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San Francisco, CA, US

Our increasingly complex world requires leaders who can collaborate across sectors to address society’s greatest opportunities and challenges. Coro prepares individuals from diverse backgrounds to be these leaders—youth, recent college graduates, and professionals who will ignite positive change in their workplaces and communities.

Searching for one prom dress for one high school girl, I co-founded a 100% volunteer-powered non-profit that helps girls celebrate their prom with self-confidence and style. We serve thousands of girls annually across California with free prom dresses and accessories, and engage thousands of diverse volunteers and dress donors. Created organization.

Provide strategy consulting and executive coaching to a handful of start-up and non-profit clients including Hashed, the Bay Area Urban Debate League, Coro Center for Civic Leadership, Project Glimmer, and Broadway Angels.

San Francisco, CA, US

Frequently redeployed at executive level by CEO and Board of Directors to transform business units/functions. At CEO’s request, created and led new team responsible for employee experience, including strategy and implementation of internal merger of company’s two business units- Responsibility for HR/talent, corporate communications, office IT, and.

San Francisco, CA, US

Led new 70 person, $~50M business unit focused on content marketing strategy and operations. - Met and exceeded quarterly revenue goals while managing P&L to budget- Reorganized seven unique teams into single business unit driven by common objectives and key results, including product, engineering, content strategy, publishing, sales, marketing and ad.

San Francisco, CA, US

Initially joined company through acquisition of BigTent 11/10. Focused on team, product, and audience into Federated Media's publisher and ad sales portfolio. Starting 1/12, led publisher development team, managing strategy and support of FM's extensive publisher portfolio. Verticals include food, parenting, style and beauty, men's lifestyle, business.

San Francisco, CA, US

Co-founded software company that helps real-world parenting communities connect online, with ~2M users and thousands of groups across the US. Funded by Menlo Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. Built user base from the ground up, creating a brand new channel for marketers to reach established, local parenting groups in authentic ways. Some of our brand.

San Francisco, California, US

The Coro Center for Civic Leadership is a 65-year-old organization that trains ethical, diverse civic leaders nationwide. I ran Coro's trio of community programs, working with hundreds of diverse community leaders from the private sector, public sector and non-profit sector across California (examples include rising faculty at UCSF, local elected officials.

San Francisco, CA, US

I worked with City Attorney Louise Renne, assisting with a variety of projects including leading a team of city employees in financial recovery projects, negotiating settlements with over 400 health care providers, organizing and executing conference activities for 800 city officials from around the U.S. and Canada, and represented the City Attorney in.

San Francisco, California, US

The Coro Center for Civic Leadership is a 65-year-old organization that trains ethical, diverse civic leaders nationwide. I was selected from 500+ applicants as one of 48 Fellows for graduate-level leadership training program in public affairs. Successfully completed projects in government agency, business, media, non-profit, political campaign and labor..

Lived and worked in Mexico City for two years. While there, I facilitated over 150 bilingual and multi-generational dialogue groups with Latino, North American and Asian populations on topics such as education, entrepreneurship, parenting, and wealth and poverty. Also coordinated reflections, itineraries, speakers for Mexicans and Americans for more than.

Ed.M., Adult Leadership Development

Mba, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Department Of Letters And Sciences

B.A., English/World Literature