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Greater Seattle Area

Consulting, coaching, training, and speaking engagements for organizations and individuals to help them achieve success through increased resiliency. As a Certified Resiliency Coach, I employ a sophisticated online resiliency development system so that clients can have continuous support to enhance their resilience. I also provide training to nonprofit organizations based on the principles developed by The Standards for Excellence Institute®, a national initiative established to promote the highest standards of ethics, effectiveness, and accountability in nonprofit governance, management, and operations, and to help all nonprofit organizations meet these high benchmarks. My goal is to help both organizations and individuals identify their success goals and achieve them using the most recent science and organizational best practices.

Seattle, Wa

Operational, fiscal and strategic oversight of national nonprofit organization with budget ranging up to $17 million; fundraising, board support, media relations, public policy advocacy, and program development and expansion.CASA is the nation's largest network of volunteer advocates focused on the best interests of abused and neglected children, with 75,000 volunteers now serving 238,000 children annually. National CASA is the membership organization for 950 state and local programs, providing marketing, quality assurance, training, technical assistance, public policy advocacy and grants to promote the growth and effectiveness of its members.

White Plains, Ny

Managed day to day operations, fundraising, program development, and board support for this unique children's advocacy organization dedicated to identifying the unmet needs of vulnerable children, and developing innovative new service programs, and promoting public policies to promote child well being.Co-founded and led a 60-organization collaborative that successfully advocated for increased funding for children's services. Implemented the county's first children's waiting room project in the Yonkers Family Court

New York, Ny

Developed and implemented the Center's original minority fellows program, which helped fellows understand and replicate promising practices in new locations. NCCP is a non-partisan research organization dedicated to the well-being of low income families and children. The Center's research is used to inform policy makers, practitioners, advocates and the media about emerging trends and promising practices.

Oxford, United Kingdom

While pursuing a master’s degree from the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, also served as a consultant to international children's organizations focusing on foster care, adoption, refugee resettlement, and inter-country movement of children and families. Participated in the United Nations Expert Group on Adoption and Foster Care.

Meadville, Pa

Initiated the college's planned giving program and solicited major individual gifts, including outright gifts,bequests and trusts; provided strategic guidance and advised college president on full range of legal issuesSolicited $1 million gift for Allegheny College’s first endowed chair in American history and solicited other planned gifts and bequests as part of a successful multi-million dollar capital campaign; initiated and oversaw college’s accessibility initiative and asbestos remediation project

Chicago, Il

Taught legal research and writing

Cleveland And Elyria, Oh

Practice focused on civil litigation, with pro bono representation of children in foster care and in juvenile delinquency proceedings

Mlit, Law

Conducted research on adoption and foster care policies, including permanency planning approaches, and their effects on social work.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Specialization In International Legal Studies

Activities and Societies: Law Review

Ba, American History