Brooklyn, New York, United States
Founder & CEO of WALTER, building market-based solutions that connect resource recovery with job creation in underserved communities. Built WALTER from the ground up in Brownsville, Brooklyn—raising capital, launching operations, structuring partnerships, and developing a workforce model in a highly constrained urban environment. Previously spent 20+ years with ATD Fourth World working alongside communities facing extreme poverty across Peru, France, Burkina Faso, and the United States. Led international programs, participatory research with Oxford, advocacy at the United Nations, and partnerships with the World Bank and UNICEF. Brings together deep field experience, institutional partnership-building, venture creation, and operational execution—reinforced by an NYU Stern Executive MBA. Builds and scales market-based models that turn environmental challenges into pathways to dignity and economic opportunity.
Working and Learning Together Electronics Recycling (WALTER) is a benefit corporation that creates green jobs to overcome poverty and exclusion in Brownsville, NYC.
Overseeing Projects development, HR and finance (Budget, revised forecast). Keep the Board of Director engaged and updated. Support strategic planning.
Overseeing development of grassroots programs and international advocacy at the United Nations. Lead participatory action research with Oxford University on the experience of poverty in the US. Consulting on participatory approach to design programs with people impacted by persistent poverty.
Training development for emerging leaders at the Center for Social Policy at UMass Boston in partnership with the College of Management (UMass-Boston). Workshops and International Seminar to capitalize the experience of governance of ATD Fourth World over 20 years.