Director Of Agency Development
Greater Philadelphia Area
Direct the BBBSA Northeast Region Agency Development team to ensure a high level of agency customer support, operational excellence and quality service to over 100 BBBS agency leaders and key community stakeholders.Provide strategic leadership, direction and consultation to BBBS agency staff and Board leadership resulting in improved service impact and child outcomes.Consult with agencies on business planning, organizational development, adaptive capacity building, grants management, codifying of best practices, and alignment and fidelity of services to the BBBS mentoring model.Directed and managed BBBSA government relations and national partnership initiatives.Lead legislative advocacy efforts resulting in over 30 million dollars awarded to BBBSA from the U.S. Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services and Education.Worked on a variety of legislative issues impacting positive youth development and directed the national office and local BBBS agencies in identifying and securing over 100 million dollars in federal, state and local public funds to support local mentoring programs. Represented the interests of the BBBS network to a wide range of non-profit and national youth serving organizations in Washington, DC and throughout the country.