Provide executive-level advisory and fractional leadership to nonprofits, philanthropic institutions, and mission-driven organizations navigating growth, expansion, or strategic transition.

Design and validate new initiatives from concept through pilot, including impact metrics, operating models, and milestone planning.

Develop multi-year strategic roadmaps aligned to mission, sustainability, and measurable outcomes.

Lead communications strategy and stakeholder messaging for organizations entering new phases of growth or repositioning.

Support executive teams and boards in clarifying strategic direction and aligning operational execution.

Founded and scaled a first-of-its-kind nonprofit coding bootcamp providing free, stipended training to people of color from low-income communities and connecting graduates to high-growth careers as software engineers.

:: Developed a nationally recognized model for stipended workforce training tied directly to employer demand.

:: Built organization from concept to multi-city nonprofit operating in Boston, Philadelphia, briefly in Pittsburgh, and now in Portland, ME.

:: 85% of graduates found full-time jobs as software engineers, with salaries averaging $98,000 without prior experience, and without bachelor’s degrees.

:: Hired and led cross-functional teams spanning program, development, sales, and operations.

:: Partnered closely with board leadership on governance, strategy, and long-term sustainability.

:: Established a roster of employer partners that include Athenahealth, Wayfair, Humana, Constant Contact, Liberty Mutual, Homesite Insurance and others, to hire graduates as full-time software engineers.

:: Built and stewarded funding partnerships with The Boston Foundation, BNY Mellon, Google, Microsoft, Bank of America, the City of Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and dozens of others.

:: Featured in NPR, Xconomy, Fast Company, Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Boston Business Journal, BostInno, Venture Fizz, Hot 96.9, and others. Acknowledged by the White House (2016).

Recognized with multiple leadership and innovation awards.

Exploring industry-agnostic and nationally scalable training models for workers whose jobs are susceptible to automation, in the discrete skills they'll need to thrive in the AI-enriched versions of their fields.

What We Build With Power: The fight for economic justice in tech (Beacon Press, 2023). Part history book, and part manifesto, it's an urgent call for organizing shared strategies in order to disrupt the tech industry and move toward a more economically inclusive and equitable workforce. It was celebrated by other justice-minded activists.