Strategic counsel to principals on philanthropy, and leadership of the institutions they build.
Founder & Principal, Crafted Pathways.
I advise, and I also lead. As Founder & Principal of Crafted Pathways, I take retained counsel with principals on philanthropy, strategy, governance, and strategic partnerships. When the fit is right, I take the executive role itself. The work begins as a conversation, in a room.
Philanthropy, strategy, governance and strategic partnerships, where the stakes are high.
Builders who have achieved a great deal and intend to build more.
Discreet counsel, and an answer that is clear, deliberate, and yours.
“The field changes, and what I bring does not.”Pamela Dubin
I have spent my career in the room with CEOs, startup founders, billionaires and government decision-makers, building things that work and last: programs, institutions and movements, around the world. I build what lasts, and I know how to make it grow.
Leaders who have already built a great deal come to me when the next chapter calls for clearer judgment. As technology shapes more of our lives, judgment becomes the scarce thing: knowing early which path leads to a win. My aim never changes: principals leave clear, confident, and in a far stronger position to realize their vision.
Principals bring me what they cannot bring to everyone. I listen first, without judgment, and hold what I hear in complete confidence, so the thinking can be honest and the way forward becomes clear.
Judgment where the models stop.
Philanthropy & International Development
Executive & Institutional Leadership
Strategic Partnerships & New Ventures
Board & Leadership Dialogues
Retained counsel, and the executive role itself.
I take executive roles running a family foundation, an institution or a special project when the fit is right.
Leading a Family Foundation
Leading a family’s foundation with vision, governance and measurable impact, alongside the principals and the next generation.
Institutional CEO / President
Leading an institution or a special project through growth, renewal or a new chapter of ambition.
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Originating and building the alliances, partnerships and new ventures that let an organization reach further.
Sessions & Private Dialogues
Private working sessions and board and leadership dialogues for principals and their teams. Conversational, in the room, without slides or screens.
Retainer
The deepest way to work with me is on retainer, as your strategist and adviser.
My most successful relationships begin with a session.
Judgment Session
A private working session on the decision in front of you, for you or with your leadership team.
Philanthropic ROI Session
For wealth managers, family offices and the families they advise: the next generation, succession, and the choices families face.
Before the Cause Session
The most consequential decisions about wealth are made early: before an IPO, a sale, or a liquidity event, while the choices about family, institutions, and causes are still open. That window is where I work. I sit with the principal through the decision the models can’t settle, in confidence, and the answer that emerges is clear, deliberate, and theirs.
The work is conversational and experiential. There is energy, humor and wit in the room, and you will know immediately whether it’s right for you.
Programs, institutions and movements that work and last.
Permanent Impact
An AI-driven communications, distribution and measurement venture.
Ziv Partners
A U.S. philanthropic organization dedicated to a leading regional medical center and the communities it serves.
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
First Senior Program Officer at a top-ranked global philanthropy, working directly with the principal and trustees across a broad portfolio of global and national philanthropic initiatives: strategy, major grants, and institutional priorities.
Rabin Alliance
Recruited to lead the Rabin Alliance after the Rabin assassination.
Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Worked with the co-founders during its launch and international expansion.
Palm Beach County Commission on Advancing Women
Former Chairwoman of the Palm Beach County Commission on Advancing Women.
Government, Diplomatic & Healthcare Counsel
Counsel to heads of state, ministers and ambassadors, and to the CEO and trustees of a major healthcare organization.
If something important is in front of you, let’s talk.
The work is private.
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