Camilla Modesitt

About Camilla Modesitt

Visionary, results-driven leader with a proven track record of driving organizational growth, community engagement, and strategic communication. Successfully founded and led a high-performing charter school from concept to thriving operation, demonstrating expertise in storytelling, branding, and stakeholder alignment. Skilled communicator and analytical problem solver with a background in law, education policy, and startup ecosystems. Adept at designing strategic processes, crafting compelling narratives, leading high-impact campaigns, and producing mission-aligned events that mobilize communities and elevate visibility. Extensive experience across the nonprofit, legal, political, and publishing sectors, with a focus on creating systemic change and measurable impact. Known for building trusted relationships, managing cross-functional initiatives, and guiding organizations through critical moments of transformation. Highly effective in training and coaching individuals, teams, and organizations—particularly women leaders—toward clarity, confidence, and high performance. Specializes in leadership development, communications strategy, and community-focused programming. Areas of Expertise: • Leadership • Education & Nonprofits • Policy/Advocacy • Communications • Training & Coaching • Organizational Effectiveness • Strategic Plans • Applied Improv

Experience

1. Principal Owner

   Denver Language School K-8

   Jun 2023 — Present · US

   Write, edit, and approve all external and internal school-wide communications (over 200+ a year), including weekly newsletter, stand-alone communications, crisis communications, and school marketing material. Authored the proposal that helped secure our middle school building, and successfully managed all COVID communications over the past 2.5 years, which involved synthesizing huge amounts of information in a short amount of time and ensuring internal team alignment in decision-making and messaging. •Manage regular collaboration with other members of the Senior Leadership Team to determine and implement response for all short-term and long-term school-wide issues and concerns.•Create all content for school-wide presentations (including data interpretation), website content, tours for community stakeholders, and prospective families. •Increased employee engagement 10% in administrative decisions through surveys, committees, and creating a culture of trust.•Developed a successful school-wide strategy and design for growth and processes around communications, messaging, branding, alumni engagement, and fundraising.•Developed a systemized process to improve financial health, including implementing a donor system and healthy fundraising culture from scratch and managing all fundraising efforts to support a $11M budget.•Improved student enrollment and retention, and personnel retention, year-over-year through intentional messaging and marketing.

Education

• University of London

  Political Science and Government

• Moravian College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

• University of Denver - Sturm College of Law

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)