Professional Services
Based in Philadelphia,
serving clients globally.
Legal services with focus on supporting immigrants.
Consulting for foundations, nonprofits and public sector agencies implementing best practices in immigrant inclusion, economic growth and board development.
Advising leaders navigating change, planning for transition, and seeking new growth opportunities.
About me...
I am a solutions-oriented connector and collaborator. I get excited by helping others synthesize big picture thinking into actions that deliver impact.Over the past 35 years, I have gained (and shared) valuable experience and insights as a teacher, organizer, lawyer, nonprofit leader, Eisenhower Fellow, consultant and social entrepreneur.Early in my career I worked in Poland, South Korea and Washington, D.C. For the past three decades, Philadelphia has been my home where I continue cultivating an expansive network of civic-minded, globally-informed, locally-engaged people energizing our city and region.In 2023-24, after leading the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians for 11+ years, I taught a course for international lawyers at Temple University Law School and began consulting. My first project brought me together with colleagues from Detroit and Buffalo to help the Greater Cleveland area develop a strategic plan to grow their economy by attracting and retaining immigrants, refugees and secondary migrants.In 2025, I worked with Civic Capital Consulting to develop a fund and community grant making process for the Black Immigrant Capacity Building Project in Philadelphia and worked with Dafan Zhang to launch ShopPhilly, a hyperlocal e-commerce platform for small businesses.In 2026, I am teaming up with tech-entrepreneurs, professors and psychologists to empower people through education and training, strengthened by human guidance and intelligent learning tools. We will be launching GenerateGood.org very soon to scale impact.Meanwhile, I continue serving on boards that bridge the divide between capital and underserved communities:Greenline Access Capital specializes in character-based micro-lending to BIPOC and immigrant-owned businesses. We connect micro-businesses to the financial resources and capital they need in order to achieve financial wealth and resiliency.WorldUpstart Impacts with initial funding from Knight Foundation developed an accelerator program for life science start-ups whose founders identify as 1st Generation, Female, Nonbinary, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, or Indigenous. Building on the success of that program, WUI is applying that model to support the commercialization of scientific research addressing disparities in women’s health locally and globally.The Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia is a member-based organization strengthening the connection between foundations, nonprofits and the communities they serve.Common threads through all of my engagements are strategic, collaborative problem solving and connecting people to resources, new opportunities, and to other talented people in my network.
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