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New York, NY, USA

Elodie L.

Transforming Organizations for Impact: Bridging Vision with Transformative Execution.

Elodie Baquerot Lavery embodies transformative leadership, deeply entwined with a commitment to equity and results-based accountability. Her extensive experience spans roles as Chief Operating Officer in national nonprofits, alongside impactful work in government sectors. Elodie excels in steering organizations through change with a keen focus on adaptive strategies, capacity building, and equitable practices. Her expertise encompasses organizational development, strategic planning, and community development, underpinned by a passion for facilitating impactful change and nurturing environments that leverage diverse strengths for enduring success.

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Elodie L.

Experience

May 2021 — Present

ElodieB LLC

Founder & CEO

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.
Feb 2021 — Present
Equity and Results

Equity and Results

Co-Principal

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

  • -Co-Principal and Chief Operating Officer
Aug 2022 — Sep 2024
Public Allies

Public Allies

Senior Advisor

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

Jul 2021 — Nov 2022
The Southern Reconstruction Fund

The Southern Reconstruction Fund

Strategic Advisor

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.

Jan 2020 — Jun 2021
Public Allies

Public Allies

Chief Operating Officer

Apr 2014 — Dec 2019
Living Cities

Living Cities

Chief Operating Officer

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.
Apr 2011 — Apr 2014
Living Cities

Living Cities

Chief of Staff & Director of Knowledge and Impact

  • 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.
May 2009 — Jun 2011

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary

  • 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.
Aug 2007 — May 2009

NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development

Housing Fellow

  • 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.
Sep 2006 — May 2007

British Parliament

Parliamentary Aide

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

Oct 2005 — May 2006
Monash University

Monash University

Senior Research Associate

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