May brings more than fifteen years of experience across nonprofit, philanthropic, and intermediary ecosystems. As a seasoned leader, former coalition executive director, and trusted partner, she advises mission-driven institutions navigating complexity, growth, and structural transition. Her work centers on strengthening governance, aligning capital strategy, and designing partnership frameworks that position organizations for durable impact.

Advisory engagements have included national and multi-state initiatives operating in politically dynamic and resource-constrained environments. From board restructuring and executive alignment to revenue strategy recalibration and coalition backbone leadership, her work addresses the structural conditions that determine whether strategy can translate into sustained institutional performance.

Rather than focusing solely on program expansion or short-term fundraising tactics, May works at the architectural level. She supports founders and boards in clarifying decision rights, strengthening accountability systems, and aligning governance with capital flows. The result is not simply operational improvement, but institutional resilience.

Institutions do not operate in isolation. They are shaped by political climates, funding ecosystems, community dynamics, and internal power structures.

May’s advisory approach is grounded in contextual awareness and disciplined governance design. Capital strategy is treated as alignment, not transaction. Partnerships are structured for shared accountability, not symbolic collaboration. Governance is approached as architecture, not administration.

This perspective emphasizes long-term sustainability and adaptive capacity. During periods of transition, institutions face amplified risk and amplified opportunity. Structural clarity, equity-informed decision-making, and responsible capital alignment allow organizations to evolve without compromising mission.

Transition is treated as a design moment.

Education

• MBA, Project Management

• MSc, International Real Estate

• BA, Communications
  

Governance & Civic Leadership
Former Vice Chair, Human Relations Commission
Advisory engagements spanning nonprofit, philanthropic, and intermediary sectors