LevelUp.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.
My background spans executive operations, financial stewardship, governance and people leadership in nonprofit and advocacy organizations, including We Build Progress, Earthjustice and the Green New Deal Network.
I’ve partnered with executive leadership and boards, coordinated board meetings and staffed committees, developed organizational policies and modernized financial workflows. My experience also includes workforce planning and guiding teams through significant organizational change.
With LevelUp, you work directly with me: an experienced partner who can help you make the decisions and do the work.
HOW I 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 OPERATIONS
Implemented digital vendor payment workflows that eliminated in-person check signing, alongside accounting codes that distinguished activity across affiliated organizations.
PEOPLE & CULTURE
Designed and implemented an equity- and competency-based performance review process and a professional development policy to support more consistent people practices.
PLANNING & EXECUTION
Brought directors into the annual budgeting process and created a centralized finance and operations calendar to organize recurring responsibilities.
GOVERNANCE & PEOPLE LEADERSHIP
My experience includes coordinating board meetings, staffing committees and supporting the connection between governance and day-to-day operations. I bring structure to meeting preparation, decision follow-through and the partnership between leadership and the board.
I also bring experience in organizational staffing, workforce planning and significant transitions. That perspective informs how I help leaders align roles, capacity and resources while considering equity, clear communication and the people affected by change.
Discuss governance or organizational change ↗A CLOSER LOOK · PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
An example from my executive operations work supporting two affiliated nonprofits.
Coordinating finances, people practices and recurring responsibilities across affiliated organizations requires clear processes and careful stewardship. My work connected these areas through practical changes to how the organizations operated.
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 Support ↗BEFORE 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, improving a payment workflow, strengthening a planning process or developing people policies. 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.
Book a conversation, email me directly, or use the form below to prepare your inquiry email.
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