Teams at Achievement First

Lead major gifts fundraising across Connecticut and Rhode Island, managing a 100–150 prospect portfolio to generate $1.0M–$1.5M annually. Cultivate, solicit, and steward $10,000+ donors; prepare proposals and stewardship reports; supervise a mid-level pipeline and one direct report; partner with regional leaders, boards, and schools; track engagement and pipeline in Salesforce; and represent Achievement First at events and donor visits.

Owns creation, maintenance, and forecasting of school and network budgets (~$350M), manages budgeting platform (Workday Adaptive Planning), trains budget owners, produces Board and executive reports, leads monthly forecasting, and manages a small team of budgeting senior associates.

Senior regional operations leader for Achievement First NY who develops Regional Directors of Operations, drives regional operational strategy, manages budgets, procurement, and student services, partners with the Regional Executive Director, supports portfolio decisions (growth/closures), liaises with Network Support, and leads crisis responses and talent planning to meet operational performance outcomes.