I'm a mission-driven collaborative leader, highly effective in evolving and scaling social purpose organizations and philanthropic initiatives. I love developing and nurturing joyful organizational culture, leading and supporting diverse teams, with a focus on using creativity and connection to advance social justice and poverty alleviation. Impact-driven, heart-centered, and always, people-first.I have spent over a decade launching and growing high-impact nonprofits, both globally and in our beloved San Francisco Bay Area. I began my service career in New York, where I helped build and scale the award-winning international water nonprofit, charity: water. The $100M organization now brings clean, safe drinking water to 12M people in 29 countries, championing the case for compelling storytelling, brand-building and transparency as powerful agents of change in the nonprofit sector.Most recently, I was on the founding team for White Pony Express (WPE), a regional food rescue and “circle of giving” organization dedicated to connecting community surplus with people in need. Seven years later, with 17M pounds of food delivered and a regional service network of 200+ partners, WPE is the largest food rescue enterprise in northern California, nationally and internationally recognized. The vision of WPE is to share the "delivered with love" message and volunteer-based delivery model widely. To date, WPE has mentored and partnered with local communities for replication projects everywhere from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to Washington D.C., to Aurangabad, India. Throughout my career, I have been responsible for crafting creative funding portfolios and securing high-level partnerships across a diverse (and often unlikely!) set of collaborators. I’ve had the opportunity to help co-create exciting cross-sector solutions, support justice-led innovation and witness firsthand the power of listening and collaboration in assessing and meeting diverse community needs. I am an active member of the NationSwell council, the Opportunity Collaboration (OC 365) global impact network, and Food Tank the "Think Tank for Food." I am an Advisor to Women Forward International, and contribute as able to the Social Venture Circle, Sustainable Brands and East Bay Women's Conference forums.I deeply believe that the spirit of “all of us taking care of all of us” is quickly becoming the world’s new reality, and this new pattern of living will help create long-lasting social change.