Event Management -- Nonprofit Administration -- Membership Support -- Fundraising and Relationship Building -- Equity Diversity & Inclusion -- Queer Community SupportA longtime LGBTQ+ community advocate and nonprofit professional, I began my career working to improve the health and wellness of gay and bisexual men, building community while recruiting participants for behavioral and clinical studies. I was a co-facilitator of the National Gay Men’s Health Movement Leadership Academies and assisted in executing the LGBTI Health Summits of the mid-2000s. Since then, I’ve worked with numerous Bay Area nonprofits such as the SF LGBT Community Center, Lyon-Martin Health Services, and Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture. I am honored to have been the Executive Director at San Francisco Pride, where I navigated the world-renowned event through the most challenging years of the global pandemic. I have experience in nonprofit administration, community engagement, teams management, budget and vendor management, contract negotiation, fundraising and grants, communications and public relations, crisis management, sponsorship sales, and more. **Hub management of large-scale community events such as SF Pride, SF Free Museum Weekend (2022), Castro Street Fair, and more**Executed virtual programming for LGBTQ+ Pride during COVID-19 pandemic; reaching over 50K attendees;**Developed and supervised a sponsorship and fundraising plan; raised upwards of $2M per year for SF Pride;**Drove additional revenue streams at SF Pride; increased individual giving and grants, resulting in 400% uptake;**Fiscal and administrative management of nonprofit organizations with annual budgets of $200k to $3.5M+