Alyssa Sharpe

About Alyssa Sharpe

Strategic and visionary nonprofit leader with over a decade of experience driving…

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Digi-Bridge

   Aug 2019 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Direct the strategic growth of a workforce development and education non-profit by casting vision, developing social impact solutions, overseeing programs, operations, and development teams, and cultivating collaborative community partnerships.• Scaled organization from $400K to $2M annual operating budget in five years, growing the impact of program participants from 150 to annually.• Expanded staff from 2 to 11 FTEs and maintain a staff retention rate of 90%. Conduct annual 360 performance reviews, create environment for real-time coaching, and invest in professional development.• Adapt and innovate program delivery to align with evolving student needs and the county’s broader education and workforce development priorities.• Increased school partnerships from 4 to 36, serving students and managing program facilitators across Mecklenburg County. Maintain relationships with district- and school-based educational leaders.• Built a diverse revenue model of earned and contributed funding sources, including: o Grew corporate and foundation partners from 9 to 40; increased avg gift size from $10K to $75K since 2019. o Launched individual giving program using the Benevon model, raising $150K+ annually in under three years. o Created a fee-for-service corporate volunteerism model generating $250K annually in earned revenue; program engages 35 companies and 6,150 volunteers annually thus increasing awareness of Digi-bridge across the community. Clients include Lowes, Bank of America, Trane Technologies, etc.• Developed and implemented comprehensive organizational KPIs, including number of unduplicated students impacted, student retention, volunteers engaged, avg gift size, and number of partners.• Led board growth from 4 to 13 members and identified specific skill sets required to strengthen the board and organization. Formalized board governance through charters, policies, and strategic planning frameworks.

Education

• University of Central Florida

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Skills

• Research
• Staff Development
• Teaching
• Community Outreach
• Tutoring
• Grant Writing
• Volunteer Management
• Program Development
• Public Speaking
• Curriculum Development
• Event Planning
• Fundraising
• Nonprofits
• Curriculum Design
• Educational Leadership
• Editing
• Microsoft Office
• Public Relations