Shaady Salehi Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project is a collaborative advocacy effort to make trust-based practices the norm in philanthropy. Recognizing the inherent power imbalance between foundations and nonprofits, we believe philanthropy will be more successful, rewarding, and effective if funders approach their work with grantees with a goal of building mutual.

Color Congress is an ecosystem-builder that is committed to organizations led by people of color that serve nonfiction filmmakers, leaders, and audiences of color across the United States and US islands. We are a membership organization that includes film festivals, artist support and narrative change entities, micro cinemas, filmmaker collectives, and.

www.skyview-strategies.com

Providing big picture strategies and practical tactics to social sector organizations looking to launch a project, actualize a big idea, raise their visibility, or influence the field in creative ways. Specializing in media, nonprofits, and philanthropy. Services include: strategic planning, communications strategy, targeted publicity campaigns, and.

San Francisco Bay Area

Mission Minded is a branding agency that works exclusively with nonprofits. We believe that a brand that sets you apart is essential to a nonprofit’s success. Every day we guide nonprofits to uncover the big, bold idea that will attract more people to their work. Because in today’s world, a worthy mission is not enough. You’ve got to communicate what makes.

San Francisco Bay Area

• ITVS funds, presents, and promotes award-winning documentaries on public television and beyond. As a key member of ITVS's senior management team, I led the Distribution & Impact department, comprised of 11 staff.
• Successfully built a new department that previously did not exist, including redefining staff roles, hiring new positions, and establishing a cohesive… Show more ITVS funds, presents, and promotes award-winning.
• Successfully built a new department that previously did not exist, including redefining staff roles, hiring new positions, and establishing a cohesive departmental vision
• Led annual planning, budgeting, and key performance indicators for the department
• Served on the senior management team, informing decisions related to organizational development, diversity & inclusion, staffing, office policies & systems, and internal communication
• Served as a spokesperson for the organization’s impact and distribution work, including participating in interviews with industry press

San Francisco Bay Area

• Active Voice is a media strategy organization that specializes in using films as a tool to advance movement building and social change. As an intermediary organization, Active Voice's specialty was to work with social.
• Oversaw and maintained organizational budget
• Responsible for overarching organizational strategy, fund & business development, staffing structure, communications, and evaluation
• Maintained relationships with partners at the Ford Foundation, Participant Media, the Aspen Institute, and other nationally recognized organizations
• Provided high-level consultation to film producers, media organizations, and foundations regarding using storytelling for social change Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

• Oversaw and managed all social issue film campaigns, including staff and task supervision, deliverables, partner and client relations and final reporting
• Worked with Executive Director to track trends in the field and map out organizational strategy, business model and development of new initiatives
• Developed new business and funding prospects
• Served as editor-in-chief of all Active Voice publications, including discussion guides, toolkits, and organizational… Show more
• Served as editor-in-chief of all Active Voice publications, including discussion guides, toolkits, and organizational collateral
• Led internal brand-building, peer learning, and communications Show less

• Directed staff, consultants and interns in the development and implementation of film campaigns, including major releases like Food Inc. and The Visitor
• Led, facilitated, and analyzed results from cross-sector strategy meetings about the social impact potential of nationally distributed documentaries
• Built partnerships with major think tanks and advocacy organizations, including the Brookings Institution, the ACLU, Amnesty International, and National League of Cities
• Carried… Show more
• Carried out development of newsletters, brochures, discussion guides and web content Show less

M.S., Strategic Communications

M.A., Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Middle Eastern/South Asian Research Cluster Winner of Feminist Essay Prize

B.A., Anthropology

Graduated with High Honors