In late spring 2009, in the off-hours of my Health and Human Services video Producer contract, I lead and facilitated Groundswell's first-ever organizational chartering retreat. Immediately thereafter, I wrote our flagship executive summary and initial grant-seeking collateral, secured initial angel supporter/donors and within one month had won us our first break-out funding of $25K, and by 3 months, an additional $85K.  

After installing an executive director, I transitioned to lead the program design and creation of the organization's flagship innovation, the non-profit program "WeatherizeDC"​.  This was V.1 of what has later become our signature model we named "Civic Consumption."​

I developed the nationally-recognized and first-of-its-kind, "WxDC Community Workforce Agreement,"​ a 'community benefits agreement'​ between our participating contractors and labor union partners. This agreement ensured above-living wages, health benefits, and career advancement training for those hired as result of the community clean energy work we generated. 

Both internally and externally-facing, I employed graphic design, script-writing and video skills to advance our communications strategy/materials. 

I managed numerous strategic/operational partnerships for the organization, including Veterans Green Jobs and the D.C. Sustainable Energy Utility, and spoke on behalf of the organization before the U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference. 

- As DC Programs Director I oversaw a three-fold expansion in the program’s key performance metrics.

- As Innovation Director, I designed and built Groundswell's enterprise software, coordinated the design and launch of the organization’s National Training Program, and guided the launch of the organization's new program in bulk community clean energy procurement.  

- I contributed heavily to the fundraising/development activities.