WHAT I DO: I’m a marketing professional with a passion for giving back to my community. I have cross-industry experience in agency, corporate, consulting, and nonprofit settings that I adapt to build and manage high-impact programs and projects, compelling messaging, and lucrative partnerships at every level. I love to be part of something at its infancy and watch it grow and flourish.HOW I DO IT: I’m recognized for my ability to envision the bigger picture, create and execute a plan, and stick to a timeline for anything from a fundraising event to a branding campaign. During my early-career days working in PR for IT, I developed a talent for learning new technologies, services, and products quickly, to simplify complexity in ways that anyone could understand. I built upon that skill as a consultant for startup companies and use it to my advantage in working with corporate partners.WHAT MOTIVATES ME: Making a tangible impact on the stakeholders I work with and for is a key driver for me. Seeing a budding nonprofit take root in the community with a new grant and helping a startup launch its disruptive product or service offering in the marketplace is rewarding and inspiring. HOW I GOT HERE: I restarted my career a few times through two relocations, which took creativity, flexibility, and resilience as I adapted to different methods, technologies, and processes for working. One constant through each phase was volunteering and supporting the community, which evolved into my current professional role in the nonprofit sector.