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- Lead a team of community outreach professionals organizing and executing community engagement strategies focused on understanding the needs of historically underinvested communities. - Organize and host community and national events, as well as attend stakeholder events around the country to create appropriate feedback loops to Climate United financial products and process.- Participate in early-stage pipeline development and deal structuring for Climate United products in partnership with the Investments team.

Led efforts to elevate and incorporate principles of economic and social justice across CRF. Supported internal and external stakeholders in identifying and working to remove unconscious and conscious bias in financial product development and deployment, internal and external facing processes, and change management across the organization.Recommended the best economic and social justice informed practices available to the organization in service of CRF’s Vision of “a just economy that works for all.”Executive Sponsor for CRF's Forward Economic Justice Network and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Design, implement, and manage programs working to address social and economic inequity through new financial solutions that help empower people, build sustainable communities and inspire systemic change.Evaluate and implement innovative approaches to data, measurement, and evaluation to help stakeholders understand and showcase the impact of relevant programs.

I took a career pause to travel around the world. There are so many beautiful cultures, peoples, and places to see and I ended my time traveling with a longer travel list than when I started.

Led an effort to research and map Miami's economic, occupational, creative and technological assets. The resulting research and community dialogues aimed to provide necessary data, evidence and strategy to grow a more inclusive, creative economy for a 21st century global Miami.

Responsible for developing and executing grant and community engagement strategy for Knight Foundation's Miami Communities Program. Oversaw and directed proposal, activity, and evaluation cycle of grants totaling $6 million annually.

Interacted with and assisted past, present and potential grantees working to further the Miami startup ecosystem.Oversaw grant and administrative program budgets and strategy for Miami Initiatives Program.Connected with local leaders across sectors to leverage connections and opportunities within Greater Miami area.

Created concise, accessible, and comprehensive measurements and summaries of past non-profit grantees working to energize the Miami startup community with a focus on tech-based strategies. Prepared summary reports for 31 completed community grants up to $2,000,000.Coordinated outreach to potential community partners in both small and large meeting environments