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And a New Kind of Leadership.

April 23, 2025

After nearly seven years of impact, learning, and forward motion, I’m stepping away from a chapter that helped shape me—but never defined me. While I won’t name the organization here, I will honor the work, the people, the transformation—and most importantly, the community that has been at the center of every decision I made.

I have long believed that community will save us.

In the years to come, as the weight of failing systems presses harder, our neighborhoods, families, and youth will require more than what the current philanthropic models, state structures, and federal responses can offer. We will need one another. We will need new tables, new strategies, and new forms of collective imagination.

For those who know me well, this is not the end. This is the alignment I’ve been prepared for—long before the path had language.

You don’t remain part of the movement for 13 years without understanding the environment and the tactics that created it. You don’t lead young professionals, reimagine systems, and build bridges across differences without understanding what is possible when people trust community over control.

I’ve been privileged to walk in many rooms—some welcoming, others resistant. I’ve learned to listen deeply, speak clearly, and stay rooted in values even when the ground shifted beneath me. From Oberlin to Avon, from Xavier’s campus to the Neighborhoods throughout Cincinnati, and back home again—I’ve carried the weight of history and the vision of the future in every step.

This new beginning? It doesn’t fully exist yet. But I’ve known it was coming for a long time.

I’m building something that stretches beyond a job title or a LinkedIn profile. It is part teaching, part remembering, part disruption, and full embodiment. It will live at the intersections of community, storytelling, and strategy.

And it will require all of us.

New Begininngs, but Let’s Talk About the Ending.

Whether you’ve worked with me directly, shared space at an event, been impacted by a conversation, or a moment that shaped your thinking. Your words will help shape what comes next.