Primary strategic officer at the nation’s largest scholarship fund for LGBTQ+ students in higher education; leading staff in creating innovative leadership development programs and providing funding to the most promising LGBTQ+ students.

Supervised and implemented all strategic and operational activities for the international media-based non-profit in order to accomplish the organization’s mission and expand its reach throughout the world. Created digital media campaigns to increase organizational presence on television, print and social media. Served as organizational representative at major events, with corporate supporters, and at conferences. Managed staff and budget, maintained current programs, developed new initiatives, and oversaw fundraising with corporate, foundation and individual donors.

Procured and trained volunteer attorneys and legal professionals throughout Los Angeles County. Secured, tracked and recorded over 30,000 hours, or more than 10 million dollars worth, of volunteered legal services for children in out of home care. Supervised a corps of at least 10 in-house volunteers at all times and managed the organization’s summer internship program.

Worked with private, non-profit and government service providers to increase public awareness of domestic violence in LGBTQ relationships. Made presentations to the legal and lay communities on domestic violence and the LGBTQ community and appropriate responses, remedies and resources at conferences, events, and CLE seminars. Developed and instituted free legal clinics for victims of intimate partner violence at community based organizations. Represented the organization on two task forces and sat on two family court advisory committees. Represented low-income survivors of domestic violence in the Kings and Bronx County courts on family offense, custody and visitationpetitions. Researched and drafted petitions, motions, affidavits, and trial examinations.

Researched, wrote and edited a nationally circulated publication on judicial independence and the importance of constituent participation in state judicial systems. Created a web-based directory where constituents could access the judicial history of current and potential state Supreme Court Justices, upcoming judicial elections and recent appointments.