Elodie L.

Experience

• ElodieB LLC

  Founder & CEO

  May 2021 - Present

  ElodieB LLC is a consulting firm specializing in strategic planning, coaching, organizational development and facilitation services.

  • Founded and established ElodieB LLC to provide strategic consulting on organizational visioning, planning, change management, anddevelopment.
  • Led numerous workshops and training sessions, building leadership capacity, enhancing team performance and deepening desired impact.
  • Executed custom-tailored programs that addressed unique client challenges, resulting in improved organizational culture, efficiency, collaboration, and impact.
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  Equity and Results

  Co-Principal

  Feb 2021 - Present

  Equity and Results aligns equity-centered principles & Results-Based Accountability to drive organizational transformation towards equitable impact.

  • -Co-Principal and Chief Operating Officer
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  Public Allies

  Senior Advisor

  Aug 2022 - Sep 2024

  Public Allies is a nonprofit organization focused on leadership and apprenticeship programs to foster diverse leadership for a just and equitable society.

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  The Southern Reconstruction Fund

  Strategic Advisor

  Jul 2021 - Nov 2022

  The Southern Reconstruction Fund is a social impact platform aimed at transforming communities in the American South into beacons of health and prosperity, supporting organizations to create equitable communities.

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  Public Allies

  Chief Operating Officer

  Jan 2020 - Jun 2021
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  Living Cities

  Chief Operating Officer

  Apr 2014 - Dec 2019

  Living Cities collaborates with large foundations and financial institutions to close racial income and wealth gaps in American cities.

  • Managed the transformation of Living Cities from 'start up' to maturity, including designing pivotal multi-sector programs, quadrupling the headcount, establishing key policies, and increasing revenue by 35%.
  • Oversees a $14 million annual operating budget and a $70 million impact investing portfolio, leading strategic talent and organizational development initiatives across two locations.
  • Drove strategic engagement with the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, fostering partnerships and overseeing new business development efforts.
  • Co-led the Colleagues Operationalizing Racial Equity (CORE) team, ensuring the integration of racial equity principles within the organizational culture and operations.
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  Living Cities

  Chief of Staff & Director of Knowledge and Impact

  Apr 2011 - Apr 2014

  • Oversaw strategic planning, evaluation, knowledge management, and communications, evolving to an open-sourced 'learning in public' approach for knowledge sharing.
  • Served on the senior management team, facilitating result-based decision-making around key organizational trade-offs.
  • Developed and managed cross-cutting efforts and special projects in close collaboration with the CEO.
  • Planned and executed bi-annual Board Meetings and quarterly Executive Committee Meetings.

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary

  May 2009 - Jun 2011

  • Member of senior team of Presidential appointees managing the Secretary’s agenda internally within 9,000-employee federal Cabinet-level agency and externally with housing, philanthropic, and community development stakeholders, other senior Obama Administration officials, and elected officials.
  • Served as key liaison between HUD and the White House, managing high-level communication on a wide range of sensitive legislative, policy, and political issues.
  • Spearheaded the Department’s strategic messaging effort, synthesizing White House priorities, HUD’s legislative and policy goals, upcoming milestones, and the national political landscape to establish an overarching narrative for the Department as well as a roadmap for how best to communicate it.

• NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development

  Housing Fellow

  Aug 2007 - May 2009

  • Responsible for the analysis, development, and implementation of policy recommendations to encourage a more efficient use of City housing subsidies in a declining real estate market. This included employing new mechanisms to leverage housing incentives and developing more efficient means of recycling City capital.
  • NYC Housing Trust Fund project manager in HPD’s New Construction Finance Unit. Responsible for reviewing applications and overseeing project underwriting.
  • Designed and launched an innovative Section 8 pilot program in HPD’s Division of Neighborhood Preservation to mitigate potential harassment and displacement of tenants in rezoned areas.

• British Parliament

  Parliamentary Aide

  Sep 2006 - May 2007

  The British Parliament is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, responsible for making and passing laws.

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  Monash University

  Senior Research Associate

  Oct 2005 - May 2006

  Monash University is Australia’s largest and most international university, known for its significant, lasting discoveries and wide-ranging impact beyond academia.