Much of my career has taken place at the intersection of ambitious ideas, complex realities, and early-stage fundraising. I’ve worked on initiatives where certainty is limited, timelines are long, and establishing early trust between funders, partners, and implementers is essential.

I approach these relationships by helping partners understand what is truly possible, aligning expectations early, and maintaining momentum as conditions evolve. My focus is on translating complex concepts into clear, decision-ready narratives that funders and stakeholders can use as reference points throughout a project’s lifecycle.

Credibility before scale
I prioritize substance, transparency, and follow-through to build trust early. This is especially important when projects are new, technical, or politically sensitive.

Alignment over optimism
I work to align capital, technical feasibility, and execution realities before momentum outpaces what delivery can support.

Long-horizon stewardship
I stay engaged beyond initial commitments, recognizing that the strongest partnerships extend well beyond a single project or funding cycle.

Year: 2022
Budget: $15M USD
Timeline: 17 months
Partners: Construction for Change; BVI Recovery & Development Agency; HDR Inc; Expedia Group; BVI Ministry of Education

This project required sustained stakeholder and funder confidence as technical, political, and delivery conditions evolved in a highly visible national context.

Following catastrophic damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Elmore Stout High School—the only public secondary school on Tortola—was rendered inoperable. Its redevelopment was designated the British Virgin Islands’ highest national infrastructure priority, placing the project at the intersection of urgent public need, political visibility, and capital accountability.

The challenge was not simply rebuilding a school, but restoring confidence: aligning government priorities, technical feasibility, funding constraints, and long-term operational sustainability in a post-disaster environment where certainty was limited and timelines were compressed.

My role centered on shaping the project’s early partnership and funding ecosystem. This included helping establish the initial working partnership with the BVI Recovery & Development Agency to define a viable redevelopment pathway, recruiting Expedia Group as a funding partner to support early planning and execution readiness, and engaging HDR Inc as a philanthropic technical partner to contribute pro bono design and planning expertise.

Alongside partnership development, I served as the operational and coordination lead aligning government agencies, funders, and technical teams around a shared planning and decision-making framework. My focus was translating post-disaster urgency and technical complexity into a funder-credible path from uncertainty to implementation readiness.

Years: 2018–2022
Sites: 15 distributed installations
Capital Deployed: $465K
Partners: Construction for Change; Sextant Foundation; Expedia Group; Clinton Global Initiative; Project HOPE; Digicel Foundation; Rocky Mountain Institute; FEMA

This initiative required sustained partner confidence while deploying climate infrastructure across multiple jurisdictions with varying regulatory, logistical, and recovery conditions.

Hurricanes Irma and Maria exposed the Caribbean’s deep vulnerability to centralized power systems, severely disrupting recovery efforts across multiple islands. Reliable electricity quickly became a gating factor for healthcare, education, communication, and community coordination.

The Caribbean Solar Resilience Initiative focused on deploying distributed solar systems at schools, medical facilities, and community centers. These sites serve as critical refuges during emergencies. The objective was to pair immediate recovery needs with long-term climate resilience, delivering infrastructure that could operate independently when the grid failed.

I supported the coordination and delivery of a multi-island solar program spanning 15 sites across four jurisdictions. My role focused on aligning funders, technical standards, and local partners to ensure systems met FEMA and Rocky Mountain Institute resilience recommendations while remaining feasible within post-disaster constraints.

This included recruiting and working with philanthropic and corporate partners to maintain momentum across staggered installations, navigating permitting and procurement challenges, and ensuring that technical solutions aligned with on-the-ground operational realities.

Years: 2022–2025
Capital Deployed: $300K
Partners: Routt County Economic Development Council; 30+ local businesses and nonprofits

This venture required building trust, revenue, and partnerships simultaneously without institutional backing or guaranteed capital.

Steamboat Social Club was launched as a community-centered coworking and innovation hub designed to foster connection, creativity, and cross-sector collaboration in a small mountain town. The goal was to translate principles from global development work (shared ownership, inclusion, and sustainability) into a locally rooted, revenue-supported social enterprise.

The challenge was building a viable organization from zero which required establishing credibility, securing partners, and generating recurring revenue while balancing financial discipline with community purpose in an early-stage setup.

I founded Steamboat Social Club and served as the operational and strategic lead from inception through transition. This included developing the operating and revenue model, initiating and stewarding partnerships with local government, nonprofits, and businesses, and building systems that could support growth without compromising mission.

My focus was on early-stage execution aligning stakeholders around a shared value proposition, translating community needs into a sustainable business model, and maintaining momentum through ambiguity until the organization reached operational stability.

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These moments capture the essence of my professional journey— from architecting scalable systems and leading organizations through periods of rapid growth, crisis response, and strategic transition. I've guided startups, nonprofits, governments, and global coalitions in standing up new operating models, funding structures, and multi-region delivery platforms that accelerate impact. Each image represents a chapter in my commitment to this work.