Collaborative solutions to complex problems.Listen with empathy and curiosity, explore audiences and goals, understand what's already been tried, let all that sit for a minute, ask a few more questions, suggest something a little unconventional (but often surprisingly simple), make a plan to test the suggestion, assemble a crackerjack team to tune the suggestion and run the test, keep learning.Clients and partners include associations like ASAE, corporations like Amazon, and institutions like Yale's Windham Campbell Prizes for writers.

Partnered with Common Impact CEO Danielle Holly to elevate and expand the conversation on addressing inequality through nonprofit capacity building and skilled volunteerism. Lead Common Impact's branding and partnership activities with a focus on storytelling, innovation, and collaboration.Get everyone excited about aligning skills and purpose to make more good happen faster.

Worked with clients to uncover their best story, then source and manage an eclectic team to tell that story using creativity, technology, innovation, and humanity.

Guided overall strategic, operational, and communications planning for 5:00 Films & Media. Provided leadership to the 5:00 Films & Media strategic planning process and implement new strategic initiatives, responsible for the development of 5:00 Films & Media communication strategy, and directly managed activities that promoted, enhanced, and protected the organization's brand reputation. Provided coordination for the staff team and serve as liaison to 5:00 Films & Media partners and clients.Partnered with the CEO and peers on the development, implementation, and management of the strategic and operational aspects of the annual budget.

“The most impactful, influential, and meaningful stories are told collectively by the people who live them.” -Emily Forbes: Founder, SeenitCommunity Generated Content for Purpose Driven Teams.Your Mission. Their Voices. Our Experience.Spearheaded the collaboration between award-winning creative teams at Seenit and 5:00 Films & Media to develop and bring to life social-impact-focused community-generated-storytelling for nonprofit, association, and corporate partners.Co-founder and regular host of Social Impact Supper Club, which brought together some of the most proactive, intentional, and influential leaders and rising stars across nonprofit, arts, corporate, and public sectors.Seenit Impact is a partnership initiative between Seenit and 5:00 Films & Media.

Served as Interim VP, Communications and Marketing, February - April 2013Directed critical projects and priorities of the department and Vice President of Communications and Marketing. Led a small, highly dedicated team to successfully navigate changes in several levels of leadership during 2013 and into 2014. Managed the Rebuilding Together brand through media events, digital and social media, content creation and management, cause marketing, communications strategy, and key media partnerships with HGTV/DIY Network, Meredith Corporation and others. Drove long- and short-term strategic planning and initiative execution for cross-organizational external and internal communications, marketing, brand management, web and social media, and change management, doubling digital audience in the first half of 2014.Managed a department budget of more than $2 million. Utilized by senior executives in an unofficial capacity as a crisis management resource. Brought in to save and manage endangered or failing projects.

TITLESAssociate Director, Major Events and Digital Strategies, Communications and Marketing: January 2012 - January 2013Manager, Special Projects, Communications and Marketing: January 2011 January 2012Manager, National Service Programs, Affiliate Relations: December 2009 - January 2011SUMMARYAnnually increasing levels of responsibility for critical communications and and cause marketing projects for national nonprofit and its network of affiliates focused on making low-income American homeowners safer, healthier and more independent in their own homes. Primary responsibilities included project management, including major million-dollar community rebuild projects and critical-project interventions, and innovating and delivering new digital communications strategies.Projects coordinated the efforts of more than 1,000 volunteers to rebuild homes and community spaces in US neighborhoods. Created systems and review process, trained staff to replicate and improve the new model, making it sustainable over timeKey partners included Lowe's, Sears, Scripps Networks Interactive, Meredith Corporation, CBRE, Crate&Barrel and moreMoved Rebuilding Together's social media strategy away from a broadcast strategy into engagement strategy. Originated and operationalized this new social media strategy, growing the organization's online impressions to more than 300,000 per week, increasing Facebook interactions by 40%, and more than tripling Rebuilding Together’s audience on Twitter in 18 monthsLed the re-development of Rebuilding Together's Disaster Recovery program. Served on the selection committee to choose the organization's first Director of Disaster Recovery.

Three month contract to develop 9 weeks of summer programming for kids and young adults at Allenberry Resort Inn and Playhouse in Boiling Springs, PA.

Visions is an international cross-cultural, community service, teen summer program that embeds groups of up to teens and adult staff in communities in the US and abroad, creating community through shared goals and reflection. Amazing program. If you have your summers off, I'd recommend applying (www.visionsserviceadventures.com)!Served as a multi-functional leader in a small collaborative office focusing on experiential education through construction-based community service projects.Personally led projects across the United States and abroad including Native communities such as Athabascan communities in Alaska; Northern Cheyenne, Crow, and Blackfeet reservations in Montana; Gullah/Geechee Sea Islands in South Carolina; the Carib Territory in Dominica; and Aboriginal communities in AustraliaDeveloped highly creative and adaptive project management plans to be fully and safely completed on a tight deadline with limited resources including time, money, supplies, and skills. Projects often changed at the last minute based on shifting priorities of the partner communities. Utilized community-driven projects as a cross-cultural bridge to valuing world cultures and teaching participants the value of service and respect for self and others. Projects were determined by the receiving communities to ensure their priority needs were met. Projects could be for individuals, shared resource centers, critical infrastructure, cultural and heritage centers, museum or school institutions.Navigated diplomatically across complex political and economic environments to ensure project and program successes Managed cross-organizational initiatives and projects including internal and external communication, online presence, and public affairsOversaw public affairs initiatives including newsletters, publicity, and recruiting events

Helped develop the programmatic and risk management components for the inaugural season of a program designed to provide young artists with an opportunity to immerse themselves in all aspects of life in a resident musical theatre company.