• Collaborated with executive directors, board members, and decision-makers from 50+ state affiliates to assess business needs, ensuring alignment with national ACLU programs to enhance affiliates’ overall capacity and operational efficiency.• Led the department’s annual strategic planning process to establish key objectives and initiatives, overseeing quarterly reports to ensure alignment with organizational goals.• Managed a $150M budget across three key areas: Guaranteed Minimum Income program ($115M), Grants to Affiliates program ($30M), and department operations ($5M).• Supported affiliates in addressing overall security issues – related to physical security and data security. Partnered with national operations on incident reports and follow up.• Conducted the annual affiliate survey to assess KPIs in HR, finance, fundraising, staffing, strategic planning, advocacy, electoral priorities, and board governance.• Created operational guidelines, aligning national standards with the specific needs of affiliates in a federated structure.• Fostered a positive team culture through targeted recruiting, streamlined onboarding, and regular engagement activities.• Managed internal communications strategy for 50+ affiliates and 2,000 employees utilizing The Hub, the organization’s intranet.• Oversaw the $30M Grants to Affiliates program, facilitating the re-granting of funds in 300+ grants each year.• Strategically led a portfolio of national events to enhance staff development and foster organizational culture, focusing on job-specific training programs and issue-centric convenings addressing regional challenges.

• Hired to revamp the well-established brand and lead the operations, budgeting, marketing, andcommunications for the full portfolio of Clio Awards.• Launched the company’s first diversity award category, recognizing the creative work of the300+ global agencies and consumer brands that submit entries annually.• Spearheaded the launch of 3 digital content platforms with comprehensive branding andmarketing collateral, increased social media engagement by 40%.• Assessed the intake and review format for the 30,000+ annual entries, created operationalefficiencies, improved the customer experience, and decreased expenses by 25%.

• Responsible for the development of a multi-platform communications and cultural strategy plan that drove employee engagement and understanding of corporate diversity and inclusion efforts across McCann Worldgroup’s 8 brands, 70,000+ employees, and 100+ countries. • Led the Global Diversity Coalition, an internal volunteer effort to activate global diversity and inclusion initiatives on a local and regional level, and increased engagement by 250%. • Organized a global communications campaign designed to raise awareness of conscious inclusion, spanning 300+ immersive, live, and experiential events, complemented by 125+ virtual events.

• Led a new business strategy to drive the growth of an under-performing business: decreased expenses by 10%, grew event attendance by 27%, and increased net income by 32%.• Developed a new revenue stream for the company with the creation of a sponsorship program, generating incremental revenue of $2M+ annually.• Directed 50+ experiential marketing programs annually for key clients such as: Facebook, Google, Spotify, Snap, Viacom, PBS, NBCU, A&E, P&G.• Authored multi-year marketing, communications, and financial plans. Held profit and loss oversight for 8 budgets with a cumulative total of $7M.• Produced the 100th Anniversary Gala in support of the organization’s 501(c)(3) foundation, generating $1.4M in revenue in one night.

• Developed the communications strategy and facilitated the operations and strategic planning of this firm-wide program management office. Managed the monthly status reporting and communications for 20+ initiatives.• Initiated a comprehensive employee engagement program, decreased attrition and turnover and increased employee satisfaction scores for the department by 20% for 2 consecutive years.