Functional Skills
Sector Experience
Experience
• Directed multiple private equity due diligence and investment thesis projects, evaluating scalability, growth potential, and operational readiness.
• Designed new business and revenue models for a national membership organization.
• Led a statewide systems analysis of career-connected learning to identify structural efficiencies and cross-sector collaboration opportunities.
• Orchestrated the merger of a 30-year-old nonprofit into a major research university, expanding educator reach 20x (impacting 2M+ students).
• Designed growth and diversification strategies for multiple higher education institutions, expanding workforce-aligned offerings and teacher pathways.
• Built a multi-year strategic and financial plan for a national nonprofit, doubling student reach within two years.
• Launched City Year 3.0, clarifying strategic direction and outcomes across student, school, and alumni impact areas.
• Co-led design of the National Partnership for Student Success, later endorsed by White House.
• Secured $60M+ in growth capital from institutional and individual partners to expand innovation capacity.
• Deployed $18M in growth capital to 15 high-potential social enterprises; managed cross-sector network of 1,000+ leaders.
• Mobilized $100M+ in aligned investment through funder and policy partnerships.
• Extended the fund's lifespan with $12M in new capital and national recognition for system-level innovation.
• Oversaw allocation of unrestricted growth capital to high-impact enterprises across education, health, and economic mobility.
• Designed innovative investment vehicles aligned with enterprise growth stages.
• Created Board and CDO learning networks reaching 200+ senior leaders.
• Co-authored Learning to Change the World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) with One Laptop per Child.