Professional Experience
Interim Executive Director
Led turnaround of a critical child advocacy nonprofit, aligning programmatic, financial, and community strategies to restore trust and enhance impact.
- Built coalitions across government, legal, and nonprofit sectors to strengthen systemic support for vulnerable youth, while fostering a culture of learning and accountability within staff and volunteer teams.
- Mitigated compliance issues while fostering a growth-oriented staff culture and expanding community alignment with organizational goals.
- Acted as executive liaison with Board, court system, district government, funders, and leadership team.
- Renegotiated contracts with district agencies to right-size revenue streams.
- Implemented KPI-driven performance dashboards to monitor organizational health, grant compliance, and volunteer engagement.
- Key Outcomes:
- Strategically doubled board membership, enhancing diversity and skill sets.
- Resolved multiple federal grant compliance issues, leading to the unfreezing of federal funds across three major grants.
- Augmented organizational capacity by mobilizing volunteers to strengthen community engagement, partnerships, and fundraising efforts.
- Boosted volunteer recruitment, screening, and training, resulting in 200% more volunteers in FY25 vs. FY24.
- Doubled youth referrals, optimizing caseloads and amplifying the organization’s mission.
- Implemented staff performance management system, which included multiple sources of feedback, aligned professional development and supportive scaffolding for performance improvement.
Principal & nonprofit consultant
Supported regional and national nonprofits in strategic planning, systems design, and youth-centered program development.
- Partnered with executive teams of nonprofit networks to conduct comprehensive organizational assessments and clarify network strategic priorities.
- Managed complex projects and promoted operational excellence through tailored consulting engagements.
- Advanced equity for youth of color through co-creation of the TORCH Coaching Program for Omega Lamplighters, a culturally responsive mentoring model emphasizing identity, resilience, and leadership.
- Analyzed and improved data management approaches across a national network of affiliates to drive program fidelity and continuous improvement.
Director, Program Implementation
AARP Foundation Experience Corps – Washington, DC (Remote) | 2014 – 2023
- Led national initiatives across 23 affiliate programs, managing network relationships and implementing performance standards aligned with strategic outcomes.
- Identified and spearheaded network growth opportunities by cultivating external relationships, leading community organizing efforts, and providing targeted implementation support.
- Advanced equity in literacy programming through multi-site implementation models grounded in community sustainability.
- Developed and executed change management strategies to align local program implementation with research-based literacy models.
- Oversaw AmeriCorps and VISTA federal compliance, ensuring risk mitigation and accountability across multisite operations; Supported AmeriCorps programming with an emphasis on educational access, intergenerational mentoring, and community resilience.
- Supervised cross-functional staff, coordinated executive reporting, and contributed to strategic planning in collaboration with EVP-level leadership.
- Enhanced stakeholder engagement through targeted outreach campaigns and collaborative partnership building.
- Established data-driven evaluation protocols informing adaptive management and organizational growth strategies.
Director of Field Support
Communities In Schools (CIS) National Office – Arlington, VA (Remote) | 2004 – 2014
- Directed national support for a network of 180+ affiliates, aligning field operations with executive and board-level goals.
- Generated network strategy through creation and deployment of the Total Quality System (TQS), a performance management and improvement framework.
- Guided development of data tools and dashboards to drive systemic improvement and cultural alignment across diverse regions.
- Managed regional teams to implement change management and quality assurance strategies within local CIS programs.
