Serving as a campus resource for deepening understanding of core tenets of conscious capitalism and integrating practitioner perspectives

Helping organizations of all sizes meet their community engagement goals while advancing brand identity and market power. Projects sit at the junction of economic and cultural development. Verge teams use Agile project management frameworks to create iteratively and deliver against measurable benchmarks for success. See projects for examples.

Provide strategic communication services for client accounts in public health and green tech. Facilitate planning sessions, asset mapping and customer experience workshops. Also provide copywriting, public policy briefs and PR advisement and support team alignment with project goals and metrics.

Helped the Elm City Innovation Collaborative, an initiative funded by the State of Connecticut, raise New Haven's profile as a growing, connected and livable city where profitable companies want to start, grow and stay.

Managed an award-winning program for the City of New Haven that provided temporary space to creative entrepreneurs to stimulate walkable commercial districts and seed new businesses. Launched 1st shop local branding campaign in Connecticut.

Delivered storycraft - that is, narrative intelligence - to deepen understanding of creative practice, group problem-solving and the principles necessary for sustained innovation. I was privileged at this stage of entrepreneurship to collaborate regularly with professionals in visual, performance and literary arts as well as software development and other technical fields.We produced and facilitated purposeful gatherings. We built teams iteratively. We developed and managed content to amplify successes so that organizations could both broaden and deepen engagement and align resources and activities with strategic goals.Clients ranged from creative companies to nonprofit and cultural groups Deliverables built and value measured in accordance with the Agile Manifesto, Antifragility, Artful Making and emerging models and practices on the competitive edge.

Developed orientation package for Member Training Organizations, launched blog, facilitated member roundtables and webinars, and coordinated conference sponsorships.

Developed, tested and implemented cultural programs for largest assisted living company in New England. Selected by Regional Operator to lead, train and support peers at nine communities in Greater New Haven. Selected by peers to present best practices to home office. Department quality assessment score: 100%.

Helped nationally and internationally recognized arts organizations develop adaptive plans and achieve fundraising goals. 5+ year clients included Dance/USA, the Dance Heritage Coalition and Bates College.

Oversaw and grew foundation, corporate and government grant portfolios. Instrumental in achievement of $12.5 million Millennium Campaign. Drafted organization's first Open Space Plan, concerning management of its 100+-acre campus.

Responsible for maintaining and expanding annual grants portfolio and communicating with alumni. Wrote catalogue for 35th Anniversary Retrospective.