• Built a national Social Determinants of Health framework for a $7B healthcare system. Set an aggressive fundraising goal of $1B over eight years (via the hospital’s foundation). Led the strategy for community investment. • Supported national partnerships strategy for a national mentoring organization. • Served as interim Community Impact and Programs exec for Virginia-based nonprofit. Supported and coached staff; trained team in community engagement to enable stronger, community-focused programming.• Supported a $47M Chicago-based nonprofit through strategic planning and execution. Served as thought partner to executive leaders. Coached staff and helped rebuild fundraising systems, infrastructure, teams, and culture to enable aggressive fundraising strategies, including securement of a $10M gift. • Coach and advise individual clients.

Led team of 12 and cross-functional team of 30 in supporting US network of 1,100 United Ways. Established strategy and built infrastructure (culture, staff structure, capabilities, process, budget). Influenced siloed teams to work together to create collaborative solutions for the field. • Key leader in re-design of strategy and business model for $5B, 1,800 global affiliate, 130-year-old organization, including spearheading efforts designed to align the US network of affiliates• Led team that developed and implemented a field Performance Management and Measurement system • Led ideation and creation of consulting function that focused on improving fundraising performance across the network• Utilized portfolio management approach to influence and advance network metrics; personally managed major market CEO relationships as well as the United Way Worldwide advisory board of 40 US United Way CEOs• Managed staff and board members through United Way Bay Area and United Way Silicon Valley merger; advised on ~10 regional mergers• Led co-creation and implementation of United Way’s renewed global disaster response process and protocols• Presented at 40+ state, regional, national, and global conferences and meetings; facilitated numerous workshops for United Way professionals and board members

Created and executed initiatives designed to begin moving nearly 1,200 independent, autonomous local United Way organizations toward a more consistent and strategic experience for our partners, donors and the public. • Led a U.S. Metrics Task Force of affiliate CEOs in co-creating common metrics for the US network. • Co-led and executed the Performance Partnerships, an initiative designed to bring independent United Way affiliates together to create more consistent corporate partnership experiences, build capabilities with shared resources, and accelerate United Way's ability to deliver community impact results. Within this body of work, only manager invited to lead and support high-school graduation work on an interim basis during staff leave. Facilitated the team that built early warning and response system to identify kids at risk of dropping out of school. • Built the U.S. Network Engagement Corps, an initiative that enhanced engagement and communications in the network by creating small, peer learning circles of local United Way CEOs. • Relationship manager for 33 individual United Ways.

Improved network engagement and communication among nearly 1,200 independent United Way affiliates across the United States, with a focus on CEO communications. Created and drove the rollout strategy for the U.S. network's new organizing structure of local affiliates. Assisted with project management and execution of strategic leadership engagements, including a CEO Summit and New Presidents' Forum. Researched and wrote a monthly CEO newsletter and a quarterly Board newsletter, the chief communications to United Way executives and board chairs across the global United Way network.

Developed framework and strategy for reshaping organization’s positioning within a tri-county region. • Through targeted strategies, including external communications and PR, the organization increased fundraising by 20 percent ($12.1 million --> $14.7 million) over five years during the post-recession era in a Rust Belt town. • Created a change management strategy that United Way Worldwide converted into a best practice for the network. • Garnered 1,000+ media placements positioning United Way as a leader on community issues. • Helped guide the organization through four major community and organizational issues. • Maintained duties of Public Relations Specialist.

Developed and maintained relationships with local media, garnered media placements and positioned United Way and its staff as experts in their respective fields. Created compelling copy for communications, including news releases, marketing materials, talking points, program scripts, website updates, op-eds, donor/community communications, etc. Maintained working knowledge of what United Way's numerous programs, initiatives, and departments were working on at any given time, in order to articulate details to media, volunteers, and the public. Additional duties such as event planning, video production, graphic design, research & analysis, internal communications, and volunteer relations.

Created and executed weekly multi-media programming, working within provided budget. Supervised 75+ volunteers, coordinating 25 per week to assemble weekly multi-media services. Marketed events and workshops through mailings, brochures, and presentations.

Researched, wrote, and copy-edited press releases and feature stories for the web. Assisted in planning league events. Initiated league-wide campaign to generate local/international magazine publicity. Developed story ideas to promote league players, coaches, and owners.

Assisted team in implementing communications plan for international client. Extensive research & analysis. Media tracking & analysis. Drafted and edited PR materials. Established relationships with media, resulting in placements. Created/maintained databases of media contacts.

Assisted in day-to-day operations of producing local newscasts: Wrote and copy-edited teasers, stories, and web articles. Researched local news angles and presented in news meetings. Gathered information and conducted interviews for videographers on assignment.