Supervised a team focused on expanding and strengthening economic security, food and benefit access, and parental engagement to under-resourced communities in Philadelphia to advance Shared Prosperity Philadelphia, the citywide anti-poverty planDeveloped and implemented the agency’s communications strategic plan, increasing and systematizing outreach to more than 100 partner organizations and the greater public, and implementation plans for cutting-edge programs

Directed the physical transformation of the Wells Fargo Center into the Democratic National Convention Complex — a $12 million project administered in 12 weeks — to increase capacity for the site from 19,000 to 50,000 participantsLed facility management of the 750,000 square foot Wells Fargo Center to facilitate successful production of a four-day, prime-time, on-time, and under-budget event with no major safety or security incidentsServed on the DNCC’s five-person negotiating team to reach a Project Labor Agreement for the convention

Served as CEO’s top deputy to manage a comprehensive agency restructuring and to improve operations institution-wide; led a top-to-bottom operational review; right-sized staffing; orchestrated service provision, budgeting, cash flow, and legal and contractual obligations; implemented new policies and procedures to stabilize an organization in transitionLed the day-to-day operations of an approximately $30 million organization of more than 300 staff that provides an array of social services and housing and provides shared shared services for a network of 16 grassroots non-profit organizationsManaged public affairs through a period of transition, successfully lobbying government to maintain full funding and to maintain the ongoing flow of contract funds, serving as agency spokesperson, and supervising fundraising operations

Provided daily counsel to the Commissioner of the nation’s largest municipal revenue organization, with 1,700 staff, a $225 million annual operating budget, and $30 billion in annual collections; liaised with City, State, and Federal elected officials; developed policy recommendations; coordinated agency senior staff for special projectsLed the agency’s outreach and intergovernmental affairs and a staff of 25; created and implemented a strategic plan to enact its local and State legislative agendas; drafted and edited its public-facing written materialManaged the joint City/FEMA effort to distribute food, water, and blankets to storm survivors in the days following Hurricane Sandy out of the Office of Emergency Management’s Situation Room

Served as the Administration’s lead negotiator on more than 100 City Council bills; convening the Law Department, Office of Management and Budget, and City agencies to ensure that bills were legally sound, operationally feasible, fiscally responsible, and in line with the Administration’s goals Prepared more than 20 commissioners for City Council oversight and budget hearings, drafted and edited testimony, crafted messaging for Q&A, and coached witnesses to ensure that the Administration’s efforts were fully and accurately represented Partnered with stakeholders across City government to draft Mayoral correspondence to constituents, civic leaders, heads of state

Drafted Mayoral correspondence to constituents, civic leaders, heads of state, and personal contactsCollaborated with Mayor’s Office speechwriting team, policy advisors, and City agencies to draft form language reflecting the political and personal positions of the Mayor