Articles
- How To Move Donors From Interested To All-In
- When Unanimous Agreement Signals Danger
- 6 Ways To Radically Improve Work Culture
- When Success Becomes Your Biggest Blind Spot
- Leading With AI: Why Values Must Come First
- The Burnout Paradox: When Saving The World Destroys The People Doing It
- Beyond Golden Handcuffs: The Power Of Purpose In Leadership Retention
- Building Organizations With Lasting Impact
- Thought Leadership: A Trust-Building Strategy Leaders Can't Ignore
- Why Mentorship Is A Must-Have Leadership Strategy For 2025
- The Broken Rung And The Future Of Nonprofit Leadership
- Why Your Nonprofit Needs To Invest In Skills-Based Volunteering
- Combatting Burnout In Nonprofits: A People-First Leadership Approach
- Loneliness In America: Why We Need More Tennis Courts
Podcasts
- From Managing by Sight to Managing by Outcomes
- How to Grow the Game: Expanding Tennis for Kids and Adults
- DEI in the Modern World
Talks and panels
- Keynote: We Have Belonging Backwards
- Panel: The Double Shift, Motherhood and Leadership
- Session: Advocacy for nonprofits
- Honored speaker, SciTech Campus anniversary celebration
Recognition
- Finalist and honorable mention, EXCEL Award for Excellence in Chief Executive Leadership
- Distinguished Alumni Award
- Leading Visibly spotlight: The Long Game, on building what outlasts you
Awards the team I lead has earned
- No. 1 Best Nonprofit to Work For, and the magazine's cover
- No. 1 Best Nonprofit to Work For
- No. 1 Best Nonprofit to Work For, overall and among small nonprofits
- Best Nonprofits to Work For, No. 15
- CARE Award for responsive employers, nine wins
From LinkedIn
Shorter pieces I wrote on LinkedIn, the ones worth keeping.
- Are you sure it's because you're a woman?
- I run a nonprofit. We do not have a big team, and we never will
- Before my last board memo went out, I gave it to AI with one instruction
- I have not met a single man boycotting AI on ethical grounds
- Girls aren't leaving sports because they lack confidence
- We underestimate the influence youth coaches have
- There aren't enough female coaches in sports. Period
- In my role, I don't get to see the work up close very often
- When I finished my talk last Thursday, a woman walked up to me crying
- When Sheldon Tate, Ed.D. texted to ask if I would speak
- I am an introverted CEO
- I'm an introvert, like nearly half of the population
- Recently I walked into a room full of coaching legends
- Earlier this year, someone on my team pointed out that I kept using 'I'
- When tennis boomed during the pandemic, I launched five new initiatives at once
- If a player has a great serve and a mediocre volley
- I recently had a day where my assistant asked me for something around 4pm
- I was asked today what I do differently now... My answer was simple: grace
- There are two conversations I refuse to hand off
- Twice a month, the CEOs of all 17 USTA regional sections get on a call together
- I keep thinking about the women I have watched do everything right
- Some days I feel like a confident, capable leader
- I am a credentialed coach with paying clients... and I still catch myself wondering if I am the real thing
- I've been thinking a lot about how people experience me versus how I experience myself
- I spoke on a panel about The Double Shift, motherhood and leadership
- When Working Mothers Leave, We All Lose
- I wouldn't be where I am today without the women who opened their doors to me
- On paper, it looks like I run a foundation that improves access to tennis
- I Almost Canceled My Vacation