Jessica Ayden Li, Mpa Email & Phone Number

• Consult nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies across the U.S. with budgets between $100k - $15 million on creating cultures of equity, inclusion, and belonging through instituting assessments, facilitating trainings/retreats, developing racial equity plans, revising hiring/recruitment tools, and creating racial equity/cultural accountability teams• Record and produced a regular podcast, "Woke Isn't Enough" exploring political issues, racial justice, and healing • Spoke at national conferences about the culture of power, dismantling White supremacy, and shifting to co-conspirator/accomplice work

Oakland, California, United States

• Provide executive and leadership coaching to Asian Pacific American leaders in non-profit organizations on crisis management, nonprofit turnarounds, and board management• Design and facilitate strategic planning retreats for nonprofit organizations in the Bay Area• Facilitate Women in Management groups for Stanford's Graduate School of Business • Provide culturally specific career coaching for over 50 students at Evergreen Valley College's Business and Workforce Development Division in San Jose, CA

• Provide virtual facilitation to build self-managing groups for women MBA students

Oakland, California

• Oversaw the consulting arm of LeaderSpring which works with non-profit organizations to buildtheir leadership capacity• Designed curriculum and delivered trainings to non-profit organizations throughout California ontopics such as leadership, participatory decision making, social justice and equity, andsustainability

San Francisco, California

• Oversaw daily operations of two non-profit organizations with a combined budget of $1 million and assets of $5+ million that provide transitional housing and 24/7 supportive services for homeless women survivingsexual exploitation• Managed donor portfolios including 2,000 individual donors, 50 faith-based organizations andfoundations and government grants; applied for and was awarded our first state grant• Supported the Board of Directors in overseeing $6 million in investments and the transfer of fundsbetween different investment portfolios• Seceded the founding Executive Director and successfully led the non-profits through thetransition while also exceeding the level of giving and total donations from supporters by 15%

Washington, District Of Columbia

•Managed and turned around a struggling non-profit with an annual budget of $500k•Worked closely with the Board of Directors to develop and implement annual program and committee goals based on DVRP’s strategic plan•Oversaw a team of 30 individuals: staff, consultants and Community Ambassadors•Served as the primary liaison and build effective relationships with community leaders, funders, donors, community members, and allied professionals and agencies •Ensured sound fiscal management of the organization, which includes in-house accounting duties, annual budgeting, and preparation for annual audit

Washington, Dc

•Oversaw the day to day operations of 3 programs: Advocates Program, Community Outreach Program and Technical Assistance Program and support all grant goals and objectives•Established and maintained relationships with stakeholders, including donors, grant funders and board members•Advised, liased and supported the 11-member Board of Directors on programs, activities, outreach and operations •Increased the accessibility of services for survivors by representing their needs at community meetings•Provided direct supervision to Program Coordinator and Community Ambassadors•Wrote foundation, local, and state grants for organizational and programmatic funding and ensure compliance with all programmatic and financial reporting requirements•Served as the Advocates Program Director from May 2011 - December 2011, overseeing advocates' work with survivors of domestic violence

Kassala, Sudan

•Supported the 2011 Southern Sudan Referendum through ensuring effective coordination, monitoring and evaluation of public outreach activities in 3 states in Northern Sudan: Red Sea, Kassala and Gedaref •Provided technical assistance and guidance to 3 state referendum committees and 5 local grantee organizations contracted to conduct voter education activities•Monitored the implementation of voter education programs by local grantee organizations•Conducted civic education training to registered voters (internally displaced persons), focusing specifically on polling and counting processes

Baltimore, Maryland

•Cultivated, developed and strengthened relationships with local organizations, donors, supporters, social service agencies, academic professionals, media outlets, journalists and policymakers•Served as the media relations coordinator, which included giving interviews, researching background information, preparing staff and refugees for interviews, and compiling statistical and program information for reporters•Raised awareness about refugee issues/challenges by developing advocacy and communication strategies, conducting outreach presentations, developing informational materials (fact sheets, newsletters, online social media tools, etc.), updating the website and organizing local campaigns to support relevant national legislation such as the International Violence Against Women Act•Organized and planned advocacy, public education and fundraising events regularly; past events include: Trafficking Panel Conference, annual International Women’s Day Fundraising Luncheons, Symposium on Iraq, 10th Anniversary Art Exhibition and Film Screening and regular brown bag seminars and workshops on international refugee crises •Oversaw all in-kind donations, including securing material goods, facilitating distribution, issuing tax receipts and cultivating relationships with in-kind donors and local businesses•Served as point person for the Match Grant program and ensured that over $190,000 is raised annually through in-kind donations and volunteer hours and reported accurately in Match Grant documents and finance reports

Ithaca, New York

•Assisted in writing grants to the U.S. Department of Education for the establishment of new education and tutoring programs in Tompkins County, New York•Served as the graduate adviser for over 100 tutors in the Raising Education Attainment Challenge Program•Managed the application and interview processes for prospective tutors to be admitted into the program

Executive Mba

Executive Mba

Masters Of Public Administration, Human Rights And Social Justice

Activities and Societies: Women in Public Policy, Cornell Public Affairs Society, Point of View TV Program

Ba, Political Science, International Relations, Chinese Language Studies

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, RAPE Crisis Center