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Overall financial oversight for Proteus Fund, a progressive foundation, and Proteus Action League, a c(4) grant-making organization. Manage both organizations' combined $44MM budgets; support the Finance and Audit committees of the boards, supervise a Finance office of 4 staff members, oversee the annual budget process, and the annual audit process. Proteus Fund is an intermediary foundation that makes approx. $27MM in grants annually, and provides general management services to roughly 15 fiscally sponsored programs and 6 donor advised funds. PAL is a c(4) organization that makes approx. $1MM in lobbying grants per year, and provides general management services to 3 FSPs.

New York, Ny, Us

• Oversight, analysis, planning and leadership of the Drug Policy Alliance (501(c)3) and Drug Policy Action (501(c) 4)’s fiscal, budgeting and financial reporting functions; develops and implements financial policies and procedures• Manages both organizations' combined $18 million budget, targeted for 10% annual growth and prepares consolidated annual agency budget and administrative department budgets• Ensures that all IRS regulations governing non-profits and other laws, rules and regulations are being followed. Coordinates annual IRS Form 990 for the c(3) and c(4) and NYS and CA filings.• Oversees DPA’s cash management and investment strategy. Works with the Board's Investment Committee to implement investment strategy. • Oversight of all human resource issues including recruitment, hiring, training and retention, and handling the compensation and benefits packages of DPA staff.• Reviews and approves expenditures to ensure compliance with budget and efficient use of funds; ensures maximum receipt of potential funding and revenue• Oversees the development and implementation of internal controls to safeguard financial assets• IT management: Oversees all technology programs and initiatives and supervises all hardware and software support, ensuring data integrity and security• Oversight of facilities for 8 offices throughout the nation. Managed acquisition (purchase, financing and construction) of an office condo that serves as the headquarters in NYC. • Oversee campaign reporting and election law compliance for various state political action committees, ballot initiative committees and a federal political action committee.• Oversight of the Events Management functions of the organization, including the biennial Reform Conference with 1,500 attendees.

Directed, administered, and coordinated the activities of the agency in support of policies, goals and objectives in conjunction with the Executive Director and the Board of Directors. Supervised the Finance, Contracts Management, Facilities, Information Technology and Human Resource departments of the agency. This included: • Participated in formulating and administering agency policies and developing long-range goals and objectives.• Reviewed analyses of activities, costs, operations, and forecast data to determine department progress toward stated goals and objectives.• Planed, developed, and implemented new programs and ideas with Department Directors and Executive Director.• Directed the preparation of short-term and long-range plans and budgets based on broad agency goals and growth objectives.

• Responsible for the direction, management, evaluation, and quality assurance of a technical assistance department that provided services to AIDS housing programs, AIDS service organizations and person living with HIV/AIDS.• The creation, administration and provision of programmatic and fiscal oversight of a portfolio of 7 contracts;• Direct provision of technical assistance services to local and national AIDS service organizations with program development, quality assurance and proposal writing.• Development and oversight of continuum of services, including property management, training, outcome evaluation (in collaboration with Columbia University), fiscal capacity building, conflict resolution, and workshops for consumers;• Supervision of 15 staff;• Serving on the agency’s senior management team;• Development and writing of proposals and the negotiation of contract agreements;• Submission of reports and data• Appointments to the NYC Health and Human Services HIV Planning Council’s Housing/HOPWA Advisory Group and Data Committee;• Collaborated with the AIDS Housing Network on advocacy Strategies.

Ba, Psychology

Masters, Nonprofit Administration