Kathleen D.

Creative, Solution-Driven Project and Product Development Manager

With an exceptional range of expertise (operations, strategy, product and business development, marketing) spanning multiple sectors (education, publishing, non-profit management) I bring much more than traditional program management to every initiative and am committed to finding creative and cost-effective solutions to drive a project through to completion. Throughout my career, I have been asked to take on the most difficult and high visibility assignments - high stakes, difficult governance, under-resourced, impossible timelines. I enjoy facilitating teams and have always found the teamwork as rewarding as celebrating on-time, on budget delivery with a product or program that exceeds the users' or clients' expectations. In addition, I also bring expertise and content knowledge in the following areas: - Developing and implementing metrics-driven organization or product strategy - Deep knowledge of the K-20 instructional and assessment landscape - Publishing content and business development - Extensive experience building and leading teams and organizations - Practitioner - Lead founder and president of the board a K-6 Charter School and international non-profit focused on education and health. - On the ground experience starting and leading non-profits (501 c 3) - Product development and piloting - Donor and funder development and engagement - Marketing, PR - national and regional placement, social media, SSO