Technology-focused nonprofit with a $1.7M budget, 12 employees, and over 100 AmeriCorps membersFinancial success metrics since joining Mission: Ignite:Average Annual Growth Rate: 50%Average Annual Increase in Net Assets: 31%How?• Secured over $3M in grants and contracts as development director• Progressively established efficient systems, including standard operating procedures, and became responsible for fundraising, technology, education, and special projects• Coached, trained, and developed staff members to oversee aforenoted departments• Innovated to address community needs during COVID-19, including establishing an IT consulting arm for nine counties in Western New York and piloting free broadband to an underserved Buffalo neighborhood

Software and consulting firm that scales primarily startup foundations, nonprofits, and businesses.

Sole proprietorship focused on leadership coaching, grant writing, and fundraising advisement.• Coached director of a community-based organization• Guided credit union on U.S. Treasury Community Development Financial Institution grant writing• Developed fundraising strategy for east side nonprofit board of directors

U.S. Treasury-certified community development financial institution focused on economic development and education with a $1.7M budget, 49 employees, and 330 volunteers. Best known for its nationally acclaimed West Side Bazaar project.Financial success metrics from 2015 to 2018 at WEDI:Average Annual Growth Rate: 61%Average Annual Increase in Net Assets: 45%Average Improvement in Self-Sufficiency Ratio: 17%Average Annual Increase in Net Income: $250K improvement from a deficit; 89% from 2016 to 2018Savings Indicator Ratio: 9x worse than the national average in 2015; 5x better in 2021• Scaled the initial budget of $158K to over $1.3M and net assets of over $1M in five years while building a team of three to over 30• Empowered over 1,000 economically disadvantaged clients to start and expand hundreds of businesses through both training and technical assistance and over 100 microloans totaling over $650K• Expanded the West Side Bazaar to a 3,200-square-foot, unique cultural and restaurant business incubator with up to 20 primarily refugee and immigrant-led tenant businesses at one time• Managed the expansion of educational programming to four after-school programs that served over 100 English-language learners

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• Collected, researched, developed, and wrote case studies on privatization of municipal services• Identified relevant journal articles on privatization and intermunicipal cooperation trends

• Identified and delineated wetlands in Oswego and Oneida Counties using available data in ArcGIS• Designed maps for use by Department of Environmental Conservation to protect wetlands

• Assisted calculus professor in classroom• Coached individuals and groups of students in Functions and Modeling, Pre-Calculus, Calculus I, and Calculus II for seven semesters of undergraduate study

• Initiated a survey of local businesses and compiled results for use in senior thesis• Developed an accurate list of businesses and their attributes• Interviewed business owners to collect and suggest ideas of improvements along Main Street

• Publicized new church and expedited its establishment

• Supervised 12-20 children each week