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I am so happy you found me working at my dream job – serving as an independent consultant to philanthropic organizations around the country. I am incredibly blessed to partner with smart; passionate people who are doing their best to meet the needs of individuals who are at the margins of society and to make this world a better place. I love helping mission-oriented organizations and their leaders define, design, and implement the most effective strategies and programs to achieve their goals.
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Bio
I am an independent consultant partnering with philanthropy leaders around the country to craft, promote, and implement the very best strategies for effective grantmaking, capacity building, and program impact.
Since 2003, I’ve been blessed to work with innovative, influential, and mission-driven organizations, including Fund for Shared Insight, The Center for High Impact Philanthropy, the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, The Bridgespan Group, and Eagles Youth Partnership, the philanthropic arm of the National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles.
From 1997 to 2003, I had the privilege of co-founding and managing Redefine Alliance (formerly REDF), a social venture capital fund that works with a portfolio of employment social enterprises. Prior to REDF, I was a manager at a national healthcare nonprofit and a management consultant. I also co-founded Boston Cares, and helped start a social-mission driven company, called Dayspring Partners, in San Francisco. I am currently Lead Ambassador for the Listen to Community initiative and a Senior Fellow at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy. I serve on the Board of Directors for Listen4Good, the Board of Managers of Evergreen Lodge and Rush Creek Lodge, and Firefall Ranch in Yosemite; and the Redefine Alliance (formerly REDF) Advisory Council.
In all my roles throughout the years, I have focused on developing effective philanthropic strategies; evaluating program effectiveness; measuring philanthropy’s social impact; and building the capacity of the nonprofit sector. From 2014 - 2026 I served as managing director of Fund for Shared Insight, a collaborative of some of the nation’s largest funders dedicated to improving philanthropy by engaging funders in listening to shift power to community, guiding and facilitating operations, communications, grantmaking, evaluation, and more.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, I attended Punahou School; graduated from Harvard University magna cum laude with an AB in Social Studies focusing on urban poverty and homelessness; and earned my MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. I live in the “big heart, small town” of Narberth, Pennsylvania with my family and our bichon-beagle Chloe. While I am often happily immersed in the world of effective philanthropy, I also enjoy playing tennis, cooking and eating yummy food, and worshipping at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral.
I look forward to the opportunity to help your mission-oriented organization meet its goals, care for people, and better the world in which we live.