I’m the person you call when something essential doesn’t exist yet and nobody knows how to build it. I create operational infrastructure, translate chaos into something people can actually work with, and hold together what would otherwise fly apart.

I’ve been a Chief of Staff, a Director of Operations, a founding hire, a co-founder, a community builder, an attorney, an event producer, and a writer. The titles change. The work doesn’t. I walk into a situation, figure out what’s missing, and make it real.

I’ve done this at corporate law firms and boutique consultancies, at early-stage startups and scrappy nonprofits, in a residential community I helped run for two decades, and on stages built for 10,000 people. I bring my whole self to the work—the legal training, the operational instincts, the strategic thinking, and yes, the wit and the warmth—because the best organizations are run by people, not personas.

I’ve never followed directions very well, but that’s because I’ve always known how I wanted to do things, so I’ve just gone with what I know. I made it through college and law school, passed the bar in two states, and then quit the law altogether. I haven’t taken a test since. Except a drug test, but only recently, and it was pretty straightforward.

WHAT I DO

  • Build and lead operations across multiple entities simultaneously: governance, policies, financial systems, legal coordination, HR, and organizational infrastructure

  • Operate effectively in ambiguous, high-change environments where priorities shift, structures are emerging, and clarity has to be built rather than inherited

  • Translate complexity into clarity for leadership, teams, investors, and external partners

  • Navigate complex stakeholder dynamics with discretion and steady judgment, maintaining trust and momentum when organizational clarity is still being formed

  • Manage financial operations: budgeting, cash flow forecasting, expense approval workflows, payroll, and regular financial reporting to leadership

  • Coordinate with external counsel on corporate legal matters including settlements, acquisitions, entity structuring, and regulatory compliance

  • Adopt and implement quickly, learning by doing, building fluency in real time, with systems from financial platforms to project management to AI-assisted workflows

  • Develop organizational policy, draft institutional messaging and investor-facing materials, and write the documents that move decisions forward and hold organizations accountable

WHERE I’VE DONE IT

Integrity AI Holdings

Director of Operations at a multi-entity AI startup (two C-corps and one 501(c)(3)). Built all operational, financial, legal, and HR infrastructure from inception as the first hire.

omnibus!ness

Founded in 2013. An independent consultancy providing strategic operations, communications, and event production for mission-driven clients including legal practitioners, startups, agencies, and nonprofits.

Event Production

25+ years delivering corporate events for 10 to 10,000 people for clients including Samsung, Google, T-Mobile, IHG, and CVS through agency partners including Jack Morton, Agency EA, and Iris Worldwide.

BCG BrightHouse

Purpose and strategy writer at Boston Consulting Group’s creative consultancy, authoring vision statements and values frameworks for C-suite audiences at clients including the UN, BCG, and Chevron.

The Telephone Factory Lofts

Community and operations manager in Atlanta, maintaining full occupancy and building genuine community across hundreds of residents over two decades.

Paws Between Homes

Co-founder and executive director of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing temporary foster care for pets of families in crisis, building all systems from inception.

LifeLine Animal Project

Community engagement manager at Atlanta’s largest animal shelter and rescue organization, creating the role from scratch and tripling program size in three years.

Shearman & Sterling / King & Spalding

Transactional attorney handling corporate work for companies like Citibank, Marriott, and Anheuser-Busch.