Projects
Mission-Aligned Training & Stakeholder Convening
Training & Convening
United Nations Population Fund
The Philippines
I had the pleasure of co-creating and delivering a three-day training in Theory of Change as a part of the partnership between The UNFPA and the Center for Theory of Change. Our team then led a two-day consultation between the UNFPA team and their stakeholders in the Philippines, as well as a final session to debrief and consider how best to turn that two weeks of experience into the UNFPA’s 9th Country Programme. Prepping the session gave me the opportunity to dig deeper into Theory of Change methodology and the Filipino historical and current geopolitical context so that we were developing the most useful framing for the team and stakeholders
Other Case Studies:
Strategizing, Developing, and Managing Change
Operations and Knowledge Management
Endeavor TBD
Baltimore MD
As Studio Manager—a hybrid Chief of Staff and Director of Operations—I had the opportunity to partner with Endeavor TBD’s founder and CEO to capture the best practices of the consultancy “studio” as it serves the socially-vested. I created SOPs, project managed the consultancy’s internal operations, distilled practices to fit the consultancy’s needs, and streamlined E.TBD’s onboarding processes. I was also focused on telling the consultancy’s story in a digital Statement of Capabilities and writing proposals for potential engagements.
Program Design and Implementation
CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth
Summer Publishing Internship
Baltimore MD
Working with the visionary founder of CHARM Lit Mag, an organization dedicated to amplifying the voices of Baltimore City youth, I developed a programmatic mission and vision tied to that of the organization as a whole, then built the framework for the Summer Publishing Internship: a woven structure of on-site intern engagement and a parallel workforce skills curriculum, culminating in a capstone reflection on their experience. Finally, I led the advisory board through discussions about the best ways to bring their networks to bear in finding entities and individuals with whom to partner.
Institutional Strategy and Development
Lillie May Carroll Jackson Public Charter School
Baltimore MD
My contributions as a co-founder of the Lillie May Carroll Jackson School—where our vision centered on seeing each student and their families as agents of transformational change— began by writing the Case Statement for the initiative when it was just an idea. As it gathered momentum, the effort gave me the opportunity to work within a shared leadership model to ensure that each student had an education that would open up her future in ways informed by the 7 years of research, development, and community engagement our working group put into the process of crafting the school’s mission, staffing structure, and curriculum. We then constructed an operational plan and policies to align the school’s daily practice with that mission. The resulting final charter application was over 200 pages and was the first charter ever granted to a secondary school. To support the school’s continued success, I wrote grants and made proposals that resulted in $950k in funds for the school before it had even opened its doors. At the same time as the conceptual work advanced, I was deeply involved in scoping physical sites and engaging with community organizations. LMCJS opened in the fall of 2015 and thrives to this day.
Program Strategy, Development, and Direction
Leadership & Entrepreneurship Institute
Roland Park Country School
Baltimore MD
As a leader of strategic and tactical change, I started with my understanding of each student as a powerful agent of change to create the Leadership & Entrepreneurship program at Roland Park Country School. After researching the most successful models in the country, I designed the program to harness community partnerships and collective best practices toward real impact. Leading a group of 12-15 teachers, I supported our collaborative development of our vision, along with the strategy and operational model to complement it. As the founding director, I launched this new program that centered faculty /student / community collaboration and co-creation; the Institute’s offerings engaged over 300 students a year, and connected them with a wide variety of Baltimore-based mentors and partners. To support the program’s continued success, I built partnerships, budgets, and fundraising approaches in coordination with admissions and development staff—and collaborated with the Communications team, writing for quarterly magazine updates, promotional pieces, and social media. Two years after we launched the program, it was endowed as The Gore Leadership Institute.