New Bethany offers hope and support to people who experience poverty, hunger, and homelessness. We believe that all people, regardless of circumstances, should be treated with dignity and care without judgment. No one who seeks help is turned away.

My team ensures United Way and the Lehigh Valley will meet three bold goals in Education, Healthy Aging, and Food Access. We do that through assessment, collaborative problem solving, grant making, and results measurement. I oversee impact strategy, community relations, investment operations, measurement & evaluation, and lead supplemental (non-campaign) fundraising efforts.

Managed investment operations for $60 Million campaign annually across 230+ communities of Metro Chicago, newly merged into a single unit from 54 independent United Way organizations. Led trainings for Executive Directors in non-profit business model strategic planning. Designed granting strategies for the organization, special focus on education.

Contracted for one year as a Ph.D. student to do investment research by United Way, I was hired full-time in just six months. I see University partnership as critical to the success of any community-focused organization.

Adjunct Professor in Sociology: focus on family sociology, social inequality, sociology of poverty.I also was adjunct instructor at Concordia University (Oak Park Illinois) and Northeastern Illinois University (Chicago Illinois) during this time.