About me

I’m a marketing communications leader with more than 25 years of experience building high-performing teams and achieving breakthrough brand influence, audience activation, and revenue growth in service to ambitious social good.

I’m known for asking the tough questions, defusing tense situations with humor, and bringing a calm “everything’s figureoutable" energy to every team I work with. As a function leader, I artfully bridge my business-world superpowers into the unique demands of the nonprofit sector, from curating powerful insights to inform smart growth and scalable impact to building growth marketing engines that accelerate financial resilience. As a tech-savvy innovator, I’ve led a half-dozen digital transformations that have reduced operational friction, enabled efficient audience segmentation, and achieved double- and triple-digit gains in marcom productivity and performance.

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As a trusted executive advisor, I build strong relationships across functions and bring a valuable big-picture-meets-pragmatism lens to executive teams. With a track record of transforming underutilized or transactional marcom teams into powerhouse partners, I foster psychologically safe, collaborative work environments that encourage innovation and resourcefulness.

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Inside my writing and visual design craft, I remain an unapologetic champion of audience voice and lived experience, with training in asset framing, equitable storytelling, and accessible digital experiences. I’ve led marcom teams in education, public health, climate mitigation, freshwater stewardship, equitable college access, and sustainable/equitable urban development. I’ve also led award-winning community engagement campaigns that have advanced more equitable, community-centered policy and infrastructure.

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On a personal note, I’m mom to my adult daughter, Lydia, and the coolest cat around, Benny. When I’m not helping nonprofits change the world, you can usually find me taking on a new skill far outside my comfort zone or hiking unreasonable distances and elevation in the mountains.