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DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT INNOVATION PROGRAMS
Professional Summary

Entrepreneurial, purpose-driven team leader who has worked at the intersection of public policy, philanthropy, and media to build organizations and campaigns that deliver social impact

Skills
  • Mission-driven program development
  • Social impact campaigns
  • Strategic communications and media
  • Urban policy
  • Public sector innovation
  • Leadership development
Work History
Director, Government Innovation Programs03/2010 to Current
Bloomberg Philanthropies – New York, NY
  • Developed $400 million global portfolio on urban innovation and city leadership—growing from first grant in 2011 to supports for over 300 cities through grant, technical assistance, and education programs in 2020.
  • Established premiere leadership development program for mayors and senior city officials through partnership with Harvard Business and Kennedy schools. So far, 160 mayors and counting have matriculated through year-long program.
  • Delivered high-impact, multi-city innovation initiatives in diverse geopolitical contexts, including: digital-transformation initiative with chief digital officers in 18 European capitals; development program for 100 Indian cities in partnership with Prime Minister Modi; 12-city Israeli civic innovation program launched by President Rivlin; 9-city U.S. Economic mobility initiative in partnership with Gates Foundation and Ballmer Group; and Latin American urban innovation program whose ideas—coming from Santiago, Medellin, and Guadalajara—are spreading around continent.
  • Created foundation's premiere ideas competition, the Mayors Challenge, which has taken place in US (2012, 2018), Europe (2014), and Latin America (2016).
  • Launched CityLab, a leading urban summit that every year attracts thousands of city leaders, urban technologists, academics, and journalists to its host cities, which have so far included Paris, London, Los Angles, Washington D.C., Detroit, New York City, and Miami.
  • Facilitated successful acquisition of CityLab news channel from Atlantic Media and established unique partnership between Bloomberg's news and media divisions, and the philanthropy, around property.
  • Created Bloomberg Cities Network, located at bloombergcities.jhu.edu, a network of thousands of local government innovators worldwide focused on using data, resident engagement, and design to develop and deliver better services.
  • Co-designed and -managed $70-million investment aimed at helping 25 cities advance transportation- and building-sector reforms to reduce carbon emissions.
  • Led Foundation's national response to Covid-19, quickly standing up programs that enabled local leaders in more than 300 U.S. cities to act early, nimbly, and decisively as crisis evolved.
Senior Advisor01/2020 to 03/2020
Mike Bloomberg 2020 – New York, New York
  • · Advised candidate on city policy and government reform
  • · Oversaw national policy communications, including roll out for campaign's criminal justice, housing, infrastructure, and jobs plans
  • · Led successful mayoral engagement program that generated 160+ endorsements from mayors
Communications Director03/2006 to 02/2010
NYC Office Of The Mayor – New York, NY
  • Responsible for overseeing all communications for Administration during Mayor Bloomberg's second term.
  • Led roll outs of major policy initiatives focused on improving public health, closing Times Square to vehicular traffic, shuttering low performing schools, addressing climate change, and recovering from the Great Recession.
  • Led the Administration's work with all editorial boards, opinion writers, magazines, and community news outlets.
  • Served as key member of the mayoral crisis management and response team.
  • Created NYC Service, which became a new approach for city government to harness the power of volunteers that spread to cities across the U.S.
Associate Commissioner03/2002 to 03/2006
NYC Department Of Homeless Services – New York, NY
  • Served as head of corporate communications and intergovernmental affairs for public agency with $600-million annual budget and more than 2,000 employees.
  • Implemented strategic communications program that secured unprecedented support for controversial reform agenda from employees, stakeholders, and media.
  • Authored Mayor's nationally recognized five-year plan to end chronic homelessness.
  • Implemented aggressive stakeholder engagement and media relations campaign that was pivotal to ending 20-year litigation against city.
Education
Bachelors of Arts: English1994University Of Washington- Seattle, WA

Currently taking graduate economics courses at, , New York City

No Degree: Currently Taking Graduate Economics CoursesThe New School- New York, NY
Affiliations

World Economic Forum, Global Cities Council, 2019-Present

Cities of Service, Board of Directors, 2010-2020

World Design Capital, Judge, 2019

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • Mike Bloomberg 2020
  • NYC Office Of The Mayor
  • NYC Department Of Homeless Services

School Attended

  • University Of Washington
  • The New School

Job Titles Held:

  • Director, Government Innovation Programs
  • Senior Advisor
  • Communications Director
  • Associate Commissioner

Degrees

  • Bachelors of Arts : English 1994
    No Degree : Currently Taking Graduate Economics Courses

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