Scalewith soul
Professional Background
• $500M+ in charitable giving •
• $10M+ annual recurring revenue •
• Operationsscaledfrom scratch •
For more than 20 years, I’ve been in the business of building things: sales teams, growth strategies, operational systems, and impact. I’ve scaled startups into industry leaders, led organizations through major transitions, and developed highly aligned partnerships that generate win-win-win-wins. (Give us allll the wins.)
I hold an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Marketing and a BA in Intercultural Studies with a minor in Psychology, all fueled by an insatiable curiosity about humans and how they tick. My academic background shapes my approach to leadership: equal parts strategic rigor and psychological savvy.
As Chief Revenue Officer at the tech company Funraise, I built functions from the ground up, built growth engines to eight figure annual revenue, and helped nonprofits raise over half a billion dollars for their missions. Having joined the company when it was hardly more than an idea, the theoretical knowledge I had gained in business school was immediately refined in the fires of startup reality. My growth in leadership matched my rigorous experience, with 4 promotions over the course of 8 years.
Before that, I managed multimillion-dollar client portfolios at the London-based trend forecasting company WGSN and launched large-scale advocacy and fundraising campaigns with Invisible Children. Along the way, I’ve led teams of every size, navigated complexity, sharpened my keen aptitude for collaboration, and learned how to keep people and purpose at the center of growth.
Plumbline Story
• Finding (& re-finding) center•
After my first “real” job at a nonprofit startup, I was burned out. In pursuit of “world change” at a global level, I had become depleted.
My path to replenishment, as it always is, was kinetic. I began flipping old furniture, making the work of restoration tangible and playful. I called my company Plumb+Fiddle: a name that embraced harmony between work (symbolized by the plumb) and play (symbolized by the fiddle).
Fifteen years, a graduate degree, and a startup later…I found myself in familiar territory. Despite the worthiness of all the things I was pouring myself into, I was once again depleted. It was time to approach my work a little differently—and thus, Plumbline was born.
Plumbline Brand
• True growth •
A plumb line is a tool used to establish proper alignment when building. By indicating the natural vertical, the plumb line helps ensure a structure’s framework is built “true”— properly positioned to be sturdy and purposeful.
The pull of gravity on a plumb line is what creates a true vertical. Thus, its orientation to the center is what reveals where and how to build effectively.
As a brand, Plumbline is committed to the impact that arises from true alignment. Our work resonates with the kind of client who expects high quality and serious results while pursuing big ambitions. We relentlessly seek groundedness with a strong dose of boldness, knowing both qualities are needed to generate the enormous impact our clients are after. Because you deserve the confidence that you’ve found a partner who can dream big right alongside you—while also knowing how to turn your ambitions into tangible, high-impact realities.
