Hi, I’m Kalie.

(pronounced kay-lee)

strategic operator | transformational leader | mission-driven builder

I help mission-driven organizations turn bold ideas into actionable strategies. With 12+ years of leadership experience in organizational excellence and management across the nonprofit, academic, and public sectors, I specialize in leading cross-sector collaborations, managing complex initiatives, and building systems that work—equitably and effectively.

As a former nonprofit leader, past researcher at Wharton School of Business, Columbia Business School, and Harvard University, and current technology program manager for an academic start-up lab, I bring deep expertise in organizational theory, social impact strategy, and technology governance. I am a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), hold a Project Management Certificate from Harvard University, and have completed the Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) certification from the Project Management Institute. My work is rooted in the belief that public and private sectors can—and must—work together to design more inclusive information and technology systems to drive mission-focused impact.

I’m available for consulting projects focused on:

  • program & organizational development, including grant writing 

  • strategic planning & implementation

  • change management & stakeholder engagement

Not sure if I might fit your needs? Send me a description of what you’re looking for, and let’s start the conversation.

→ Reach out to chat anytime via email or on LinkedIn. 

Let’s reimagine what’s possible, together.

More about me.

  • I work with organizations of all structures and sizes - NGOs, government agencies, businesses, individual entrepreneurs, and start-ups - to use research practices and evaluations processes to build strategies that speak to their goals, while ensuring alignment to their mission and values.

    Relevant Client List:

    • Work2025 Conference | Turku, Finland (2025): Voice Activism: How Online Communities Cultivate Change Among the Digital Working and Middle Class

    • Academy of Management’s 85th Annual Meeting | Copenhagen, Denmark (2025): Voice Activism: How Online Communities Cultivate Change Among the Digital Working and Middle Class

    • FMCS National Labor-Management Conference | Manhattan, NY (2024): The New Frontier of Activism: Understanding Multi-Sided Algo-Activism in the On-Demand Economy

    • Wharton People & Organizations Conference | Philadelphia, PA (2023): Unhooking from the Matrix: Algo-Activism in the Gig Economy

    • 4S Annual Conference | Honolulu, HI (2023): Labor & Technology Panel; Data & Activism Panel

    • Internet Society’s Youth Ambassadors Fellowship Program | Washington, DC (2023): Online Movements & Mentorship

    • Internet Society’s Early Career Fellowship Program | Washington, DC (2023): New Trends in Digital Activism 

    • Northwestern Kellogg School of Business’s Future of Activism Research Workshop | Evanston, IL (2023): Establishing a Model for Algo-Activism in the Gig Economy

    • Platforming & Unplatforming Research Workshop | Los Angeles, CA (2023): Deconstructing Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

    • Academy of Management’s 82nd Annual Meeting | Seattle, WA (2022): Unhooking from the Matrix: Algo-Activism in the Gig Economy

    • Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations’ POS Research Conference | Ann Arbor, MI (2022): Unhooking from the Matrix: Algo-Activism in the Gig Economy

    • Industry Studies Association’s Annual Conference | Philadelphia, PA (2022):Unhooking from the Matrix: Algo-Activism in the Gig Economy

    • Conference on College Composition & Communication’s Annual Convention | Chicago, IL (2022): Studying, Teaching, and Enacting Grassroots Activisms: A Roundtable Discussion

    • Sociologists for Women in Society’s Winter Meeting | Santa Ana Pueblo, NM (2022):The New Human Resources: Community Support Cooperative Work in DoorDash Public Forums (accepted but unable to attend due to COVID complications)

    • Temple University’s General Education Instructor Teaching Symposium | Philadelphia, PA (2021): Strengthening Online Community through the Individual

    • Temple University’s 19th Annual Faculty Conference on Teaching Excellence | Philadelphia, PA (2021): Building Community without Sacrificing Personality

    • University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate Student Public Health Research Symposium | Philadelphia, PA (2017): The Feed Local Project

    • University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate Student “Ben Talks” Research Presentation | Philadelphia, PA (2017): Eat Healthy, Give Healthy

    • UC Santa Barbara’s JUSTICE: an interdisciplinary exhibition and publication | Santa Barbara, CA (2012): Whiteness

    • Harvard University | Harvard Law School: Teaching Assistant, Technology Law & Policy

      • Public & Private Policy Challenges of AI (Spring 2024)

      • Governance of Digital Technologies (Spring & Fall 2023)

      • Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence (Fall 2022)

      • Digital Propaganda, Disinformation, and Cognitive Security (Fall 2022)

    • University of Pennsylvania | Wharton School of Business: Teaching Assistant, Management

      • Managing the Emerging Enterprise (Fall 2021, Spring & Fall 2022, Spring & Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)

      • How to Be The Boss (Fall 2021)

    • Temple University | Klein College of Media & Communication: Adjunct Instructor, Communication & Social Influence

      • Contemporary American Social Movements (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022) - Instructor Rating: 4.9/5.0

    • Temple University | Fox School of Business:  Adjunct Instructor, Human Resources Management

      • Business, Society, and Ethics (Fall 2020, Spring 2021) - Instructor Rating: 4.8/5.0

    • Temple University | Fox School of Business: Teaching Assistant, Legal Studies in Business

      • Legal and Ethical Foundations of Business (Spring 2021)

    • Rutgers University | Camden College of Arts and Sciences:Guest Lecturer, Childhood Studies

      • Child Health and Disparities (Fall 2018)

    • University of Pennsylvania | School of Arts and Sciences":Teaching Assistant, Political Science

      • Healthy Schools (Spring 2016)

      • The Politics of Food (Fall 2015)