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Truckee, California, United States

iFoster is a national non-profit serving children and youth in foster care and those aging out of care. iFoster works to ensure that every youth growing up outside of their biological home have the resources and opportunities they need to become successful, independent adults. iFoster is the largest community in foster care with over 70,000 members supporting over a quarter of a million of system-impacted children and youth annually.

Management executive for the Bridgespan Group, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps nonprofit and philanthropic leaders in developing strategies and building organizations that accelerate social change.Non-Profit Organization engagements include:• Non-profit strategy and business planning including intended impact and theory of change, strategic priorities, regional and national growth and replication,performance metrics and outcome assessments• Redesigned operations and optimized organization structures including decision-making to align with growth strategies for NPOs• Developed sustainable funding models, annual and multi-year budgets including effective cash management and identification of public and philanthropic funds• Managed and advised client executive teams, Board members, Foundation investors • Advisor and coach to CEO and executive teamPhilanthropic Foundation engagements include:• Defined foundation values and guiding principles, change-maker approach, and grant-making philosophy• Designed foundation executive office, including developing new roles of chief admin officer, chief talent officer, defining executive decisions, clarifying roles in decision-making• Defined grantor/grantee relationship, grant-making processes and knowledge & learning, communications (internal, external, advocacy)• Advisor and coach to CEO and executive team• Selected clients include: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, American Society on Aging, First Place for Youth, Self-Enhancement Inc., Purpose Built Communities, Schwab Charitable TrustThought Leadership:• Bridgespan’s Youth Development practice strategy development• Bridgespan cash management toolkit for non-profits• “The State of Ecosystem Services” white paper• Harvard Business Review “Natural Capital" blog series

- Strategy and corporate restructuring consultant to Board of Directors and Executive Management of publicly traded companies- Client work has included: spin-off of subsidiary for IPO, Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, merger of like-sized companies, acquisition and integration of companies, corporate strategy development, organization and operational re-engineering

- P&L responsibility for a $550M global high tech business (BCC)- Executive responsibility for the overall direction and vision including: business strategy and business plans, product roadmaps, and business p&l- Line responsibility for business strategy and effective execution of strategies and business plans through the implementation of a comprehensive business management system including balanced scorecards, performance measurement, efficient operational processes, and clear identification of cross-functional roles and responsibilities- Previously VP eBusiness & IT for 3Com responsible for moving over 90% of 3Com's business online across 64 sites including a design-in platform for shared R&D between 3Com and its partners (i.e. Dell, HP, Flextronics)

- Client acquisition and revenue generation responsibilities for the San Francisco office of a global, top tier management consulting firm- Area of expertise: business strategy development, business transformation, m&a strategy and integration/divestiture, and eBusiness exploitation- Clients: Fortune 100 companies in high tech, telecom, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and finance/banking

Mba, Strategy & Marketing, Attended On Scholarship

Bsch, Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Highest Honors, Canadian National Science And Research Scholar