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Leads strategy consulting team currently working on strategic planning, long-term visioning, organizational development, new program development, board development and open board search for impact-driven organizations.

Served as project lead on projects including strategic planning for Mattress Recycling Council, Outdoor Afro, Veggielution, and Western National Parks Association; partnership and program model innovation with Jefferson National Parks Alliance and Guadalupe River Park Conservancy; board development for Aquarium of the Pacific; and open board search for NatureBridge and Peninsula Open Space Trust.Regularly facilitated key meetings and retreats and presented and facilitated workshops at conferences such as City Park Alliance's Greater and Greener Conference, National Association of State Park Directors, Public Lands Alliance Convention and Trade Show, Rally National Land Conservation Conference, and Unite for Sight's Global Health and Innovation Conference.Through the above engagements and exhibiting at these conferences, plus engaging in key meetings throughout these two years, I am proud that during my tenure as Director of Business Development our business grew by 50%!

San Rafael, California, United States

Led engagement through Resources Legacy Fund to provide program management to the development of California Natural Resource Agency’s 30x30 strategy to conserve thirty percent of the state's lands and coastal waters by 2030. Guided board development for national environmental organization, Outdoor Afro, tripling the size of the board and establishing committeesProject managed executive search for North Cascades Institute to replace founding director, leading search, screening and interview processBuilt adaptive leadership and change management workshop for legal advocacy groupOrganized strategic planning offsite and authored firm’s first strategic business plan deckInnovated and curated monthly newsletters “packed with interesting and useful articles” - Dr. Nora Silver, Founder of the UC Berkeley Haas Center for Social Sector LeadershipDesigned presentations, workshops, and webinars on innovation and strategy for industry conferencesDelivered the co-closing keynote for the 2020 CALPA Conference & Training

Davis, California, United States

Co-created and scripted content for four courses in a specialization titled Management of Multinational and Cross-Cultural Teams, available on Coursera.Course 1 - Introduction to Multinational and Cross-Cultural TeamsCourse 2 - Cross-Cultural Communication and ManagementCourse 3 - Cross-Cultural Virtual Spaces and TeamsCourse 4 - Leadership in Multinational, Cross-Cultural Teams

Prototyped platform for early-stage social entrepreneurs to connect, convene, promote their work, and gain educational growth opportunitiesLef benchmarking, brand positioning, and updating pitch deck and strategic plan for next phase of WGGT

Zurich, Switzerland

Presented business plan deck for International Fortune 500 to recommend new SAAS sales strategiesImplemented benchmark research against competitors to build incentivization for resellers to use new platformFacilitated international team from three countries to collaborate on project deliverables and managed remote communications with client in Zurich.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Doubled operating budget by designing new programming and performance spaces and building partnershipsAuthored strategic plan engaging platform strategy to expand utilization rate, attracting 400% raise in annual givingDesigned and implemented branding/pr campaign, repositioning organization as DEI leader and talent incubator

Greater Philadelphia Area

Project managed conference with 400+ international attendees, 100+ exhibitors and 20 performances for childrenArchitected the applications for and selection process of international performers in the conferenceBuilt administration, operations and brand content from the inception point under international leadership team

Planned international festival – contracting vendors, managing 30 employees and coordinating publicityCurated season brochures and implemented digital customer service strategy and data analytic analysis

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategy, Innovation, 3.75

Activities and Societies: First-Ever Team Lead of International Integrated Management Project (Capstone consulting project for MBA.

International Business

Summer study during MBA - took classes on Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship in New Product Development, International Business.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Film/Cinema/Video Studies

Activities and Societies: Student Theater