assisted with legislative research and constituent work; aided the Legislative Assistant on International Relations Assisted with legislative research and constituent work; aided the Legislative Assistant on International Relations



Leadership Initiatives

• Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assistant Programs Director

  • Mar 2011 - Feb 2012

  Worked with LI (a microfinancing organization working in Northern Africa) as a liaison between Nigerian personnel and LI; assisted in grant creation, design for outreach materials, coordinating American sister schools to help create and fund projects on the ground, and helped organize a Matching Day campaign for fundraising Worked with LI (a microfinancing organization working in Northern Africa) as a liaison between Nigerian personnel and LI; assisted in grant creation, design for outreach materials, coordinating American sister schools to help create and fund projects on the ground, and helped organize a Matching Day campaign for fundraising



Georgetown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  Aided Professor Paul Young in creating an anthology of eighteenth century French women writers Aided Professor Paul Young in creating an anthology of eighteenth century French women writers



University Club of Michigan State University

• Lansing, Michigan Area

• Accounting Associate

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2010

  Worked with Jonas Management System and excel to do the daily deposits and sales boards Worked with Jonas Management System and excel to do the daily deposits and sales boards