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Organizations

UNH Interoperability Labs

2023-2025 | Durham, NH

Associate Director

A $9.5M nonprofit technology lab with a dual mission to provide industry services and workforce development through hands-on STEM learning for 80+ university students employed at the lab.

Website: iol.unh.edu

Portfolio:

Core Responsibilities:

  • Development: Led marketing, development strategy, and annual plan for six programs with a combined $8M annual income target earned through memberships, sponsorships, consulting, and grant-funded initiatives.

  • Stewardship: Strategic portfolio management of 165+ institutional members ($25k-$35k) each and 30k individual memberships; implemented a cultivation and stewardship model; maintained an 80%+ renewal rate.

  • Marketing: Created communications campaigns across digital platforms (social media, public media, email), speaking engagements, PR, and events; combined content marketing, storytelling, and demographically targeted outreach to deepen constituent engagement.

  • Brand Management: Leading a rebranding effort for launch in Fall 2025, including messaging, visual identity, and website redesign to increase constituent engagement, cultivation, satisfaction, and service outcomes.

North Shore Community College

2022 to 2023 | Danvers, MA

Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship

Developed and taught a mission-focused curriculum on social entrepreneurship and small business growth, highlighting entrepreneurship as a means for community benefit.

Website: northshore.edu

Core Responsibilities:

  • Curriculum Development: Covered core topics such as market opportunity analysis, business planning, fundraising, cash flow management, product development, and go-to-market strategy.

  • Mentoring: Mentored students on connecting personal purpose with practical applications of entrepreneurship.

Veterans Administration

2022-2023 | Boston, MA

Career Coach/Advisor, Veterans Care Program

Took a two-year career break to support a trauma-informed program helping veterans with mental health challenges find supportive employment. Veterans CARE Program is a collaboration with VA Boston, Social Finance, and the Tuscaloosa Research & Education Advancement Corporation.

Website: socialfinance.org (for program overview)

Core Responsibilities:

  • Outreach: Provided individualized outreach and career coaching for 20+ veterans experiencing barriers to employment, including homelessness, substance use, physical accessibility, CORI records, PTSD, MST, and TBI.

  • Multidisciplinary Teamwork: Partnered with clinical and community service teams to design and deliver coordinated care plans that addressed mental health needs, employment readiness, and access to supportive services.

Online Learning Consortium

2013-2017 | Boston, MA

Chief Operating Officer

$6.5M nonprofit organization advancing digital education through eLearning, consulting, conferences, events, publications, and membership.

Website: onlinelearningconsortium.org

Portfolio:

Core Responsibilities:

  • Leadership: Directed development and fiscal strategy for a $4.5M annual budget; increased income by 12% first year by prioritizing development on high-margin, high-impact, mission-aligned programs.

  • Program Management: Oversaw a diverse program portfolio of 80 eLearning courses, six annual events with up to 5,000 attendees, 700+ institutional memberships, 30,000 individual memberships, consulting services, and sponsorships.

  • Marketing: Led a full organizational rebrand; implemented multi-channel communications campaigns using content marketing via social media, public media, email, and events to deepen constituent engagement and elevate visibility.

  • Grant Development: Secured and managed institutional development to expand program reach to underserved communities. Secured and stewarded funding from the Gates Foundation, SUNY, and the Open Education Consortium.

abConsulting Agency

2012-2023 | Newburyport, MA

Marketing and Development

A niche marketing fulfillment consultancy supporting for-profit and nonprofit organizations in building multi-channel income streams through strategic marketing, integrated communications, and constituent development.

Website: abconsulting.agency

Portfolio:

Core Responsibilities:

  • Interim Management: Provided interim management for implementing effective development, marketing, customer service, and cross-functional operations to generate and sustain revenue, create program value, and to improve the customer experience.

  • Multi-Channel Communications: Led hands-on initiatives in communications, brand development, and content-driven engagement across email, social media, webinars, blogs, and events.

  • Increased constituent engagement and conversion rates through storytelling and messaging that improved conversion rates, and aligned messaging with client missions and values.

  • Brand Management: Led rebranding initiatives that refreshed visual identity, enhanced storytelling, and strengthened fundraising appeal, resulting in brand visibility and increased constituent engagement.

  • Clients: Include Sophos, Twilio, Salesforce, The Christian Science Monitor, Online Learning Consortium, Our Community Salutes, and many others.

