Gina has 25+ years of experience in executive leadership, non-profit management, cross-sector collaboration, capacity building, improving systems, strategic planning, and team building. In her various roles at both small and large organizations, her experiences contributed to her knowledge and expertise in effectively managing non-profit organizations, maximizing resources, successfully implementing programs, and creating systems to streamline processes. She experienced great successes as well as challenges – always learning from every experience and committed to continuous improvement. Over the years she participated in and learned from things like successful and unsuccessful grant writing, clean audits and audits with findings, site visits from funders, and even worked for an organization that went through an investigation by the inspector general. During the recession, she experienced major funding cuts and had to learn how to do the work with less than half of the annual operating budget. There were also times of great growth and an excess of funding when she successfully managed triple the annual operating budget and learned how to scale programs quickly and effectively.  

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​​​​Having worked in human services in different roles at government, education, and non-profit agencies, Gina brings a broad perspective to all she does. She understands the strengths of communities, the necessity of collaboration, the value of training and supporting staff, the role of data, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement, and the benefit and importance of building strong sustainable non-profits.