World Federation of Neurology

Aug, 2025 - Present  •  1 yr 2 mos  -  Freelance

Serve as a consultant to the World Federation of Neurology (WFN), acting as a strategic liaison with the World Health Organization (WHO) on matters related to global brain health policy and neurology. Monitor and assess WHO meetings, consultations, and technical groups to determine where WFN engagement can have the greatest impact. Facilitate participation of leading neurology experts from across the globe and provide leadership with concise, strategic briefs that translate WHO discussions into actionable opportunities for WFN initiatives. This role supports the alignment of WFN programs with evolving global health priorities and strengthens neurology’s presence in international health policy forums.

The Healing NET Foundation

Mar, 2025 - Present  •  1 yr 7 mos  -  Full time

Brought on to scale the organization for next generation of growth. Lead the strategic direction and operational management of a national nonprofit dedicated to transforming care for neuroendocrine cancer patients and caregivers, bridging gaps in clinical education, patient support, and community collaboration.
• Strategic Revenue Growth: Exceeded quota for increased organizational revenue by 51% within eight months through strategic fundraising and events, sponsorships, and donor engagement initiatives.
• Performance Metrics Implementation: Established comprehensive metric systems to measure program performance, fundraising impact, and stakeholder engagement across all organizational initiatives.
• Digital Marketing Excellence: Amplified social media presence by 143% and increased subscriber list engagement by 28% through targeted campaigns and enhanced content strategy.
• Program Strategy & Execution: Direct program strategy, planning, and execution, including global clinical education initiatives, patient support resources, and collaborative partnerships with healthcare providers, advocacy organizations, and industry stakeholders.
• Financial Stewardship: Oversee financial stewardship, budgeting, and grant management to sustain and expand mission-driven programs while ensuring fiscal responsibility.
• Fundraising Leadership: Drive fundraising growth through national partnerships, sponsorships, donor cultivation, and signature events, consistently exceeding annual revenue goals.
• High-Impact Program Management: Lead transformative programs including the NET Nutrition Counseling Initiative, rural patient outreach, and the annual NET Specialist Global Meeting bringing together 100+ experts from around the world.
• Strategic Communications: Expand organizational reach through strategic communications, branding, and marketing campaigns, strengthening presence in the NET and oncology community.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage and steward Board of Directors, advisory councils, and volunteers, ensuring alignment of mission, metrics, and organizational performance standards.

American Migraine Foundation & Global Patient Advocacy Coalition

Apr, 2021  –  Jan, 2025  •  3 yrs 10 mos  -  Full time

Create, oversee, and implement a diverse range of intricate projects crossing national and global boundaries within various industry sectors, with a focus on life sciences and healthcare, to fulfill corporate social responsibility objectives while addressing pressing public health initiatives.
Highlights:
• Emerging Advocates Training Program: Spearheaded 2021 advocacy training program launch, successfully graduated 500 advocate leaders for outreach efforts, a 541% increase in two years.
• Migraine Fitness at Work™: Execution of cutting-edge online workplace education platform to global corporations. Program serves as the first-ever large-scale, company-wide workplace headache education and evaluation program with 3204% ROI.
• Education in Headache to Healthcare Providers in Africa: Plan and execute annual global education congress to clinical experts focusing on education in headache for underserved regions of the world.
Key Responsibilities:
• Full Project Lifecycle: Oversee full project life cycle ownership: successful advocacy and education project delivery to include full implementation from initiation to deployment for migraine and headache disease.
• C-Suite Negotiations: Demonstrated ability to work effectively in international settings with multi-cultural C-level executives and with technical and administrative staff and consultants, with high ethical standards to facilitate program implementation and build corporate partnership.
• Stakeholder Management: Drive programmatic taskforce and committees by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and meeting project OKR's.
• Account Management: Day-to-day project and account management and community development fostering collaborative efforts with a variety of strategic and affiliate partners involved in intricate projects and sales accounts; including clinical trial collaboration, digital tools and clinically led patient resources.
• Drive Organization Mission: Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives and organizational mission, goals, and standards to address health care gaps. Work with life sciences partners, medical centers, research sites and healthcare systems.
• Data Analysis & Metrics: Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test, and deployment management activities.
• Process Optimization: Establish practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization.
• Recruitment: Manage recruitment and ongoing engagement of volunteer patient advocates for organizational deployment; including patient recruitment via data analysis of patient registries, EMRs and other sources.
• Financial Oversight: Oversee financial activities of managing projects, including budget preparation, monthly financial records, payment of invoices, and annual giving strategy and management.