Experience

Building Impact Partners

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

• Consultant

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Advising on initiative and team design for a game-changing national philanthropic initiative and the nonprofit/education programs that will benefit. Advising on initiative and team design for a game-changing national philanthropic initiative and the nonprofit/education programs that will benefit.



Achieve Hartford!

• Hartford, CT

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2009 - Feb 2023

  Led all financial, HR, governance, fundraising, stakeholder relations, communications, operations and program oversight. Acted as philanthropic intermediary for regional education funders and as strategic advisor to cross-sector social change leaders throughout Hartford. Stewarded the organization through four strategic planning and three communications planning processes resulting in new organizational messaging and positioning in response to shifts in political and philanthropic priorities. Outspoken champion for equity and high standards and architect of numerous advocacy efforts, requiring event planning and public speaking. Facilitator of multiple high-profile cross-sector partnerships, requiring executive coaching and leadership development. Funder of community programs in education, workforce development, advocacy, community organizing, and college access. Developed multiple publications and data websites to bring information out to multiple stakeholder groups. Show less



Career Cadence

• Business Skills Training

• Co-Founder

  • May 2009 - Dec 2021

  Career Cadence used cutting edge technology and expertise to provide informed career direction and personal marketing strategies to young professionals. Our biggest client was Teach for America where young professionals contemplating their next career move benefitted immensely from our facilitation and individualized coaching. Career Cadence used cutting edge technology and expertise to provide informed career direction and personal marketing strategies to young professionals. Our biggest client was Teach for America where young professionals contemplating their next career move benefitted immensely from our facilitation and individualized coaching.



Yale Entrepreneurial Institute

• New Haven, CT

• Entrepreneurship Fellow

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Selected for a fellowship to learn how to craft a winning business plan and get help to launch a company in the career development industry and secure angel investment. Selected for a fellowship to learn how to craft a winning business plan and get help to launch a company in the career development industry and secure angel investment.



Hartford Public Schools

• United States
• Education Management
• 400 - 500 Employee

• MBA Intern in Finance and Operations

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Wrote a guidebook on Return on Spending Index calculation for the finance department to use in their design of student-based budgeting methodology. Facilitated a strategic planning process for the $4mm food services division. Analyzed the city-wide school choice process using a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to identify all the ways to ensure operations were smooth. Wrote a guidebook on Return on Spending Index calculation for the finance department to use in their design of student-based budgeting methodology. Facilitated a strategic planning process for the $4mm food services division. Analyzed the city-wide school choice process using a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to identify all the ways to ensure operations were smooth.



Latin American Youth Center

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

• Director of Higher Education Department

  • Jul 2006 - Aug 2007

  The first head of a new division that brought together four college access programs under one department. Ran a federally funded TRiO Upward Bound program along with an IDA program and supporting the launch of the New Futures DC Foundation. Managed five very diverse full-time staff and cultivated my successor while successfully writing and winning a $1million+ federal grant. The first head of a new division that brought together four college access programs under one department. Ran a federally funded TRiO Upward Bound program along with an IDA program and supporting the launch of the New Futures DC Foundation. Managed five very diverse full-time staff and cultivated my successor while successfully writing and winning a $1million+ federal grant.



YouthBuild USA

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

• Founding Member, School Administrator, Teacher

  • Jan 2002 - Aug 2007

  Founding member of Washington DC's only bilingual vocational school. Designed an program education program suitable for students who had been kicked out of traditional high school or dropped out. • Hired and trained teachers on hands-on, student-centered curriculum, pedagogy, and e-portfolio assessments to ensure success for students, producing the highest rate of HS diploma/GED completions and college enrollment among any “alternative” school in the city during that period. Founding member of Washington DC's only bilingual vocational school. Designed an program education program suitable for students who had been kicked out of traditional high school or dropped out. • Hired and trained teachers on hands-on, student-centered curriculum, pedagogy, and e-portfolio assessments to ensure success for students, producing the highest rate of HS diploma/GED completions and college enrollment among any “alternative” school in the city during that period.



Breaking Ground (NYC Permanent Supportive Housing)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Mgr. Special Projects, Economic Development

  • Sep 2000 - Dec 2001

  Managed the Bryant Park Ben & Jerry's shop while also acting as the job trainer at the Time Square Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop (the second largest B&J store in the country) and overseeing the construction of the 104th and Broadway Ben & Jerry's, all in an effort to use an earned income venture to help combat homelessness. Managed the Bryant Park Ben & Jerry's shop while also acting as the job trainer at the Time Square Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop (the second largest B&J store in the country) and overseeing the construction of the 104th and Broadway Ben & Jerry's, all in an effort to use an earned income venture to help combat homelessness.