PROJECTS
• USS POTOMAC ASSOCIATION (Oakland). Conducted a listening campaign and wrote a strategic findings document. Designed and facilitated board retreat for 23 participants (2024).
FAMILIES IN ACTION (Oakland). Program assessment including interviews with staff and clients, recommendations for action, and internal and external foundational document drafts based on those recommendations (2024).
• 3Ls: THE ACADEMY (Oakland) Strategic planning, support with fund development, and coaching support for the Executive Director (2020 to present).
• LEAD BY LEARNING (Oakland). Funding strategy support and coaching for the Executive Director (2023 to present).
• MY OTHER BROTHER (Oakland). Funding strategy support and coaching for the Executive Director. Facilitated the organization's first strategic planning session (2023 to present).
• THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (New York City). Feasibility study for new program product, including interviews and recommendations (2016).
• RATO BANGALA FOUNDATION (Kathmandu, Nepal).
Project 1) Landscape analysis of Foundation’s work including interviews with staff and recommendations for action. Designed and facilitated strategic planning process (2015).
Project 2) Facilitated design of new initiative, including focus group and stakeholder interview process, development of the theory of change, and the creation of the program scope and sequence. Designed and facilitated capacity building workshops for Foundation staff (2016).
Project 3) Coached Foundation leadership in staff development (2015, 2016, 2019).
SELECTED FULL-TIME ROLES:
• ROGERS FAMILY FOUNDATION, Senior Program Officer (Oakland, CA).
• THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, Director, National Initiatives (New York, New York).
• EDUCANDO, Founding Director, LISTO (Mexico City, Mexico and New York, New York).
• RAISING A READER ALAMEDA COUNTY, Director (Oakland, CA).
• PUENTE A LA SALUD COMUNITARIA, Program Assistant (Oaxaca, Mexico)
• EDUCA, Program Assistant (Oaxaca, Mexico).
Sara facilitating a gathering of non-profit grantees