Experience

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Jan 2000 - Present

  Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is a Boston-based non-profit pubic interest environmental advocacy organization whose mission is to restore and protect Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay, and share them with the public. Since joining Save the Harbor in January of 2000, Patty Foley has taken the organization to a new level of success and effectiveness. Over the past 18 years, Foley has increased membership from 500 to more than 5,000, grown the organization’s budget from $150,000 to over $1 million per year and dramatically expanded Save the Harbor’s free youth environmental education programs that have connected more than 200,000 underserved youth and teens to Boston Harbor since their inception in 2002. Foley leads and manages a full-time staff of 7 and a summer Youth Environmental Education Program staff of 34 teachers, collage assistants and Boston high school students. She serves as a Lead Consultant to the Metropolitan Beaches Commission, which Save the Harbor leads and manages for the Legislature, charged with improving the region’s public beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull. She also directs Save the Harbor’s Better Beaches Program, which has invested more than $1 million to support free events and programs on the region’s public beaches from Nahant to Nantasket. Under her leadership, Save the Harbor has raised more than $15 million from the region's businesses and foundations, and invested more than 80% of those funds in free programs that improve the quality of life in the City of Boston and connect the region's underserved young people and their families to Boston Harbor, our public beaches, the Boston Harbor Islands and the waterfront. In 2017, Foley received the Henry L. Shattuck City Champion Award for her leadership and commitment to the city and the sea. Show less



Dewey Square Group

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Jul 1998 - Dec 1999

  - Participated in developing Dewey's successful marketing strategies. Identified prospective client leads, prepared written pitch materials and led company presentations. Serve as the senior strategist for client activities. - Oversaw the creation of a new national non-profit known as CEO's FOR CITIES. Its intended mission is to communicate the good news about the health and vitality of America's cities and communities. Charter members include corporate and national non-profit CEO's and America's mayors as advocates and messengers. - Worked with a Boston based environmental non-profit in the development of a new initiative. In one year, it nearly doubled its fundraising capacity and engaged in overseeing four new local projects. It created a campaign committee consisting of local corporate, policy, political and community leaders. It launched the effort at a luncheon with nearly 200 supporters. The Boston Globe, Banker and Tradesman and The Patriot Ledger were among the media outlets that covered the launch. Show less



The Carna Group

• Kenya
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Jan 1997 - Jun 1998

  Built a Boston based consulting firm marketing the development and execution of external strategies including fundraising, communications, advocacy and education. Marketing targets were national and Boston based non-profit organizations. Carna's clients included Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC), YouthBuild, USA, Second Nature, Save the Harbor / Save the Bay, as well as the Colonel Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club, among others. Successfully pursued a variety of entrepreneurial "start up" activities -- commitments to serve four clients, negotiated an office space lease, purchased equipment and secured a corporate line of banking credit. Carna billed more than $250,000 in its first year. - Worked with clients in developing strategies for fundraising campaigns including prospect identification research, authoring grant proposals and other collateral materials. - Secured press coverage in The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Boston Business Journal and The New York Times. - Led strategy development efforts directed toward the Massachusetts Legislature, The United States Congress and The Clinton/Gore Administration. - Devised comprehensive strategic management plans designed to strengthen and grow organizations. Show less



Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Vice President for External Affairs

  • Apr 1991 - Dec 1997

  Managed $2.5 million budget and staff of 22 located in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City and Washington, DC. Directed city, state and federal public policy; national fundraising; and internal and external communications. Development: - Led 5-year $200 million national fundraising campaign. Exceeded goal by 7 million one year ahead of schedule. Campaign closed at $234 million. - Raised $7.5 million from corporate directors. Recruited 600 first-time donors to LISC. - Pioneered corporate board member-hosted breakfasts in major fundraising markets for purpose of identifying future financial prospects. - Created a comprehensive stewardship program. Insured timely and systematic contact with donors to recognize and acknowledge their support. Public Policy & Coalition Building: - Formulated and introduced ideas that resulted in filing legislation to support neighborhood revitalization. Policies included federal tax credits for businesses that invest in housing and economic development. Worked to influence legislation that favors community-based development. - Created opportunities for LISC to offer testimony before key Congressional Committees. Oversaw the drafting of testimony. LISC testified as many as 5 times in any given year. - Successfully restored level funding to federal programs used by mayors and governors as part of the community-based development partnership. - Led all education and advocacy efforts in behalf of public policy. Mobilized business and community leaders and elected officials in meetings, letters, and media events. Communications: - Oversaw the development and implementation of LISC’s local and national media strategies, press conferences, feature stories and editorial board meetings. Pitched national news magazine writers and journalists and network producers. National coverage included Newsweek, US News and World Report, The National Journal and The Lehrer News Hour. Show less



U.S. Senator John Kerry

• Chief of Staff

  • 1986 - 1991

• Campaign Manager

  • 1990 - 1990

• Deputy Administrative Assistant

  • 1985 - 1986

• Finance Director

  • 1984 - 1984