Tracie Gilstrap Marshall

Strategic Leadership

• Engage executives around organizational challenges which resulted in organizational change.
• Provided key leadership to managers, directors and other team members.
• Developed and executed communication process for organization-wide documentation and education forums.
• Evolved style of communication to nonprofit partners for equitable approach.
• Strategized with development team to implement successful campaign for Rise Academy raising over 1M+ in financial resources.
• In conjunction with marketing team, developed strategies to increase internal workflow with program team which increased productivity.
• Participated in external forums and meetings representing Youth INC in positive youth development and capacity building spaces.

Partner Network Engagement

• Served as Interim Chief Program Officer during parental leave which coincided with height of pandemic. Responsibilities included: managing team of 11 (directors, senior associates and associates); 80+ youth serving nonprofits who served 250,000 young people
• Remained highly composed and calm in very fast-paced, stressful and constantly changing environments to provide optimal leadership and achieve desired results
• Developed and implemented program goals and objectives, establishing specific and measurable outcomes aligned with organization's overall mission.
• Scheduled and supervised staff meetings to discuss new ideas and update participants on program details and milestones.
• Created intentional recruitment process focused on inclusivity from various communities not represented in network.
• Transformed onboarding process with intentional focus on trust from initial contact; provided new partners and new executive directors opportunities for ‘first look’ at Youth INC engagement.
• Created and implemented communication strategy for over 80+ partners which increased program manager response rate.
• Managed annual program update for programming, which is used to inform ongoing plans for educating staff, board, corporate partners, and institutional funders.
• Managed development and implementation of online community for constituents

Rise Academy

• Created award-winning leadership development program for leaders of color to debunk myth of ‘broken pipeline’. Components of program include leadership development, organizational development, fundraising strategies, community engagement, executive coaching, and mentorship.

Rise Implementation included:

• Question and answer sessions to bring program awareness and visibility to partner network.
• Created organizational development component of program to include executive directors and direct managers which increased buy-in and raise awareness of racial inequities within organizations.
• Collaborated with Adelphi University to expand curriculum including fundraising, financial management and governance.
• Created wrap around experience for program participants to include executive coaching and mentorship conducted by pro bono resources and nonprofit executives. Quarterly check-ins were conducted ensuring programmatic goals were achieved.
• Developed speaker series allowing leaders to engage in real-time discussions with current leaders of color in executive leadership roles.
• Formal and informal evaluations were created for continuously growth and grounding experience with current environment.

Portfolio Management

• Managed $10+MM grant portfolio.
• · Developed and administered grants to drive success of non-profit organizations; provided proposal development, due diligence, financial analysis, compliance monitoring, grant disbursement, and impact assessment.
• Provided funding support for important capacity-building initiatives and capital projects.
• Monitored $2MM technical assistance budget.
• Collaborated with grantees to establish job specifications and community hiring goals.
• Worked closely with trustees and grantees to develop goals, approaches, initiatives and evaluations of grants.
• Collaborated with finance department to budget and monitor program operations, ensuring sound fiscal and system management.
• Conducted research to identify and vet potential grantees