Experience

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  St. olaf college

  Jan 2000 - May 2003

  Student ambassador

  -Supervised Admissions Office phoning program of 25 paid staff to recruit prospective students -Executed recruitment through high touch contact with prospective students & their families (face-to-face, on the phone, and via email and mail correspondence). -Hosted honored guests and distinguished alumni and gave personalized tours of campus

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  Jdj bachalski

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Teacher & regional program coordinator

  Engaged high school students as volunteers for the Edukacja Bez Granic program. Edukacja Bez Granic encouraged high school students with foreign language skills (English & German) to volunteer as tutors for unemployed Polish people. The goal? For volunteer work to contribute to lowering the unemployment rate (which was 30% in the Województwo Lubuskie province of Poland at the time). In addition, taught English as a Second Language (ESL) in Gorzów Wielkopolski.

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  Yale divinity school

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  External relations student ambassador

  Selected for student work in External Relations, to keep graduates well-informed about all aspects of life on Sterling Divinity Quadrangle at Yale Divinity School.+Liaised with Alumni Board in support of Annual Fund development, and involving prestigious alumni in planning their reunions, resulting in 41% growth of alumni participation in 2007 +Served as the Convocations & Reunions Coordinator, recruiting & managing a team of 50 volunteers and 35 staff, and administered Summer Term, liaising with returning alumni, faculty & staff+Named 2008 Student Employee of the Year Top Student Nominee from Student Employment Office of Yale University Show less

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  The episcopal church center

  Sept 2006 - May 2007

  Intern

  Interned at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City, particularly the national Office of Women's Ministries.+Supported the work of Anglican Women’s Empowerment (AWE), through which women leaders from throughout the Anglican Communion engaged with the Anglican Consultative Council and the UN Commission for the Status of Women +Supported Beijing Circles, a dialogue effort dedicated to advancing the principles pursued at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women

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  National council of churches

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2007

  Prospect researcher

  -Served as lead prospect researcher on project team to raise funds for the National Council of Churches’ Faith & Order 50th Anniversary Conference-Researched prospects for the Development Office through using the Foundation Directory Online and liaising with foundation representatives-Made recommendations about potential donor matches and provided feedback on the case statement-Met the goal of providing 100 student scholarships to attend the 50th Anniversary conference in July 2007

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  Institute for the future

  Jun 2008 - May 2017

  Research director, ten-year forecast

  Advisor on future trends and disruptions for cross-sector clients: corporate, government and philanthropic. +Served on Leadership Team as decision-making member of six-person executive team for 49-year-old Silicon Valley-based organization with $12M budget and 47 person staff+Excelled at relationship management with clients & key stakeholders, ensuring successful project delivery +Amplified community impact, leading Future for Good (IFTF’s flagship fellowship program), and the IFTF Cities Lab Show less

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  The mcconnell foundation

  May 2017 - Apr 2022

  The McConnell Foundation's mission is "building better communities through philanthropy." More here: https://www.mcconnellfoundation.org/+Lead author of winning grant proposal for $3.9 million to build an Urban Park & Lighted Pedestrian Pathway in downtown Redding+Cultivated relationships with CDEs & CDFIs to garner New Markets Tax Credit allocation for the Shasta College Community Leadership Center in downtown Redding+Partnered with community based organization to secure $1 million in Clean Mobility Options funding to bring ebikeshare to downtown Redding+Selected by Council on Foundations for Career Pathways, a national leadership development program for the philanthropic sector Show less Responsible for grantmaking and investments to catalyze the revitalization of downtown Redding, with a lens on lessons for the broader North State. +Partnered to win $24 million from Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities grant to build a Net Zero mixed-use development with urban greening, bike and pedestrian facilities, and bikeshare program. This public-private partnership was featured as an exemplar in 2019 Annual Report for California Climate Investments+Secured $10.3 million from California Department of Housing & Community Development to build Center of Hope Apartments—a permanent supportive housing development for community members who are at-risk of homelessness—together with community partners +Administered annual grantmaking budget to accelerate the impact of local nonprofit organizations such as our Main Street America organization +Served on development team of 4 to oversee projects--ranging from adaptive reuse to new construction to historic restoration+Engaged audience of 10,000+ via social media and 1600+ on Downtown Dispatch enewsletter Show less

  • Senior Program Officer for Community Vitality

    Dec 2020 - Apr 2022

  • Program Officer for Community Vitality

    May 2017 - Dec 2020
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  Institute for the future

  Sept 2022 - now

  Chief operating officer

  Our mission is to help organizations, communities and leaders become future-ready. Our vision is a world that systematically harnesses long-term thinking to create more equitable and sustainable societies. Institute for the Future is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization based in Palo Alto, California. We were founded in 1968, so we have outlived our Ten-Year Forecasts many times and just celebrated our 56th year. More at: https://www.iftf.org/home/