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Independent consulting practice aimed at helping mission-oriented non-profit organizations achieve their strategic priorities. Services include interim leadership, strategic and annual planning, strategy reviews, project management, and strategic meeting facilitation.

Stanford, CA, US

• Started consulting practice aimed at helping mission-oriented non-profit organizations achieve their strategic priorities. Services include planning, strategy reviews, and project management.Select Accomplishments
• Cultivated non-profit’s prospective funder pipeline supporting growth from 1 to 15 markets
• Led national membership assn. through business planning process ending in new revenue growth strategy

Seattle, WA, US

• Recruited to partner with the Superintendent to stabilize the extended leadership team, improve day-to-day operations, oversee the rollout of the new strategic plan, and improve relationships with the principal corps..
• Stabilized leadership team, leading or participating in recruitment and hiring of 19 positions
• Co-led leadership team and board discussions to reset strategic priorities and realign funding
• Established new budget planning and prioritization process to improve financial stewardship

Seattle, WA, US

• State and District Networks Team: Recruited to lead the Foundation’s innovative demonstration district initiative involving four districts committed to using strategic resource allocation best practices.Next Generation.
• Led team effort to earn the first PAR Excellence Badge for quality grant recommendation analysis
• Received department recognition for Outstanding Grant Development/Contract Management

• All About My School (later renamed Parent Valet) is an emerging online community that helps parents, extended families, and professionals connect to the people, resources, and tools they need to help their child.
• Secured letters in support of beta from 9 from prospective partners organizations in the Greater Seattle Area, including King County Executive Office, City of Seattle’s Department of Education and Early Learning, and.
• Launched beta version of the All About My School Activity Finder in Denver featuring over 2,000 after school activities in 40 different locations

Denver, CO, US

• Recruited to lead, execute, and manage strategic change initiatives aimed at advancing the district’s ambitious reform agenda. Oversaw a high performing team (6 direct reports, 30 total staff, and $6.2M budget) in the.
• Led design/launch of project management methodology and project governance process responsible for delivering 40+ strategic projects totaling $25M+ on time and under budget
• Led continuous improvement effort to reduce application processing time by 77% from 30 days to seven days, eliminating the massive public criticism the organization was receiving

• Founded consulting practice to help school districts and education associations adopt enterprise performance management practices. Services included planning, strategy reviews, process mapping, performance metric.
• Led engagements in 5 districts serving over 425,000 students and roughly 50,000 employees with total operating budgets of $3.6B in Communications, Human Resources, Finance, Operations, and Instruction
• Participated on 9 Council of Great City School Strategic Review Teams making recommendations for performance improvements in Technology, Finance, Human Resources, and Operations in 5 districts serving over 530,000.

Jacksonville, Florida, US

• Recruited to be the district’s first Assistant Superintendent for Accountability in the nation's 20th largest school district servicing 127,000 students, 165 schools, and 13,300 employees with a $1.0B budget. Direct.
• Led development of a new program review process for 65 instructional programs
• Led development of a district-wide planning policy aligning central office and school planning

New York, New York, US

Jd

Ma, Elementary Education

Ba, Business Administration With Concentration In Finance