Seasoned social impact professional with over a decade of experience in grants management, fundraising, sales and marketing, strategic planning, political and grassroots advocacy, community organizing, and leadership. A self-motivated team player with a proven aptitude for developing and implementing short and
long-term strategies, achieving measurable objectives and goals, and working with a wide range of internal and external constituents.
• Contributed to success of meeting $15 million private institutional fundraising goal this year
• Increased number of relationships with philanthropic intermediaries, major
foundations, and philanthropic advisors by 30%
• Host monthly donor briefngs, events, and convenings to highlight the work of
Way to Win and our grantees
• Develop high level strategy to engage and maintain relationships with donors
through an educational institutional membership experience plan
• Synergize cross-departmentally to identify strategies to raise political funds in
addition to nonpartisan funds
• Lead and supervise three-person grants department.
• Exceeded my goal of raising $4.5 million private institutional dollars each year,
as well as managed over 65 public contracts, totaling $60 million annually.
• Write and submit winning proposals to private and corporate donors and
government agencies
• Lead strategy to set annual fundraising goals and develop strategies for
success
• Work with individual, corporate, foundation and governmental funders to
increase support for agency support, program support, and real estate
ventures.
• Work with agency leadership to develop programs, objectives, budgets, and
proposals in line with our mission.
• Oversee grantmaking programs to families and individuals experiencing
homelessness, managing relationships with donors, grantees and program
staff
• Lead all institutional fundraising, including foundation grants, corporate sponsorships, and government contracts, bringing in more than 10 new funders and increasing institutional support by over $2 million.
• Lead cross-department work groups to implement grant tracking and monitoring systems
• Oversee grantmaking and sub-granting processes to partners and grassroots organizations
• Represent EQCA in cross-sector coalitions to bring an LGBTQ lens to issues such as immigration, education, healthcare, and religion.
• Advise the Program Director with advocacy and legislative programming.
• Supervise and manage workload of three Program Associates
• Manage portfolio of 30+ private and corporate foundations and government
grants, including solicitations, proposals, financial and narrative reports, and
tracking progress on grant objectives.
• Manage corporate sponsorship program for events, including developing sponsorship packets.
• Improved grants management systems, including database best practices, tracking progress to fundraising goals, and maintaining deadlines and timelines for grants.
• Conduct research to identify new corporate and foundation prospects and cultivate relationships.
East Hollywood Neighborhood Councilmember
Jun 2019 — Present
Governing Board Member; Co-Chair, Homelessness and Displacement Committee; Member, LGBTQ Ad Hoc Committee
Sister District
Feb 2021 — Present
Serve as regional lead for organizing phone banks for progressive candidates across the country
Planned Parenthood Young Professionals Network
Jun 2017 — Present
Engage in fundraising activities, advocacy, education, and event planning for Planned Parenthood Los Angeles