Yellowbrix, Inc.

2005-2011 |Alexandria, VA

Director of Sales, Marketing and Development

A $6M private content aggregation company providing syndicated news and content for corporate, government, education, and nonprofit markets.

Portfolio:

Core Responsibilities:

  • Development: P&L responsibility for 100% of new and recurring revenue.

  • Directed development and marketing functions with accountability for a $5M revenue goal, increasing institutional renewal income from 65% to more than 80%.

  • Personally cultivated and secured high-value partnerships generating 30% of annual income such as Merck, Verizon, Bloomberg, and Bank of America.

  • Marketing: Developed and led communications, go-to-market strategies, awareness campaigns, and prospect acquisition using content marketing, webinars, email marketing, event marketing, and sponsored events.

  • Contract Management: Negotiated and managed over 350 contracts annually, ranging from $10K to $2.5M, supporting corporate, institutional, nonprofit customer agreements, partner relationships, and sponsorships.

  • Financial Management: Provided accurate income forecasting and budget modeling to support development strategy, annual plans, and partner cultivation; developed budgets to launch new programs and initiatives.

  • General Administration: Oversaw advancement-related functions including development, marketing, account management, partner development, program management, and constituent services.

  • Programs & Services: Designed and launched innovative services, including a financial market information tool nominated for “Best New Product of the Year” and a corporate news service adopted by Fortune 500 institutions.

Acquired: Acquired by Acquire Media in 2012 and dissolved.

Strategic Forecasting, Inc.

Austin, TX | 2001-2005

Chief Operating Officer

A $5M private, geopolitical intelligence company providing online publications and consulting services for government, corporate, nonprofit, and consumer markets.

Website: raine.com (acquiring company)

Portfolio: Time Magazine Mention “50 Best Websites” | Callout

Core Responsibilities:

  • Leadership: Directed development and strategy for a $4.5M annual budget; led a turnaround strategy that culminated in recurring annual revenue growth.

  • Received Time’s “50 Best Websites” award following a redesign of the flagship online news analysis website.

  • Development: Acquired more than 200 enterprise clients (e.g., Toyota, Lehman Brothers, and American Express) and 80,000 individual subscribers for subscription news services in energy and finance markets.

  • Increased customer retention rates by analyzing customer interests and purchasing patterns, conducting pricing sensitivity and elasticity testing, and through customer outreach programs.

  • Marketing: Led full company and product rebranding, go-to-market strategies, constituent outreach, and member cultivation through content marketing, webinars, email, social media, news media (TV and print), and speaking events.

  • Partner Development: Partner development work with Fortune 1,000 companies; government agencies such as the CIA, Department of State, and military branches; nonprofits, and national universities and libraries.

  • Financial Management: Full budget accountability for operations and oversight of budgets, company resources, and monthly actuals vs cash flow forecasts, sales projections, and profitability analysis.

  • Programs & Services: Created three new products and services worth 15% to revenue growth: newsletters, consulting, and training services. Created training and consulting services for energy industry Fortune 500 clients.

  • General Administration: Responsible for the performance of 25 FTE and 12 contractors and supervision of back-office operations, vendor and partner contracts for general liability, D&O, and cyber liability; and managed HR.

Worldspace, Inc.

2000-2001 | Washington, DC and Africa

VP of Product Management

A $100M satellite radio company delivering digital broadcasts providing news and educational services to rural areas in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East before ceasing operations in 2009.

Website: yazimi.com (restructured company)

Portfolio: Global Product Distribution Process

Video: Watch Noah Samara, Founder of Worldspace, give a TED talk about the impact of the Worldspace technology in underserved regions.

Core Responsibilities:

I worked in Africa for 1 1/2 years launching a first-of-its-kind service that provided news and education broadcasts to remote areas in Africa, along with teams of other business units working out of three main offices in-country, in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. Service was launched in surrounding countries: Botswana, Tanzania, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Senegal, Nigeria, Morocco, etc.

  • Led market launch and product roll-out in East, West, and South Africa with responsibilities for day-to-day sales and marketing operations necessary for the Africa launch

  • Used a cross-functional “Africa Launch Team” staffed with 12 headquarters’ department heads and more than 100 personnel from 4 regional business units in London, Accra, Nairobi, and Johannesburg

  • Achieve Africa market launch in 9 months, where the previous marketing group had failed to launch in 3 previous attempts over a period of 2 years.

