Experience

Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Major Gifts Officer

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Sared Heart Community Service

• San Jose, California, United States

• Senior Director of Community Development

  • Dec 2019 - Sep 2022

  Leading a team of 12 nonprofit professionals to build a community united by encouraging people to give their time, talents, and treasure to fight for justice and meet the immediate needs of low-income families, people of color, and immigrants in Silicon Valley. Leading a team of 12 nonprofit professionals to build a community united by encouraging people to give their time, talents, and treasure to fight for justice and meet the immediate needs of low-income families, people of color, and immigrants in Silicon Valley.



Sacred Heart Community Service

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

• Director of Research

  • Nov 2015 - Dec 2019

  I measure impact to guide fundraising, organizational learning, program evaluation, public education, external communications, and community collaborations. I am leading the organization's transition to SalesForce and efforts at building a learning culture. I also research the causes and consequences of poverty in Silicon Valley, guide community-based research, and analyze anti-poverty policy and policy proposals. I measure impact to guide fundraising, organizational learning, program evaluation, public education, external communications, and community collaborations. I am leading the organization's transition to SalesForce and efforts at building a learning culture. I also research the causes and consequences of poverty in Silicon Valley, guide community-based research, and analyze anti-poverty policy and policy proposals.



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher, Evaluator

  • Sep 2007 - Dec 2015

  Research projects for nonprofits including: Sacred Heart Community Services 2011 – Present Q: What are the benefits and challenges of encouraging client participation in a social service agency? Is there promise for grassroots community organizing of the poor? • Convened an advisory council of a dozen nonprofit leaders in three sessions to get feedback and expertise on project implementation • Secured $5,700 in grants for travel, transcription, and translation services • Interviewed 46 clients and 20 staff members • Conducted 100 hours of participant observation • Supported strategic planning • Analyzed data and reported results in dissertation San Francisco Food Bank 2010 – 2014 Q: Why are food pantries underutilized in high-need communities? • Organized recruitment and scheduling of interviews • Conducted 44 of 60 interviews • Analyzed data • Presented results to San Francisco Food Bank and IRP/Ridge • Pursuing publication of final report with co-authors at Harvard University (Kelley Fong) and Columbia University (Chris Wimer) “The Cost of Free Assistance: Identity Maintenance Processes Motivating Food Pantry Non-Use.” And “Measuring Stigma as a Multi-Feature Social Process” • Team secured $37,327 in funding from IRP/Ridge Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research for interview compensation, transcription, travel, and research team salaries Judicial Council of California & National Administrative Office of the Courts 2009 – 2010 Q: Do counties differentially prosecute crimes that can be designated as misdemeanors or felonies? Why? Are individuals charged differently on the basis of race, gender, or age? • Project manager for research team • Conducted quantitative analysis for arrest data in the Offender Based Transaction Statistics database • Co-wrote Wobblers and Criminal Justice in California: A Study Into Prosecutorial Discretion. Presented results to the Council and at Stanford University Show less



Stanford Center Poverty and Inequality

• Stanford, CA

• Research and Communications Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2015

  • Researched and wrote a series of briefs on California safety net programs: Outcomes of CalFresh, California’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Do California’s Job Creation and Search Programs Work? Utility Assistance for Low-Income Households in California • Research team member “Why is There So Much Poverty in California? The Causes of California’s Sky-high Poverty and the Evidence Behind and Equal Opportunity Plan for Reducing It” • Managed social media • Researched and wrote a series of briefs on California safety net programs: Outcomes of CalFresh, California’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Do California’s Job Creation and Search Programs Work? Utility Assistance for Low-Income Households in California • Research team member “Why is There So Much Poverty in California? The Causes of California’s Sky-high Poverty and the Evidence Behind and Equal Opportunity Plan for Reducing It” • Managed social media



Stanford Social Innovation Review

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Journalist

  • 2015 - 2015

  Reviewed cutting edge research on social innovation Interviewed authors and field experts Wrote articles summarizing research for general audiences Reviewed cutting edge research on social innovation Interviewed authors and field experts Wrote articles summarizing research for general audiences



Pikes Peak United Way

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

• Project Manager - Quality of Life Indicators Project

  • Aug 2006 - Aug 2007

  research, writing, evaluation, convening research, writing, evaluation, convening



El Pomar Foundation

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

• Program Director

  • Jul 2005 - Aug 2007

  staff management, community outreach, research, evaluation, board management, event planning staff management, community outreach, research, evaluation, board management, event planning



Hillel International

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Development and Program Associate

  • 2004 - 2004

  fund raising, event planning, marketing fund raising, event planning, marketing



Young Americans Center for Financial Education

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Associate

  • 2004 - 2004

  training, supervision, program implementation training, supervision, program implementation