Provide clients with consultation services in strategic planning, new venture development, program planning, partnership formation, fund development, community outreach, government relations, and social media practices. Completed assignments include: - significantly improved the performance of a Long Island substance abuse prevention coalition; - completed a needs assessment for an urban residential community of 20,000;- recommended and completed a search for a strategic nonprofit partner; - provided strategic advice, pilot design, application development services to school networks; - completed a review of a county's contracting process for a network of nonprofit agencies; - rescued a community-based nonprofit's prevention outreach project through program redesign and capacity building; - provided effective Latino marketing and recruiting strategies to Brooklyn and Queens county school leaders; - wrote New York City's first charter school planning guide.

Founding president of New York’s first charter school center and incubator for high performing charter schools. Accomplishments include: - formed strategic partnerships with philanthropic organizations resulting in $20 million in grants to charter schools and $3 million to the center; - provided planning, start-up and expansion assistance and funding to 25 of the state’s most accomplished charter schools and charter networks; - delivered a series of statewide and regional educational conferences; - lobbied legislators on educational reforms and funding; - organized local and state-wide community support.

Managed the scale-up of programs and operations for the nation's top local education fund. Accomplishments include: - managed agency operations, including HR, budget development and annual planning; - oversaw general/program budgets ($250k - $15MM); - cultivated and negotiated grants and contracts ($100k - $1MM); - formed strategic partnerships with colleges, community agencies and schools; - managed innovative small community schools development initiative; - served as advocate for equitable youth and education policies.

Developed and directed a series of urban youth education and development initiatives. Accomplishments include: - facilitated and managed community agency-school partnerships in the areas of extended day programming, youth leadership development and peer mediation training; - developed and expanded an award-winning active-learning grants program; - wrote successful proposals for program grants ranging between $10,000 and $250,000; - facilitated collaborative planning for a public school parent resource center.