Taekia Blackwell

About Taekia Blackwell

I am a senior operations and strategy leader with deep experience building the infrastructure that enables mission-driven organizations to scale with clarity and intention. I specialize in translating ambitious ideas into durable systems across people, finance, events, technology, and governance—unlocking growth without sacrificing purpose or culture. My work lives at the intersection of vision and execution, where I align leaders, unify cross-functional teams, and create structures that make excellence repeatable rather than heroic. Known for bringing order to complexity and momentum to periods of change, I lead with creativity, rigor, and care, balancing strategic foresight with an operator’s instinct for what actually works. I am a value-add to every organization I join because I see institutions as living systems, and I believe there is always a smarter, stronger way to build of Expertise: Organizational Operations & Infrastructure; Executive & Cross-Functional Leadership; People, Talent & Performance Systems; Financial Strategy, Budgeting & Forecasting; Event Strategy, Production & Experiential Design; Revenue Enablement & Strategic Partnerships; Systems Design, Data & CRM (Salesforce); Governance, Contracts & Risk Management; Process Design, SOPs & Operational Scaling; Creative Problem-Solving & Change Management

Experience

1. SVP, Operations Enablement

   Nationswell

   Apr 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Led enterprise-wide operations across people, finance, events, systems, and governance, serving as a strategic partner to the CEO and COO during periods of growth and organizational change.• Built and scaled core infrastructure—including centralized event strategy, financial planning, operating rhythms, and cross-functional decision frameworks—to improve clarity, efficiency, and impact.• Unified and developed high-performing teams by translating vision into actionable systems, balancing rigor with creativity to make excellence repeatable.

Education

• Drucker School of Management

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing & Strategy

  2013 — 2015

• University of Pittsburgh

  Bachelor of the Arts, Film Studies

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Non-Profits
• Management
• Blogging
• Html
• Research
• Wordpress
• Time Management
• Customer Service
• Public Relations
• Editing
• Email Marketing
• Windows Vista
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Microsoft Office
• Strategic Planning
• Email Strategy
• Mentoring
• Leadership
• Recruiting
• Facebook
• Event Planning
• Strategy
• Copy Editing
• Marketing
• Creative Writing
• Community Outreach
• Public Speaking
• Nonprofits
• Event Management
• Collateral
• Youtube
• Fundraising
• Volunteer Management
• Social Media
• Google Analytics
• Photoshop