Mighty Ally builds nonprofit and foundation brands that maximize funding and advance social justice. Working across sectors and geographies, I audit and then support organizations to strengthen their brand through the our inside-out Four A’s framework. Including theory of change (ambition), positioning strategy (approach), marketing communications (amplify), and strategic planning (align).

Strategy, operations, fundraising, brand and communications consulting for nonprofits and startups. • Work with leadership teams on start-up and scaling strategies, internal operational improvements, dilutive and non-dilutive fundraising opportunities, brand, communications and thought leadership strategies aligned to operational and growth objectives.

Six week learning sprint in all things Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR). Deep dives into soils, forests, DAC and mineralization.

Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV) is the impact investing arm of the global development agency, Mercy Corps. Using a venture philanthropy model, MCV invests in and fuels high-impact enterprises that increase the resilience of people and communities in frontier markets. Equity Fund• On founding team that moved fund from pilot to scale – going from $100,000 to over $15M under management in four years while making 36 seed-stage investments across 13 frontier markets.Grant Fund - limited duration funding window capitalized by external partners• Managed daily operations of a $50M grant program for scaling nonprofit social enterprises funded by USAID and the Skoll Foundation.

Advisory on growth strategies and impact management client offering.

Grew impact venture and Certified B Corp from $40,000 in founder funding to $10.5M in revenue by year 4 - making it #768 on the 2015 Inc. 5000 List and a B Corps Best for the World company.

Tested consumer preferences for clean energy products and remittance-based financing mechanisms.

Supervised and trained student teams to complete 15 projects with budgets of $10,000 - $70,000 each and disparate subject matters including: diversity & equity, climate action, and strategic planning.