Deputy Executive Director of Operations at America Votes (2025-01 – Present)
Serve on the Executive and Senior Leadership Teams, providing enterprise leadership across organizational infrastructure, operations and strategy execution for a complex, multi-entity national organization with 100+ staff, across 13 states, a $24 million operating budget, and over $170 million in program grants. Partner across program and operational teams to ensure organizational priorities move forward regardless of where the work is anchored.
- Help executive leadership translate organizational priorities into clear goals, ownership and coordinated action across teams.
- Bring a cross-functional view to complex issues, identifying dependencies, surfacing risks and determining when an issue can be resolved within a team and when it requires executive attention.
- Build clear roles, decision-making structures and checkpoints that allow teams to move independently while maintaining alignment and shared accountability.
- Partner with leaders across the organization to anticipate what is coming, prepare for emerging needs and adjust priorities as circumstances change.
- Lead organization-wide planning and performance management systems that strengthen accountability, transparency and executive decision-making.
- Advise executive leadership and governing bodies on organizational risk, governance, financial stewardship and long-term sustainability.
- Oversee financial planning and resource allocation across a complex, multi-entity organization, connecting financial decisions to organizational priorities and capacity.
- Lead enterprise technology and systems governance, ensuring that security, compliance and technology investments support organizational goals.
- Develop and lead enterprise initiatives that require coordination across multiple functions, ensuring that teams stay connected to the shared outcome rather than only their individual piece of the work.
Chief Operating Officer (COO) at America Votes (2022-01 – 2024-12)
Led enterprise operations and administrative strategy during a period of rapid organizational growth, with responsibility for building the systems, structures and cross-functional practices needed to support execution.
- Led finance, HR, IT and compliance functions while partnering across the organization to align operational capacity with strategic priorities.
- Built cross-functional coordination and communication practices that improved leadership alignment and supported timely decision-making.
- Established clear policies, roles and operating practices that strengthened accountability while giving teams the clarity to make decisions and move work forward.
- Directed budgeting, forecasting and resource allocation to align financial decisions with organizational priorities.
- Strengthened internal controls, audit readiness and compliance systems while helping leaders understand and manage organizational risk.
- Advanced long-term organizational sustainability through integrated planning, resource alignment and risk mitigation.
Senior Director of Operations at Climate Action Campaign (2014-01 – 2022-12)
Joined Climate Action Campaign in a role that functioned as a Chief of Staff to the Campaign Director, supporting strategy, annual organizational planning, resource allocation and cross-functional execution. Over eight years, my portfolio expanded to encompass both programmatic and operational functions as my understanding of the work, players, partners and resource landscape grew. This perspective allowed me to connect internal teams, external partners and our fiscal sponsor, The Partnership Project, and align resources around shared priorities and impact.
- Advised three Campaign Directors on organizational priorities, resource decisions and cross-functional execution.
- Built a deep understanding of the organization's programmatic work, partners and broader field, allowing me to anticipate needs and align resources before issues became barriers to execution.
- Managed and aligned a $20M+ budget across multiple entities, with responsibility extending beyond budgeting to ensuring staff, funding and external partner resources were deployed where they could have the greatest impact.
- Prepared senior leaders for board and funder conversations — developing materials, anticipating tough questions and rehearsing presenters — while helping leaders move beyond presenting information to advancing organizational priorities and strengthening relationships.
- Connected program, operations, finance and external partners to clarify ownership, resolve issues and keep complex priorities moving regardless of which team anchored the work.
- Built a strong partnership with The Partnership Project, the organization's fiscal sponsor, helping develop operational practices that strengthened the relationship and became models for the fiscal sponsor's own work.
- Oversaw legal compliance, contracts and 150+ grants annually, ensuring strong stewardship of organizational and restricted resources.
- Strengthened organizational planning, reporting and coordination systems across multiple states, entities and partner organizations.
- Advised senior leadership on organizational risk, resource allocation, operational capacity and the implications of programmatic decisions.
- Develop and lead enterprise initiatives that require coordination across multiple functions, ensuring that teams stay connected to the shared outcome rather than only their individual piece of the work.
Operations and Engagement Specialist at Grassroots Solutions (2011-01 – 2014-12)
- Led client-facing operational projects, aligning execution with strategic goals and optimizing resource allocation.
- Conducted program evaluations and delivered data-driven recommendations to improve performance.
- Managed internal operations including office buildouts, systems organization, and training programs.
- Developed proposals, reports, and client materials supporting business development and strategy.
- Maintained organizational systems and databases to support cross-functional collaboration.
