Co-Founder. Women Impact Investing Network.

​2018 - present

 

​I'm a student of impact investing and all ways to deploy capital for a social and financial return. As Impact Investing continues its upward growth curve, WIIN is building leadership, community and shared knowledge in the impact investing industry to accelerate the curve. In a still nascent industry, WIIN seeks to build knowledge and networks for women professionals in DC across sectors who are deploying capital towards sustainable market-based solutions to solve social problems.

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Financial Controller. Distributed Sun LLC.

​2014 - Mar. 2018

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​At Distributed Sun, I was responsible for risk and portfolio management for Distributed Sun's solar project portfolios. I fell in love with renewable energy technology while also learning that it is a competitive business favoring the larger developers. I became fascinated with impact investing in action; the solar projects were reducing our collective carbon footprint while allowing tax equity investors to make double digit after-tax investment returns. My role and responsibilities included project due-diligence, customer credit risk assessments, market analysis, managing fund operations and investor relations. There is a bright future for solar in the US providing the regulators and utilities work aggressively to get on board with simple and practical ways to integrate renewable energy into the utility 2.0 model.

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Accounting Manager. Room to Read

​2007 - 2012

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​At Room to Read, I was responsible for the systematic integration of all financial reporting across sixteen plus subsidiaries. I fell in love with working in a large global team of over fifty plus finance and accounting professionals and relied heavily on webinars and Skype to build a cohesive team. Room to Read publishes locally relevant and culturally sensitive local language children's books. Soon after Room to Read was incorporated, the organization became the largest publisher of Nepali children's books in response to the fact that Nepal's local language publishing industry was non existent. How amazing is that?! While my work in consolidation of accounts, FX translation and late night trainings was often removed from the magic and joy of getting lost in a colorful storybook, I was so happy to be part of a terrific organization that wanted to do right by our world's children. 

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Finance Manager. Summer Search Foundation

​2002 - 2007

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​At Summer Search, I was responsible for the systematic integration of all financial reporting and shared services for six plus national affiliate offices. I worked directly with the CEO and various Executive Directors to help drive forward the strategic expansion of the various offices and help support the financial literacy and planning endeavors of the various local offices. At twenty-three, I was also in charge of reporting financial performance directly to the National and Local Boards, Members of whom were Presidents and Partners at Global Investment and Big-Four firms. At Summer Search, I first acquired my passion to help organizations with their financial management, accounting prowess and business strategy goals. The mentors and leaders I met at Summer Search continue to be some of the most inspiring people that I have ever met. Summer Search's mission to mentor and serve as a backbone for low-income high school students with the right qualities of resilience, altruism and performance potential should ideally be adopted nation-wide as a mentoring model to empower youth and foster changemakers.