Lead the organization’s mission to build women’s political power in New York City. Its 501c3 provides educational programs, civic engagement initiatives, internships and fellowships. Through its 501c4, the organization facilitates a membership-based endorsement process for NYC elections. Oversee all aspects of the organization, including finance, programming, communications, marketing, board relations, and operations.

Vera Impact Solutions is a boutique firm based in New York City that is dedicated to empowering community-based organizations and institutions. Our primary goal is to enhance the capacity, voice, and effectiveness of these organizations. Through a hands-on approach, we collaborate closely with our clients to establish strong partnerships with government entities, secure funding, and implement sustainable strategies for long-term impact. Our areas of expertise include local and state government grant and proposal development, ensuring compliance with government funding requirements, designing effective public-private partnerships, and providing tailored strategic advisement services.

Share organizational leadership duties with executive director and co-managing directors, including organizational vision and direction, strategic and creative planning, staff development, and board relations.Founded LESGC new citywide girls leadership institute, New Girl City: Agents of Change NYC, which received $125,000 in NYC Council Speaker Initiative (FY19) funding to launch a multi-borough pilot in fall 2018, with the goal to expand to all boroughs in 2019-2020.Project manage real estate, funds cultivation, programmatic, operational and strategic vision for Girls Club’s $6M capital project to expand our 35,000sf facility an additional 5,000sf to open an intergenerational wellness education center. Successfully raised $2.25M in FY18 and FY19.Manage approximately $600,000 in government contracts, cultivate relationships with government and public officials, and with civically engaged organizations. Manage Girls Club junior board for fundraising and volunteering. Restructured and maximized its operation by tripling and diversifying board membership and increasing its annual fundraising yield by $60,000 within one year.Previous Positions: Government Relations Manager (Jan-June 2017), Director of Govt Relations/Special Development Initiatives (June-December 2017)

The NYC Mayor's Office of Housing Recovery Operations manages the Build it Back program,which is dedicated to helping New Yorkers living in communities affected by Hurricane Sandy to repair, elevate and rebuild their properties into their safe and storm-resilient homes. Federally funded under the HUD Community Develop Block Grant - Disaster Recovery ($4.7 Billion) Brief sysnopsis of responsibilities:  Manage and oversee division operations: including program issue resolution; formal appeals investigation and resolution; production and special project reporting; outreach project development and implementationn; special IT projects, including the development of client-facing portal; comprehensive, program-wide training for HRO staff, vendors and external partners on new processes, initiatives, and programs; citizen correspondence and complaints (from HUD, elected officials, Mayor's Correspondence office, etc.) investigation and response process Manage 22 staff, including 6 program analysts, call center supervisor and 15 call representatives on above duties  Key advisor to Program Director and Deputy Director of Homeowner Services in policy implementation, strategic planning, communications, vendor integration and operations, including the highly intensive integration of 3 new construction management firms starting in April 2015 Closely collaborate with division leads in case management, policy, legal, external affairs, communications and construction divisions to implement programmatic operations and improvements and develop strategic communications, operations and outreach effortsPromotion history:*May 2013:Communications Coordinator*October 2013: Program Analyst*Feb 2014: Program Manager*Oct 2014: Sr. Program Manager*July 2015: Assistant Director*Sept 2016: Associate Director

Revenue maximization and optimization projects; Legislative/policy analysis and interpretation, Research, Policy writing, Quantitative analysisRepresented agency in wake of Hurricane Sandy on the City Hall Taskforce dedicated to providing emergency recovery support to impacted CBOs and assisted Executive Finance Officer in emergency personnel response operation

F11-Present: Teach Gender Justice Activism House Course(F10-S11): Worked on Gender Equity and Leadership. Created a program called “Superwomen @Duke” in collaboration with the Duke Career Center with the purpose of providing networking and mentoring opportunities for Duke women and executive corporate women in the Raleigh-Durham Area.Implemented the “Elect Her” program in collaboration with AAUW and Running Start to encourage women to run for Duke student government positions.Created a Gender Justice Activism House Course (F09-S10): Worked on Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Track; Coordinated a 40-hour training on Sexual Asualt advocacy. Created on-campus awareness events.

Wrote a policy briefing (provided to groups that WSN serves) on the Department of Employment and Learning's new initiative to lower the number of youth not in education, employment or training (NEET).Planned and coordinated focus groups with area women's centers to discuss the strategy's impact on female youth. Used information to write a consultation back to the Department.

Taught English to beginner English-speaking Belfast immigrantsTaught a beginner's computer class to computer illiterate community membersPlanned International Food Community PotluckYouth work engaging with teens in cross-community dialogues

Power of Peace Project: worked with young adult women on a community project to combat violence in their community, through workshops, story telling.