Beaverton, Oregon, United States
I’m a development professional driven by a deep belief that fundraising is more than securing gifts—it’s about building trust, telling stories that matter, and creating systems that allow mission-driven organizations to thrive. At Equal Justice America, my focus is on strengthening and expanding the support that makes the organization's work possible. I build lasting relationships that sustain EJA’s mission and help ensure that more aspiring public interest lawyers can pursue careers serving low-income and underserved communities. At the Transition Resource Action Center (TRAC), I led a period of transformational growth: raising over $2 million in a single year, completing a $5.3 million capital campaign, and increasing donor retention from 19% to 45%. I also helped modernize the organization’s infrastructure—overhauling the website, cleaning up and optimizing the CRM, expanding digital engagement, and creating templates and SOPs that strengthened the team’s long-term capacity. I’ve built and stewarded partnerships with foundations, corporations, and individual donors; led successful community campaigns; and collaborated closely with program and leadership teams to connect impact data with donor storytelling. My approach blends strategy and empathy—anchored in the conviction that great fundraising begins with genuine human connection and a clear sense of purpose.
At Equal Justice America, I will focus on strengthening and expanding the support that makes the organization's work possible. I will work to build lasting relationships that sustain EJA’s mission and help ensure that more aspiring public interest lawyers can pursue careers serving low-income and underserved communities.
• Created event industry micro-business, generating $65,000 in annual sales. • Search engine optimized website to appear as first result on Google, going on 18 years. • Founded blog; post more than 40 in depth posts annually, on interfaith relationships.
During my tenure at TRAC—a nonprofit helping youth transition from foster care and homelessness to independence—I led a period of record growth, infrastructure building, and renewed donor engagement. • Raised over $2 million in a single year, setting new benchmarks for annual giving. • Completed TRAC’s $5.3 million capital campaign, laying the foundation for long-term stability and program expansion. • Increased donor retention from 19% to 45% through strategic stewardship and data-driven cultivation. • Generated $300K+ through TRAC’s signature annual event. • Grew North Texas Giving Day participation from 32 to 299 donors and revenue from $11K to $50K+ in one year through digital and peer-to-peer campaigns. • Built and managed a strong institutional giving pipeline, securing new foundation and corporate partnerships. • Expanded TRAC’s online reach, growing Facebook followers from 5 to 500 and boosting engagement across platforms. • Directed a complete website redesign, elevating brand storytelling and donor experience. • Implemented CRM and data best practices, improving accuracy, reporting, and stewardship efficiency. • Created SOPs, templates, and collateral for grants, donor visits, and impact reporting—ensuring long-term sustainability. • Partnered with leadership and program teams to align fundraising strategy with organizational priorities and to better communicate measurable impact.
• Conducted website audit and made suggestions for improvement • Prepared full social media campaign to share insights from The Book on Ending Homelessness on the occasion of its 5th anniversary • Compiled all third party video and audio, and recommended which should be shared on the website
Led a decade of growth and transformation, building Housing Forward’s first sustainable development and communications infrastructure. Created new funding streams, including the $4.5M Flex Fund, and secured the organization’s first United Way grants ($513K). Partnered across sectors to strengthen Dallas’s homeless response system, launch the State of Homelessness Address, and elevate public awareness around housing equity and racial disparities. • Created and raised millions of dollars for the Flex Fund, which pays for minor but impactful expenditures that can help a person end their homelessness. The fund, now $4.5 million per year, serves as a linchpin of Housing Forward’s housing programs, serving 3,100 individuals. • Established close relationship with United Way, winning organization’s first ever United Way funding, for four different programs totaling $513,000. • Increased number of annual Homeless Count volunteers from 300 in 2015 to 1,750+ in 2020. • Created first-ever non-government funding pipelines, cultivating and soliciting 30+ grants from corporate/foundation donors, today generating hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. • Spearheaded structure of development functions, which were previously underdeveloped. • With CEO, founded annual signature event of Dallas’ homeless response system, State of Homelessness Address, today attended by 650+ people. • Transformed the narrative in Dallas on the vital role of an effective homeless response system, through press, events, relationship-building, blog, website, social media, e-news. • Brought awareness of overrepresentation of African Americans in Dallas’ homeless population (60-70%), and the critical need to address it, to the forefront. • Founded blog, posting 50+ posts, annually, on evidence-based homelessness solutions; developed e-newsletter, with 6,000+ subscribers. (2014-2015 - Development Manager, 2015-2020 - Development and Communications Director)