Projects

I love collaborating with thoughtful, mission-oriented organizations and individuals who are passionate about finding the most effective ways to care for people and the world in which we live.

CURRENT AND RECENT PROJECTS:

Current Projects

Serving as managing director of Fund for Shared Insight, a donor collaborative pooling financial and other resources to improve philanthropy

Writing a series of white papers for the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund on effective giving practices for donors and their families

Evaluating the effectiveness of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s capital aggregation strategy

Serving on the Advisory Council of REDF, a social-venture capital fund

Serving on the boards of two social-mission driven destination resorts in Yosemite, Evergreen Lodge and Rush Creek Lodge

MY SKILLS (a sampling)	EXAMPLE PROJECTS
Building effective philanthropic strategies	Developed a framework for scaling innovation at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Evaluating the effectiveness of programs	Produced the Eagles Eye Mobile Proof of Concept for the Eagles Youth Partnership
Performing field scans	Conducted a landscape analysis of funders capacity-building practices for Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Designing, moderating, and speaking at conference sessions	Ran “Strategy + Measurement = Impact: A Practical Guide to Measuring Impact” at the Mission Investors Exchange conference
Planning and facilitating forums	Organized “Donor Education Seminar: Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Families” for the Center for High Impact Philanthropy
Guest lecturing at business schools	Delivered “Performance Management in the Nonprofit Sector” at the Haas Business School, UC Berkeley
Writing articles, case studies, book chapters	Contributed “Capacity Builders” chapter in book, New Frontiers in Philanthropy: A Guide to the New Tools and Actors Reshaping Global Philanthropy and Social Investing