• Member of leadership team focusing on strategic plan development and implementation. • Senior Director in charge of policy research and advocacy efforts, including the national Policy Day at the U.S. Capitol, to address structural determinants of health and increase community wealth building.• Develop and implement a continuing campaign of publicity and marketing for HAN and work with 75+ national health system network members to enlist them in that work.• Establish, cultivate, and leverage mission-focused thought partnerships and collaborations.• Manage policy and communications manager and interns.

• Help advance policy solutions and best practices for local, national, and international audiences through multiple channels, on and offline.• Work with communications team to help shape overall communications strategy.• Provide management and strategic direction for projects, publications, and campaigns collaborating with vendors, partners, and staff.• Promoted to HAN Director of Communications and Policy in 2020.

• Developed and implemented the public policy priorities of the office in various issue areas.• Developed strategies to achieve needed policy improvements, working with community and advocacy groups, and policy makers.• Researched and wrote reports and issue briefs with recommendations. • Created legislative solutions, crafted bill requests, and reviewed legislative language.• Drafted and presented testimony and speeches for hearings and public events.• Managed policy associates and policy internship program.

Specialize in helping nonprofit organizations build brand recognition and engage stakeholders, for the purpose of achieving organizational goals, including increased fundraising, client recruitment, building a volunteer base, successfully pushing through a new or revised public policy or project, and more.

• Led policy and legislative efforts on some priority projects including co-coordination of the New York State Empire State Economic Security Campaign.• Conducted policy research and grant writing. • Actively engaged member agencies, coalition partners and other stakeholders to participate in policy advocacy activities.• Met with legislators and policy makers on legislative and budget priorities.• Managed policy analysts, organizer and policy interns.

Chief executive officer of statewide, membership-based, anti-hunger organization conducting public policy advocacy and community food direct services for emergency food programs and community-based organizations. • Management of two regional offices and statewide membership. • Responsible for fund development, marketing and media relations. • Served as organization’s primary spokesperson for the media and public events. • Supervised federal and state government funded contracts and grants. • Supervised development and distribution of quarterly newsletter and email alerts. • Public policy advocacy and community outreach on hunger and poverty issues. • Generate media coverage for public policy issues and organizational events. Oversaw development of organization’s media plan.