Acquired: WorldSpace Systems Corp. and AfriSpace Inc. were acquired by Yenura Pte. Ltd. in 2009 and dissolved. Restructured as Yazmi in 2010.

NewsReal / YellowBrix

1998-2000 | Arlington, VA

Director Business Operations

Member of start-up team providing aggregated vertical market business intelligence news for B2C internet properties and the corporate market.

Core Responsibilities: Managed business operations and project management for cross-functional areas that grew revenues from zero to $12M. Rebranded as YellowBrix in 2001.

Acquired: by Aquiremedia in 0000.

Infoseek

1997-1998 | Arlington, VA

Director Business Operations

Member of start-up team providing content and business intelligence services for consumer, corporate, government, and academic markets.

Core Responsibilities: Managed business operations in a matrix-management environment from start-up to maturity, growing revenues to $6M. Managed back office financial functions with direct reports to CEO/CFO.

Acquired: by United Microfilm International in 1997 and dissolved.

DataTimes / Intellx

1995-1997 | Arlington, VA |

Director Product Management

DataTimes Corporation, a division of The Oklahoma Publishing Company, provided diverse media and publishing with a focus on digital content and data services.

Core Responsibilities: Member of a start-up team providing vertical market intelligence for the B2B enterprise and government market.

Acquired: by United Microfilm International in 1997 for $20 million and dissolved.

Comtex

1993-1995 | Arlington, VA

Manager, Strategic Accounts and Customer Service

A $25M public content services company providing business news to the corporate, government, and academic markets.

Website: comtex.com

Core Responsibilities:

  • Managed editorial team, product development, and customer service operations.

  • Played a key role in the company’s turnaround strategy and profitability through reorganization, cost reductions, and developing new content products.

  • Developed new vertical market products and integrated leading artificial intelligence technologies into existing product lines and content management applications.

Middle East News Network

1991-1993 | Washington, DC

Writer/Editor

Member of a start-up team providing summarized news of the Middle East events.

Acquired by Comtex in 1993 and dissolved.

Volunteerism

Student Mentor / Entrepreneurship

Middlesex Community College

2018 to 2020 | Lowell, MA

A sponsored program offering an associate degree in entrepreneurship, supported by mentorship and grant-funded resources.

Website: middlesex.edu

Portfolio: Program Landing Page

Core Responsibilities:

  • Developed brand and online collateral for this flagship program hosted and taught at MCC and funded by the Everyday Entrepreneurship Fund.

  • Mentor for entrepreneurship students and business planning mentor for the Everyday Entrepreneurship Fund business plan competition students.

  • Met regularly with selected students to help them develop their startup plans and launch their ventures.

Marketing and Development

Our Community Salutes

2016-2021 | Cherry Hill, NJ

Nonprofit military service organization helping communities support high school seniors enlisting in the U.S. Armed Services after graduation.

Website: ourcommunitysalutes.org

Portfolio:

Core Responsibilities:

  • Developed annual strategy, fundraising outreach, and marketing materials for a nonprofit supporting high school seniors enlisting in the armed forces.

  • Outreach, event planning, and operations of 35 events nationwide, each hosting 250 to 1,500 attendees.

Military Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Infantry NCO / Volunteer Substance Abuse Liaison

Camp Lejeune, NC | 1983-1987

Infantry noncommissioned officer (NCO). Responsible for the training and daily welfare of a squad/platoon of Marines in 1st Bn, 8th Mar, 2nd MarDiv.

  • Served as a volunteer, a battalion-level substance abuse counselor/liaison for the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

  • Managed case load of 30+ at-risk Marines through rehabilitation and aftercare programs for headquarters social services.

  • Received two meritorious promotions for exemplary performance and leadership.

Education

MBA Growth and Innovation

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Enrolled. 2026 Expected Completion | GPA 4.0

MS Accounting

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Enrolled. 2028 Expected Completion.

BA Nonprofit Management

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
2021 | Cum Laude | GPA 3.6

BA Program - Journalism & Communications

American University, Washington, DC | 1991
Completed 100 credits toward a bachelor’s degree. Left to pursue entrepreneurial ventures.

Training

Certificate in Human Resources Management

Society of Human Resources Management | 2021

Business Process & Lean Management

Rummler-Brache | 2010

Customer-Centric Sales

Mowrey Sales Training & Consulting | 2005.