• Manage and optimize the CEO’s calendar, schedule, travel, and briefing workflow to ensure alignment with strategic priorities. • Serve as a thought partner to the CEO on meeting preparation, follow-up, and decision-making needs. • Prepare or oversee development of briefings, talking points, background memos, slide decks, and pre-reads for internal and external engagements. • Track commitments, deadlines, and follow- up actions, ensuring the CEO’s office drives work forward across the organization. • Safeguard the CEO’s time by evaluating requests, prioritizing opportunities, and ensuring strong internal coordination. • Serve as primary staff liaison to the Board of Directors and Board Chair. • Lead planning, logistics, and materials development for all Board and committee meetings, retreats, and special sessions. • Draft and manage agendas, minutes, briefing documents, resolutions, dashboards, and governance materials. • Support recruitment, onboarding, and engagement of Board members. • Ensure alignment between Board governance, CEO priorities, and organizational strategy. • Work closely with the CEO’s direct reports to ensure follow -through on commitments, alignment on organizational goals, and effective internal communication. • Support the Executive Office’s planning and coordination of key organizational meetings, including all -staff meetings, leadership retreats, and major events. • Coordinate internal communication from the CEO, including staff updates, memos, and executive messages that build transparency and engagement. • Provide logistical support for internal and external engagements that include the CEO, such as conferences, site visits, and funder meetings. • Draft high-quality executive communications, including speeches, op-eds, statements, newsletters, talking points, and funder-facing materials. • Manage sensitive or high-stakes communications on behalf of the CEO and Board. • Lead or support high-priority initiatives that cut across program, operations, policy, and development functions. • Facilitate executive-level project planning, internal alignment, and decision-making processes. • Track progress on organizational priorities, ensuring follow-through and accountability. • Conduct research and synthesize complex information to inform executive decision-making. • Strengthen systems, templates, and processes for executive workflow, governance, and cross-team coordination. • Manage confidential information with the highest degree of professionalism and discretion. • Support special projects and represent the CEO’s Office on internal and external working groups, as needed.