Led staff of four to provide strategic philanthropic and project services, including fundraising, grant making, financial management and customized programmatic services for Tides Foundation clients. Skilled client relationship manager dedicated to connecting the intentions and resources of philanthropists with the needs and passions of activists and organizations working to accelerate social change.

Provided strategic philanthropic and project services, including fundraising, grant making, financial management and customized programmatic services for Tides Foundation clients. • Responsible for providing programmatic, grant making and fundraising services and support in a broad range of issue areas for both individual and institutional clients including: health equity, environmental sustainability, civic engagement, criminal justice reform and reproductive rights and justice… Show more Provided strategic philanthropic and project services, including fundraising, grant making, financial management and customized programmatic services for Tides Foundation clients. • Responsible for providing programmatic, grant making and fundraising services and support in a broad range of issue areas for both individual and institutional clients including: health equity, environmental sustainability, civic engagement, criminal justice reform and reproductive rights and justice. • Led a team of advisors and client specialists to provide philanthropic services for over 100 individual and institutional clients.• Led a team to serve multi-million dollar funder collaborative focusing on health equity• Responsible for the client relationship and infrastructure development of a legally-complex, $5 million international and domestic grant-making program for a newly formed private foundation. Show less

Responsible for the day-to-day, smooth-running of the Foundation’s operations in order to provide excellent service to over 450 clients and ~50 internal staff. Responsible for the Foundation’s grant making and finance database system, including design and project management for system changes, workflow improvements, training and security. Management• Provided leadership and supervision to grants department by stepping in as Acting Grants Manager in 2008. Provided oversight for the… Show more Responsible for the day-to-day, smooth-running of the Foundation’s operations in order to provide excellent service to over 450 clients and ~50 internal staff. Responsible for the Foundation’s grant making and finance database system, including design and project management for system changes, workflow improvements, training and security. Management• Provided leadership and supervision to grants department by stepping in as Acting Grants Manager in 2008. Provided oversight for the dispersal of a record dollar amount of $113 million and volume of 3,500 of grants, many related to GOTV efforts connected to the presidential election. • Provided high quality, persuasive written communication, including risk analysis to senior managers to inform decision-making and planning. • Collaborated with CFO to support the Board of Directors’ decision to allocate a technology reserve of over 300,000 for future systems development.• Managed multiple technical consultants and vendors to ensure timely, high quality client services within budget.Systems Development• Led strategic planning to proactively address the system development needs to keep pace and scale as the Foundation saw unprecedented growth in fund and grants administration services.• Led a foundation-wide team, including finance, grants administration, program and communications staff to successfully migrate and re-launch a client-only fund management and grant making portal resulting in 70% increase in client usage and significant internal efficiency.Grants Management and Compliance• Legally and operationally knowledgeable about the administration of donor advised funds, including domestic and international grant making procedures and requirements.• Knowledgeable about the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and anti-terrorism compliance as it relates to donor advised fund grant making. Show less

• Managed implementation of the National Arts Administration Mentorship Program (NAAMP), a program designed to build capacity through mentorship of emerging arts administrators throughout the country. • Participated in a series of national think tanks entitled “Sustainability of Mid-Sized Arts Organizations”.• Managed development of panels, roundtables and plenary sessions for annual meeting.• Oversaw writing, editing, design and dissemination of annual meeting proceedings, general… Show more • Managed implementation of the National Arts Administration Mentorship Program (NAAMP), a program designed to build capacity through mentorship of emerging arts administrators throughout the country. • Participated in a series of national think tanks entitled “Sustainability of Mid-Sized Arts Organizations”.• Managed development of panels, roundtables and plenary sessions for annual meeting.• Oversaw writing, editing, design and dissemination of annual meeting proceedings, general brochure and membership directory.• Managed database and website development, including online membership directory. Show less