I do this work every day. Molloy Finance is how you hire it.

My story

I’ve always felt compelled to make my community a better place to live, for me and for my neighbors. For the last 13 years that has meant a homeless shelter and residential drug-and-alcohol recovery nonprofit in Santa Barbara, where I started as an admin associate when the budget was $1.8M and ended up COO of a $5M organization serving over 230 people a day.

Ten-plus years of that was senior leadership, and the work taught me one thing over and over: the day-to-day decisions and the big strategic ones aren’t separate jobs. The daily workflows have to serve the board, the funders, the auditors, the staff, and the clients all at once, and when they do, everything gets easier. That’s the integration I build.

In 2026 I moved my family to the San Diego area and redesigned my own role to run remotely: same authority, same close, same clean audits, three hours from the office. That transition is what proved this model: an organization doesn’t need a finance leader in the building. It needs one who builds systems that work, documents them, and answers the phone.

Now I want that impact to reach further than one organization. If you’re facing a funder audit, a messy close, or a budget that doesn’t add up, I’ve probably already faced it.

Why care organizations, and nothing else

I feel called to spend my working life helping people who are suffering, whether through mental health care, poverty work, education, or advocacy. Running finance and operations so that programs and client care get every possible dollar and hour: that’s my way of fighting the good fight alongside you.

How I work

• I solve for pattern. The phrase is Wendell Berry’s. Good solutions solve more than one problem; good answers resolve more than one question. Some people call it win-win. I think of it as a whole-picture way of making decisions that work for everyone. A clean monthly close is also audit readiness, is also board trust, is also a cash forecast you can believe.
• Responsive. Usually same business day, always within 24 business hours.
• Everything documented. Every workflow I run is written down in your systems, under your ownership, so nothing about your finances lives only in my head.

Outside the spreadsheets

Married 15 years, two kids. I coach youth softball, volunteer at my local homeless shelter, and default to DIY: home projects, smart-home automations. When we get the chance, the family goes camping; when I get the chance, I’m trail running or hiking.