Institutional leadership
Let’s Get Ready
Working across funding, communications, partnerships and operations, Dennis helped secure more than $14 million while enrollment grew from approximately 18,000 to 35,000 students.
Portfolio · Two Decades of Work
A selected record of leadership across education, community finance, public institutions and independent practice. Explore the stories behind the outcomes, then browse the full portfolio below.
Selected work / The context behind the figures
Institutional leadership
Working across funding, communications, partnerships and operations, Dennis helped secure more than $14 million while enrollment grew from approximately 18,000 to 35,000 students.
Capital & opportunity
A $22 million investment helped community development finance institutions deploy flexible lending capital across 20 states—connecting relationships to economic opportunity.
Growth & engagement
Dennis helped shape engagement around a $20 million expansion and secured $5 million within 18 months.
Public leadership
As the first Director of Community Engagement and Outreach and DEI Liaison, he worked across government, workforce development and regional partnerships.
Entrepreneurship & innovation
Through his firm, Dennis has advised more than 25 organizations navigating growth, institutional health, communications, technology and change.
A Note from Dennis
Twenty years in, the work is still about people — building the relationships, scale, and brand a vision deserves.