Manage community health improvement projects in SLO County through work within Public Health and alongside community partners. Develop a community-engagement structure and a strategic plan for moving community health forward around core priorities in the coming 5 years.

Facilitate and manage the Public Health Department’s efforts towards National Public Health Accreditation, the development of the community health needs assessment and community health improvement plan, as well as management of the department’s strategic planning, workforce development, quality improvement and performance management efforts.

Project manager for mid-sized San Diego-based nonprofit. Worked with marketing, fundraising, accounting and management teams to prepare and submit grant proposals and project budgets, and coordinated foundation, corporate and government funder outreach. Responsible for over $1.3 million in grant funds.

Advised international NGOs and development agencies as they sought to build institutional capacity within organizations and beneficiary countries – ensuring the sustainability and longevity of their programs. Provided assistance in fostering grantmaking best practices and through assessments of grantees’ organizational structure, governance, and programmatic capacity. Engaged in impact assessment of Foundations’ overall projects and programs.

Assisted the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) with program management of both faculty and student programs, and helped move forward its efforts to shape environmental public policy solutions at the state, regional and international level.