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I lead inclusive teams to strategize, collaborate, and navigate ambiguity to deliver solutions that meet our clients’ mission-driven objectives of fostering educational equity. My portfolio centers on reimagining how student and school success is defined and measured. To achieve this goal, I’ve advised a collective of large foundations on designing a multi-pronged field-building strategy and ensuring cohesion across aligned projects implemented by their advocacy and governmental partners… Show more I lead inclusive teams to strategize, collaborate, and navigate ambiguity to deliver solutions that meet our clients’ mission-driven objectives of fostering educational equity. My portfolio centers on reimagining how student and school success is defined and measured. To achieve this goal, I’ve advised a collective of large foundations on designing a multi-pronged field-building strategy and ensuring cohesion across aligned projects implemented by their advocacy and governmental partners. Collectively, this constellation of projects is generating the conditions for large-scale, systematic change by advancing the knowledge base through research, strengthening collaboration between sector partners, developing a new policy agenda, testing innovative approaches, and securing resources. Current clients include: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Show less

Collaborated with Education First Consulting to provide strategic advice, organizational planning, project management, convening facilitation, fundraising development, and policy research.

Greater Seattle Area

Oversaw the Washington State affiliate’s policy and political impact on improving student outcomes across 9 legislative sessions and 4 electoral cycles, during which the organization secured billions more in state funding targeted for vulnerable students, played a significant role in electing numerous legislators, wrote and passed a first of its kind ballot initiative, passed 6 priority bills and contributed to dozens of others, and blocked harmful proposals. Signature legislation included a… Show more Oversaw the Washington State affiliate’s policy and political impact on improving student outcomes across 9 legislative sessions and 4 electoral cycles, during which the organization secured billions more in state funding targeted for vulnerable students, played a significant role in electing numerous legislators, wrote and passed a first of its kind ballot initiative, passed 6 priority bills and contributed to dozens of others, and blocked harmful proposals. Signature legislation included a first-in-nation law reducing barriers to advanced classes for all students, and securing a historic law over the objections of the Governor and the State House’s majority party. Show less

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for driving the Washington State affiliate to accomplish high-leverage actions that improved student achievement through its annual education policy, electoral, implementation, programatic, and fundraising goals by leading a team of highly-qualified employees and external stakeholders in establishing the state’s broad vision, planning the strategies and tactics to accomplish goals, managing the team against execution, and securing the resources necessary for success.

Greater Seattle Area

Washington, Dc

Through a fellowship with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, I contributed to NCTQ's research on teacher preparation; supporting the design and research of the nation's most comprehensive review of student teaching, “Student Teaching in the United States.”

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Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Master Of Science - Ms, Secondary Education And Teaching

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology, General

Activities and Societies: The Wooster Voice