Silent Book Club is a worldwide network of book lovers who enjoy reading in the company of others. Our local organizers host silent reading parties in more than 1000 cities around the world every month, from San Francisco to Nagoya, Japan. It's happy hour for introverts: BYOBook. We also have a rapidly growing audience of that reaches more than 500k readers globally, who share book recommendations, reviews, and news. We partner with publishers and brands to connect them to our community.Learn more and find your local chapter at http://silentbook.club!

Him For Her is a social impact venture dedicated to accelerating diversity on corporate boards. Since its founding in 2018, Him For Her has built a referral-only talent network of board-ready executives and delivered free board-referral lists to hundreds of companies ranging from start-ups to S&P 100. Him For Her creates warm introductions between board candidates and CEOs through its series of small events and curated suggestions. In my 4+ years, I:Grew the Executive Talent network from 1,200 to 7,000+ board-qualified executives, including 35%+ women of color. Implemented intersectional tracking and expanded support to non-binary execs and men of color. Scaled data management with contract support.Cultivated relationships with key Private Equity and Venture Capital partners, including Vista Equity, L Catterton, and Foundry Group. Increased financial commitments and facilitated dozens of board placements with portfolio companies.Owned relationships throughout the board ecosystem with organizations like Black Corporate Board Readiness, LCDA, LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors Association, NASDAQ, and Black Women on Boards. Built and managed a high-performing team to produce or support 80-100 events annually, fostering an environment of growth and internal mobility. Managed 6-figure budget and sponsor relationships.Reported to the board quarterly on the Executive Talent Network and Events and Programming lines of business. Contributed to the annual private board study and annual organization impact report, linked below.

Drove growth as a Program Expert for the Women Techmakers Ambassadors program, using the one:few:many model of community development.Developed expansion plan to double program reach, partnering with global stakeholders to integrate best practices from local, regional, and cross-functional teams. Piloted with a North Asia cohort, and created a playbook to increase membership to 500k+.Authored internal and external communications strategies and content, including new resource hubs for regional and local organizers, completed an audit and update of the brand footprint online.

Everwise is reinventing the way organizations develop their people – starting with mentoring. Our mission is to connect employees with the people, resources and feedback they need to be more productive and successful at every stage of their career. Researched, designed, and launched the Ascent program in partnership with Sequoia Capital, focused on developing women in technology. Developed community content strategy, including monthly newsletters with 25-35% open rates, company blog, and monthly AMAs with mentors.Established mentor engagement strategy based on the CMX model; managed program budgets, ended low impact projects, set goals and metrics, and reported on mentor growth to board.Worked cross-functionally with Communications and Marketing, managed team of 1-2. Clients included: Salesforce, Genentech, Oracle, Tata Communications, HP, Zendesk, Lyft, Visa, eBay, Twitter, VMWare, Avaya, Jive, Cambia Heathcare, Farmers Insurance, Charles Schwab, Merck, OpenTable, Mattel, eSilicon, Dolby, Yelp, Twilio, Ubisoft, Tribal Worldwide, Eventbrite, and Nissan.

Fiona Tang and I cofounded Signal Camp to tackle challenges early stage companies face in communicating with their community. We take a strategic approach to user outreach, engagement and product marketing. We optimize each contact point a company has to ensure they are reaching the ideal audience and communicating their value and voice consistently. - Responsible for sourcing and bringing in new clients, defining project needs, drafting proposals, and negotiating agreements.- Led strategy sessions focused on product development and launch, target market, brand voice, content and outreach strategy, user engagement programs, goal and metric setting. - Designed beta and influencer programs, testing use cases, integrating user feedback into product roadmap, facilitating market outreach and content creation to support launches. - Determined needs for admin interfaces: metrics for reporting, product support, moderation and curation features.- Developed and A/B tested email campaigns for BandPage, Trullo, Seesaw and others. Increased BandPage open rates by 30% and doubled click through rates.- Created and implemented customer support programs including guidelines, FAQs, software, and launch coverage.- Identified critical hires, wrote jobs reqs and trained team members on brand voice, content curation and creation, in-product engagement, user support and social media coverage.Client list includes: Bit.ly, eBay, Technicolor, Secret, Trullo, Vinyl Me Please, BandPage, Osmo, Neighborland, Gannett, Storehouse, Tipping Point Community, Fitstar and more.

Led content and support strategy, including the about.me newsletter and blog, FAQs, guidelines, scaling support from Gmail to UserVoice software. Owned about.me activations at conferences, recruiting fairs, happy hours, and corporate events, driving sign ups and improving profile quality.Ran two large scale contests: About.me in Times Square and Win a Summer Internship, working cross-functionally with departments within AOL. Started and grew social media audience to 25k+

Managed a team of 12, supporting 30 million users across thousands of vibrant communities.Oversaw release communication strategy, including product marketing, in-app copy, FAQs, blog posts, newsletter content and user QA/beta testing needs, to generate user engagement during product launches.Built a thriving community for Ning Network Creators that reached 10k members in less than 6 months.Initiated on-call program, triage and escalation procedures for tickets, set up initial Policy and Abuse processes in partnership with legal team.