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Promoted to act as a strategic thought partner to the University’s chief executive officer. Serve as a member of the executive leadership team and collaborate with executives in academic affairs, budget and finance, communications, diversity, equity and inclusion, human resources, legal, and government relations. Manage 6 FTEs with a $1.5M budget.Created first ethics and compliance program that led to focus on values-based decision-making processes and improved policies and procedures.Led efforts to create the office of institutional equity and compliance, ethics and compliance and provide support to create the a new role at the university, Led search process for the first senior vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion. Recognized for action-oriented approach to goal setting and leadership efforts to implement strategic plans. Design collaborative, team-based approach to leadership efforts to ensure alignment among senior leaders to support the success of the strategic plan. Maximize project management skills and interpersonal diplomacy to manage and coordinate strategic planning responsibilities of the executive leadership team, including the chief academic officer, chief operating and financial officer, and chief research officer.Apply continuous attention to detail, data-informed decision-making skill, and persuasive verbal and interpersonal skills to troubleshoot issues and remove barriers to high organizational performance.Strong partner in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Familiar with search advocate best practices.Use diplomacy and accuracy to create effective and accurate high-level communications.Provide coaching and mentoring support for co-workers at all levels of the organization.

Provided legal counsel for institutional and research compliance, including code of ethics, code of conduct, export control compliance and other compliance issues. Delivered transactional legal advice for the University of Colorado system administration which serves four campuses that have a combined enrollment of more than 67K students, 35K employees, and $4.8B operating budget.Served as lead intellectual property counsel and assisted sponsored research and procurement departments in meeting qualitative and quantitative goals by nurturing—in collaboration with department leadership—creative and legally compliant strategic thinking environment. Delivered $30M royalty monetization working with campus and system leadership to negotiate licensing agreements designed to bring high-impact financial returns.

Provided policy advice to the director of a world-class consortium of preeminent Earth science researchers and engineers who deliver education and outreach opportunities to career scientists and the public.Accountable for leading management review of $500M cooperative agreement, successfully overseeing proposal preparation and presentation by engaging and coaching internal subject-matter experts through the process; awarded 5-year grant renewal from the National Science Foundation.

Counseled organizational leadership at a nonprofit consortium of more than 115 North American colleges and universities focused on earth sciences research and training.