Nonprofit Executive, Board Governance Expert, Advocate for the Arts, Parks, and Recreation.

I am an experienced interim CEO, non-profit governance expert, and change agent with a passion for leading organizations through times of transition, turbulence, and transformation. As a strategic and hands-on leader, I don’t just advise from the sidelines—I delve deep into organizations, assessing what’s working, what’s not, and what’s possible. I thrive where the stakes are high, the challenges are complex, and the opportunity for impact is significant.

Over the last decade, I have held multiple executive and interim executive roles, served in board leadership, and advised boards and executives for organizations delivering programs and services for a range of sub-sectors—including parks and recreation, childcare, arts and culture, education, STEM, human services, and political advocacy.

Non-profit Management and Business Administration・ Turnaround Strategy & Strategic Planning・ Change and Crisis Management・ Board Governance and Operations・ Financial Stewardship ・ Public Communications ・ Strategic Planning

CURRENT

Interim Executive Director | June 2024 - Present
Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center
Inspiring people to eat healthy, sustainably grown food & to steward our natural resources for future generations. Farm, education, native plants, and more!

Adjunct Professor, Governance | 2024 - Present
Seattle University, Arts Leadership MFA Program
Seattle University's Arts Leadership MFA degree delivers the creativity, community, entrepreneurship, innovation, and management skills to lead in the arts.

Board President, 2024 - Present, Board Member, 2022-2025
Associated Recreation Council→ -
Inspiring engagement and participation in equitable, dynamic, culturally relevant, and responsive recreation, childcare, and lifelong learning

Senior Associate, Interim Executive Services | 2021 - Present
Valtas Group→
Valtas specializes in social sector leadership, supporting nonprofits through times of transition and capacity building.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

  • Techbridge Girls→ Co-Interim CEO | June 2023 - June 2024
    Re-engineering STEM education for Girls

  • On the Boards→ Interim CEO/Executive Director | Aug 2022 - May 2023
    Contemporary theater investing in artists and connecting their vision to forward-thinking audiences.

  • Pottery Northwest→ Interim CEO/Executive Director | Oct 2021 - Sept 2022

    Building a creative community through clay.

  • Kirkland Arts Center→ Interim Development Director | 2021
    Creative clay and visual arts center in the city of Kirkland.

  • ShoreLake Arts→ Interim Executive Director | 2020-2021
    The primary arts organization for the City of Shoreline and Lake Forest Park, cultivating creativity and inspiring the community through arts education, public programs, and advocacy.

  • Eastside Human Services Forum→ Executive Director | Sept 2021 - Dec 2023
    Creating a stronger and more equitable network of health and human services in east King County.

  • Parkour Visions→ Executive Director | 2017-2020
    Helping people overcome limitations through parkour, movement, and play, with partners including King County, Seattle Parks & Recreation, and Garfield Superblock.

  • The Art of Retreat Leadership & Education →Co-Director, Founder | 2015 - 2025
    Developing leadership and promoting education within the parkour and natural movement community, reaching 35+ countries through an annual conference.

  • Womens Parkour Movement→Executive Director, Founder | 2010 - 2019
    Providing resources to leaders to support women in learning parkour and connecting to the community. The annual gathering encourages women to explore and play in public spaces and places, hosted by different cities each year.

  • The Movement Creative→Co-founder, Past Partner | 2011 - 2017
    Improving the lives of others through movement education and programming. Partners included NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, NYC Department of Transportation, New Museum, NY Hall of Science, Institute of Play, TEDx, Tribeca Film Festival, First Park Alliance

PAST BOARD SERVICE

PAST PROFESSIONAL WORK

VOLUNTEER & PRO BONO

Every year I donate approximately ~100 hours of pro-bono consulting services to small non-profits, supporting governance education, strategic planning, human resource needs, small management projects, and more! If you are interested in my pro-bono services, and your organizations is around $500k or less, shoot me an email!

SELECTED WRITING

”Moving Beyond Performative Diversity in Executive Hiring”→
These are simple and effective measures your organization can take that will help move you from public affirmations and feel-good statements to actually living and operationalizing your commitments to DEI. Most

“Public Statement from Pottery Northwest on Roe v Wade; why an Arts organization is speaking up.”→
As an Arts leader and life-long maker, I see and believe in the essential role the Arts plays in the march toward collective liberation…

Movement For All: A Call to Courageous Action→
#MovementForAll is a declaration that play is a human right, necessary for whole health — both for the individual and the collective.→



“As an Arts leader and life-long maker, I see and believe in the essential role the Arts plays in the march toward collective liberation:

Through the Arts we tell our myths and stories, personal and universal, modern and ancestral. Through the Arts, we build bridges that connect us to other identities and experiences–bridges that help us to recognize that all of our human struggles are intimately connected. Through the Arts we cry out against injustice, shake foundations, and offer a balm for healing. Through the Arts we weave beautiful visions of the future — a future where all of us are able to live into our full humanity.” (Link)