STRATEGIC THINKING. HANDS-ON LEADERSHIP.
Fractional COO leadership for small nonprofits and growing organizations ready for their next chapter.
Bring clarity to your finances, structure to your systems, and support to the people moving your mission forward.
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THE SPACE BETWEEN VISION AND EXECUTION
When every decision comes back to you, growth can feel like more work instead of more impact. I help founders and nonprofit leaders connect strategy with the financial, people and operational systems that make it possible.
HOW I HELP
Bring me in as an ongoing thought partner and operational leader, or for a focused project with a clear scope.
A senior operations partner for organizations that need executive capacity on a flexible basis.
Build a clearer picture of your resources and the processes that keep your organization running.
Create the structure teams need to work well together and navigate what comes next.
MEET YOUR OPERATIONS PARTNER
I founded LevelUp to help mission-driven leaders build organizations that work as hard as they do.
I’ve served as a chief operating officer, chief financial officer and governance leader across nonprofit and advocacy organizations, including We Build Progress and the Green New Deal Network, with departmental leadership experience at Earthjustice. My work spans affiliated 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations and fiscally sponsored projects.
I’ve directed multimillion-dollar budgets and liquidity strategy, built operating infrastructure from the ground up, and helped boards turn decisions into clear responsibilities. I’ve also led management-side bargaining and guided financial, staffing and operational transitions—including an organization’s wind-down.
I bring an equity-centered, practical approach to leadership: listening closely, making complex decisions clearer and building systems people can actually use. I support small nonprofits and growing organizations, and help individuals translate their experience into a confident career story.
I’m a Washington, DC native and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
With LevelUp, you work directly with me: an experienced partner who can help you make the decisions and do the work.
Diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and justice are core to my work—not separate from how an organization makes decisions, supports people or uses its resources.
I help leaders ask whose perspectives are missing, where processes create barriers, and how power and accountability are shared. The aim is practical systems that respect people’s dignity and support the mission.
That means listening to the people affected, making expectations transparent, and considering access needs from the start.
EXPERIENCE THAT INFORMS THE WORK
Selected examples from my nonprofit leadership roles—the experience I bring to LevelUp engagements.
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP
At We Build Progress and Progressive Caucus Action Fund, I devised a $4.5 million investment and liquidity strategy, moving idle cash into money market investments and Treasury ladders with maturities aligned to operating needs.
BUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP
As Green New Deal Network’s first operations lead, I built its people and financial infrastructure and directed partner-funding systems supporting more than $23 million in re-grants to state partners.
STRATEGY & RESOURCE ALLOCATION
At Earthjustice, I managed a roughly $6 million annual departmental budget and built a framework combining mission priorities, political context and resources to guide 2024 electoral investment planning and inform 2026 preparation.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WORK
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Explore selected workCONTINUED LEARNING. PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
My experience is complemented by formal study in project delivery, nonprofit finance and leadership.
GOVERNANCE & PEOPLE LEADERSHIP
I’ve redesigned coordination across affiliated boards, established executive and development committees, and led bylaws and articles amendments through ratification. My work includes secure board reporting, resolutions, written consent processes and inter-entity cost-sharing agreements. I also served as Board Secretary for Earthjustice Action.
I’ve designed staffing structures and people policies, led management-side bargaining, and co-led negotiations for Green New Deal Network’s first ratified collective bargaining agreement. During its wind-down, I led financial and operational closeout, staff transitions and closure communications. That experience informs how I help leaders make consequential decisions with clarity and care.
Discuss governance or organizational changeA CLOSER LOOK · PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Financial and governance leadership across We Build Progress and Progressive Caucus Action Fund, with roughly $4 million in combined annual operating budgets.
Affiliated nonprofits need a shared strategic direction and clear boundaries around how each entity makes decisions and uses resources. My work connects financial planning, board governance and people leadership so those responsibilities are built into everyday operations.
Experience connecting financial stewardship, people systems and implementation. Together, we can identify where your organization needs more clarity and build a practical plan for getting there.
This example reflects my employment experience and informs my approach at LevelUp.
Discuss your operations prioritiesA CLEAR PLACE TO START
We talk about your organization, your priorities and where you need support.
We agree on a focused project or ongoing partnership, with clear scope and expectations.
We turn priorities into decisions, systems and a practical path for your team.
FOR YOUR OWN NEXT CHAPTER
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Explore Career SupportBEFORE WE CONNECT
A fractional Chief Operating Officer provides senior operational leadership on a part-time or scoped basis. I help connect strategy with priorities, resources, people and execution, with an engagement shaped around your organization’s needs.
Small nonprofits, founders and growing organizations that need experienced operational support. You might be building your first formal systems, navigating change or finding that too many day-to-day decisions fall to one leader.
Yes. A focused project can be a useful starting point—for example, building a cash forecast, strengthening board decision processes or defining a staffing structure. We’ll define the scope and deliverables together.
We begin with your priorities and agree on the responsibilities, working cadence and scope of support. That gives us a shared understanding of what I’ll own, how we’ll collaborate and how we’ll assess progress.
They depend on the scope, complexity and level of involvement. After an initial conversation, we’ll agree on the work, fees and timing before an engagement begins.
No. Start with what feels difficult: unclear ownership, a process that keeps breaking down or a priority that never seems to move. We can use that conversation to identify a useful first step.
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER STARTS HERE
Tell me a little about your organization and where you need support. Let’s find the right place to start.
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