• Develop and implement programming for stakeholders to learn, connect, and deepen relationships with each other and the organization. • Cultivate strategic partnerships and collaborations with community organizations to provide services and programming to best serve a variety of constituencies.• Lead and facilitate strategic planning initiatives with staff and lay leaders to maximize outreach and engagement reach.• Create and disseminate a variety of communications across multiple direct and social media platforms.• Develop, present and implement department budgets. • Supervise programming staff and volunteers; providing training and support when needed.• Listen and respond to community members’ needs. • Provide a welcoming and inclusive presence at all in-person and online interactions and events.

• Developed strategic start-up plan that included operations, outreach, media and business development planning.• Participated in community planning sessions for End in Mind live events and community initiatives.• Participated in re-branding and website development.• Recruited professionals to participate in governance and development.

• Developed grantee and community stakeholder relationships with diverse partner organizations across the state.• Collaborated with regional team to strengthen the foundation's knowledge of issues and trends, including: suburban and urban poverty, community health needs, legal assistance, workforce and youth development.• Made recommendations to the Trustees that analyzed organizational governance, operations, and financial positions; as well as efficacy, cost benefit analysis of outcomes and relevance of a wide variety of organizations and programs addressing societal issues. • Utilized multiple formats to synthesize complex issues into coherent narratives for the program team and Trustees.• Planned, implemented, and attended regional education opportunities to foster dialogues and provide learning and mentorship for OBT grantees. Organized educational opportunities for staff and Trustees that focused on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.• Provided technical assistance to grantees on program design, multi-media marketing, and fund development to improve their ability to measure impact and effectively communicate their work.

• Co-created and managed medical and health related community foundation giving circle of over 100 members.• Increased foundation revenues by over 100%; significantly increasing grant-making abilities.• Recruited experts, collaborated in the development of an innovative grantmaking process and cultivated grant proposals throughout Minnesota.• Developed and managed grant allocation process including development of RFP and expansion of RFP distribution process, which yielded 78 grant requests annually.• Facilitated the development of mission, vision, and values; foundation operating rules; and an innovative real-time grant distribution process — one of the first in the national giving circle community.• Created and managed grant evaluation process to track, measure and report on grants.• Created and managed the Mount Sinai Community Foundation Teen Giving Circle which engages 7th- 12th graders in philanthropy and social justice projects.• Recruited and managed an 18-member Executive Committee.