Housing Navigator MA is a statewide housing search platform connecting Massachusetts renters with affordable housing listings. I led product strategy and stakeholder alignment across a large, multi-organization ecosystem — coordinating partners with no direct reporting relationship while keeping the platform aligned with rapidly evolving state policy and community needs. Work included a full human-centered redesign of the core search experience, a cross-system data integration discovery initiative, and iterative roadmap management in a resource-constrained nonprofit environment.
Visit Housing Navigator MassachusettsFor my CNP certification, I produced a comprehensive applied management analysis of Housing Navigator Massachusetts — covering mission and values assessment, human capital strategy, program design, marketing and competitive analysis, financial management, and a full fundraising plan. The project synthesized frameworks from across nonprofit management practice and applied them to a live organization I knew from the inside.
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I served as the primary technical bridge for a $38M+ COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance program, coordinating across city departments, state agencies, federal oversight bodies, and community organizations under high pressure and shifting federal requirements. I managed development and operations of Salesforce-based platforms supporting case management and payment disbursement, while identifying operational and policy gaps that, once addressed, accelerated disbursement timelines and improved equity of access for vulnerable renters across Boston.
I provide ongoing strategic advisory support to a community education nonprofit in rural Oregon, focusing on grant strategy, funding evaluation, and organizational positioning. Work includes assessing funding opportunities against organizational capacity, advising on go/no-go decisions, and helping the organization build a sustainable and diversified funding base suited to its rural context and community mission.
Visit Elkton Community Education CenterI led federal and state proposal development at scale: approximately 40 bids per year, with individual pursuits up to $139M. I directed cross-functional teams across strategy, compliance, technical writing, and subject matter expertise, coordinating under tight government deadlines with zero tolerance for non-compliance. I also served as Documentation Team Lead, managing two direct reports and leading WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility initiatives; and as Project Manager, overseeing software release cycles for a SaaS learning management system.
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I worked with small businesses and nonprofits across the Pacific Northwest to help them compete for — and win — public and private grant funding. Much of my work focused on clients who were new to the grants process: I helped them understand the landscape, identify opportunities suited to their size and stage, and position themselves credibly before funders. I managed the full grant lifecycle, from RFP analysis and go/no-go strategy through application development, budget preparation, and post-award compliance. Equally important was the training and capacity-building side — teaching clients to write compellingly about their work, navigate federal requirements, and build the internal systems to sustain a funding strategy over time.
For my LBJ School master's thesis, I served as a consulting analyst for a rural nonprofit in southwestern Oregon that had grown organically into a community hub — library, teen employment, native gardens, amphitheater — but lacked a sustainable funding model. I conducted field interviews, reviewed comparable programs nationwide, and produced a strategic report with recommendations on program prioritization, grant diversification, and organizational management.
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