Rue Pigalle - Luxury Travel & Membership Community

The founder of a community of patrons of artisanal craft, who travel the world, needed her business to scale to a sustainable size. We developed a strategic and operational plan, helped bring on partners and new team members and embed purpose with the Youth Craft Academy.

Fogo Island Workshops - Furniture & Textile Design

A project to furnish the famous Fogo Island Inn evolved into a social enterprise designed to foster economic resilience, preserve Newfoundland's design culture, and support the nonprofit Shorefast Foundation. After ten years, the business reached an inflection point and required transformation. I developed strategic and operational plans, built business infrastructure, and created product, distribution, and partnership roadmaps. While reorganizing the operations, production and website, Michael achieved media features and licensing partnerships with high profile design brands.

Rainbow Railroad - Nonprofit

Contributing to multiple strategic plans over a decade helped grow the organization from a grassroots group into the world’s leading NGO of its kind. Exponential growth, and constantly changing regulatory environments, required continuous adaptation of funding strategies, governance and programs to assist LGBTQ+ people. Led the development of a US charity and transitioned from an operational board to a governance model on both sides of the border, while maintaining a focus on tangible and immediate impact.