Seattle, Washington, United States
Experienced government relations leader and policy strategist with more than 20 years of cross-sector experience spanning project management, policy analysis, legislative processes, jurisdictional partnerships, and engagement with lawmakers and government agencies. Skilled at facilitating relationships between organizations, elected officials, and government agencies at state and local levels. Proven success in team leadership and coalition building. Committed to outcomes-focused policy solutions that advance equity and thriving communities.
Supports the implementation of the Community Reinvestment Program (CRP). Coordinates CRP-related policy and legislative activities; supports CRP’s community relations and stakeholder engagement efforts to ensure CRP is community-driven; provides technical communication coordination.
Led the policy and advocacy work of the Foundation for Tacoma Students. Focused on policy change and implementation that addresses the structural barriers and disconnects between high school, higher education, and our workforce systems.
Accelerated the progress of the Graduate Tacoma movement through a national grant. In collaboration with consultants, external partners, and staff, helped to plan, coordinate, report project progress, and see through results.
Designed and executed annual grant program strategies in early childhood development, K-12 and post-secondary education, and environmental justice; and stewarded grantee relationships in a diverse portfolio of community-based organizations with a focus on organizational capacity development.
Helped to achieve program success through the effective management of a 15-person Operations Team responsible for all budgetary planning and monitoring, communications, contracting and procurement, and all administrative and logistics issues.
Supported the successful implementation of foreign assistance programs through the provision of project management support in the areas of budget planning and monitoring, communications and reporting, consultant recruiting, and contractual compliance.
Partnered with World Vision Albania in contributing to activity design including setting goals, determining milestones, allocating resources, creating monitoring and evaluation standards, and in evaluating the five-year impact of World Vision’s programming.