Years of experience: 27

Startup FounderMarketingActorBusiness OwnerSingerConsulting

Trust Score

Exceptionally trusted; proven professional excellence.

80%
Keri's Career Path
Executive DirectorFeb. 2025 -
Present
GirlVenturesExecutive Director
Oakland, California, United StatesGirlVentures inspires girls and gender expansive youth to lead through outdoor adventure, inner discovery, and collective action. The only nonprofit of its kind, GirlVentures combines outdoor adventure with social emotional learning for adolescent youth at a critical time in their lives. Starting at age 11, our youth follow the GirlVentures’ Leadership Progression Model, building confidence, ...
Executive DirectorOct. 2020 -
Jan. 2025
Piedmont East Bay Children's ChoirExecutive Director
Oakland, California, United StatesBudget: $2.1M | 7 direct reports | 16-52 artistic team members | 370 singers from 23 East Bay communities -Hired to stabilize the organization after multiple leadership transitions, guiding through pandemic, reopening and rebuilding -Tasked to grow a team, professionalize systems, diversify enrollment and restructure and rebuild key programs for financial sustainability and staff wellness -Pa...
Executive Director/CEOApr. 2012 -
Oct. 2020
Oakland Youth ChorusExecutive Director/CEO
Oakland, CABudget: $586K | 3 direct reports | 346-3,000 students served | Multi-school partnerships - Led a successful turnaround, increasing the operating budget from $285K to $586K and securing six months’ reserves. Expanded enrollment by 700% and increased low-income student participation by 60% - Increased earned income by $183K, built a robust individual giving program, and forged new partnerships ...