IMore than 15 years of leadership in foundation strategy, philanthropic investments, and capacity-building.  Significant experience in program strategy and development, grantmaking portfolio creation and evaluation, multi-partner project development and facilitation, staff supervision and coaching, organizational analysis and development, and public policy advocacy. 

 

My undergraduate in degree in journalism taught me to ask discerning questions, listen closely for the answers, spoken and unspoken, and to synthesize a lot of information to find the meaning and importance. It helped me develop the ability to see the big picture and overall systems at work and to understand the steps along the way that are needed for success. 

 

I went on to get a Master of Nonprofit Management (MNM) degree from Regis University, where I currently serve as Affiliate Faculty working to build the next cohort of leaders in the community by teaching organizational development, leadership and governance classes.

 

Previous positions include Vice President of Community Initiatives and Investments at The Women’s Foundation of Colorado where I led all of the foundation’s programs, including grantmaking, research, a leadership program, public policy and statewide engagement efforts.  Prior to that position, I was Senior Program Officer for the Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation.  In that role, I supported a family and its legacy of philanthropy, developing initiatives, providing proposal analysis and funding recommendations and developing the foundation’s infrastructure.  I started my career in philanthropy at The Denver Post as Community Relations Manager, managing the Season To Share holiday giving and grantmaking campaign as well as developing an employee volunteer program, educational curriculum on kids and philanthropy and establishing grantmaking programs in specific focus areas important to the newspaper’s community involvement.