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Redwood City, California, Us

Oversee strategic direction and overall operations of nonprofit agency with $3.2M budget and 20-member board of directors that helps preserve affordable home ownership by providing free health and safety-related home repairs. RTP repairs homes and nonprofit community facilities year-round and hosts sponsor-driven events that bring nearly 1000 volunteers together to assist homeowners-in-need. Rebuilding Together Peninsula has been serving San Mateo County and northern Santa Clara County since 1979.

Dorchester, Massachusetts, Us

Visions-Inc.equips individuals, organizations, and communities with the tools needed to thrive in a diverse world, remove structural and cultural barriers that prevent full and equitable participation and help create environments where differences are recognized, understood, appreciated, and utilized for the benefit of all.

San Mateo, California, Us

Responsible for strategic direction, resource generation, operations and daily management of the sole domestic violence services agency in San Mateo County (pop. 700,000). Managed $5.8 million budget and staff of 50. Agency operated 24-hour law enforcement response, shelters and hotline as well as supportive services (transitional and permanent supportive housing, therapy, legal assistance, community advocacy, education).Key Contributions• Implemented the successful merger of two culturally distinct domestic violence agencies including renaming, re-branding and consolidation of finances, programs, boards, etc.• Oversaw a nearly four-fold increase in the budget from $1.5M to $5.8M including increase in annual donor revenue from approximately $250K to $1M and 300% increase in grants revenue; managed a personal portfolio of major donors and regularly successfully solicited five and six-figure gifts• Established and maintained $2M endowment• Increased assets from approximately $3M to over $8M• Significantly strengthened collaborations with county agencies and other partner organizations• Vice Chair, Domestic Violence Council, San Mateo County, 2006-1018• Recipient, Woman of the Year, 22nd Assembly District, CA, 2015• Recipient, Ruby Award for Excellence, Soroptomist International, N. San Mateo County, 2014

Responsible for the development and day-to-day operations of a pilot program designed to support and strengthen the governing boards of nonprofits in San Mateo County. Provided consulting, training and facilitation to members of local boards of directors on governance-related issues including board member roles and responsibilities, recruitment, meeting management, fundraising, and staff/board relations. Supervised staff and consultants. Provided education, consulting and training for approximately 200 agencies and 300 board members annually.• Oversaw ten-fold increase in participating agencies• Designed and delivered 20-50 trainings per year. • Initiated and facilitated Board Chair roundtables.• Introduced, organized and oversaw annual conferences with nationally and internationally recognized keynote speakers on governance-related issues.

Managed one of the largest day/specialty summer programs in the U.S. offering over fifty different activities and serving over 1000 young people per season. Recruited, hired, trained and supervised 175 staff annually. Responsible for 25% of the school’s annual revenue. Taught Honors high school English. Voted #1 Boston Area Camp, Reader’s Choice Award three years in a row.

Plano, Tx, Us

Founded and managed adventure-based leadership development and management consulting firm. Specialized in working with senior executives of Fortune 100 businesses, K-12 institutions, and nonprofits. Focus: team building and leadership development. Clients included MIT Sloan School of Management, Harvard University’s Principal’s Center, JFK School of Government Institute for School Superintendents, Exxon Chemical and General Electric.

Overall responsibility for managing adventure-based educational program for inner-city teens. Organized and led backpacking, climbing, and canoe trips, supervised and trained staff and oversaw all aspects of safety and operations. Obtained public funding for designing and conducting trainings for teachers in applying experiential education to the classroom and Outward Bound scholarships.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature/Letters

Mba, Nonprofit Management