Director, Community
I help founders, leaders, and community builders design ecosystems that accelerate both growth and impact. As Community Director at MassChallenge, I lead national engagement strategies connecting thousands of startups, mentors, and partners across key industries like climate, health, fintech, and security. I specialize in community strategy, leadership development, stakeholder engagement, and program design. My approach blends strategic clarity with human-centered leadership—helping you align your mission, strengthen relationships, and grow with confidence. If you’re scaling a purpose-driven startup or community and want a thought partner who can help you structure for impact, let’s talk.
I’ve hired and managed teams every year of my career—building two high-performing teams from the ground up. I can help you structure roles, clarify priorities, and create a culture where people thrive.
I’ve led national community strategy for thousands of founders, mentors, and partners. I help others design communities that foster real connection, value exchange, and long-term engagement.
I mentor emerging and experienced leaders to communicate with authenticity, make confident decisions, and build trust. My philosophy: lead people, manage systems, and stay anchored in purpose.
My approach blends clarity, compassion, and accountability. Together, we’ll identify limiting beliefs, align with your values, and strengthen the habits that sustain long-term growth and balance
I’ve built strategic partnerships with top organizations across sectors to drive visibility, value exchange, and brand growth. I can help you identify and design partnerships that elevate your mission and audience.
From thought-leadership to storytelling, I help founders and professionals clarify their narrative, position their expertise, and communicate it authentically—especially across LinkedIn and public platforms.
Sometimes you just need space to talk things through. I provide a calm, judgment-free environment to unpack challenges, reframe obstacles, and find perspective before deciding on next steps.
I built and launched a large-scale community platform from the ground up on Circle, onboarding 1,500+ members within the first three months. I’ve since led platform strategy, engagement design, and feature optimization to drive meaningful founder and mentor connections.
Led organization-wide adoption of HubSpot, including system design, data migration, and process alignment across multiple teams. Trained the community team as primary users and built workflows for relationship management, partner engagement, and performance tracking. Partner closely with the HubSpot for Startups team to optimize use.
As Community Director at MassChallenge, I design and scale programs that help startups grow faster through mentorship, partnership, and community. I lead the national engagement strategy across thousands of founders, experts, and partners in health, climate, fintech, and security.
Founded and scaled a mission-driven innovation center, developing strategic vision, operational infrastructure, and stakeholder engagement framework from concept to implementation. - Transformed community engagement strategy, scaling program participation by 500% (50 to 300+) through strategic outreach and innovative program design - Secured and managed resource allocation for mission-critical initiatives, optimizing budget utilization while expanding program reach - Developed metrics-based assessment tools to measure program impact, iteratively refine offerings, and demonstrate value to institutional leadership - Built collaborative relationships with external organizations, creating sustainable partnership ecosystem to support center initiatives - Led cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between center activities and organizational strategy, fostering institution-wide buy-in
- Created and managed high-impact experiential learning programs, increasing participant engagement - Developed program and classroom curriculum focused on human development and social innovation. - Served on strategic advisory committee to strengthen institutional identity and programmatic alignment
- Provided counsel, advice, and representation to clients with mental health disabilities and HIV/AIDS in a variety of public benefits issues including SSDI, SSI, Medi-Cal, and Food Stamps - Coordinated outreach to homeless shelters - Participated in task force/policy meetings with Social Services executives to address systemic public benefits issues
