We believe strongly in accelerating the careers of everyone who becomes part of our team by empowering them with the tools, skills, and resources to continue making outstanding impact wherever they go.
We are so grateful to these leaders who once dedicated their time and brilliance to the growth of Radical Partners. We couldn’t be where we are without their support!
Ana worked alongside our founder, Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, as she was cooking up the idea for Radical Partners. As Radical Partners’ first intern, while completing her Master's in Community and Social Change at the University of Miami, she curated stories for newsletters and partnered with local nonprofit, HIP, on their annual student celebration. Ana and RFL collaborated on ways to elevate social impact entrepreneurs through the first RP boot camp, strategized on how to help organizations evaluate their efforts, and incubated larger scale opportunities for community involvement, which turned into 100 Great Ideas.
As the Manager of Consulting, Anna helped social impact organizations grow and scale their operations during Radical Partners’ earliest stages as an organization. In 2016, she relocated to Chicago where she leads as Associate Principal at the Civic Consulting Alliance.
During her time consulting with Radical Partners in 2016 and 2017, Alissa helped with the 100 Great Ideas campaigns on Affordable Housing and Climate Resilience, defining problem statements, reading and analyzing comments, and assisting in the creation of final reports. As of to date, Alissa works for The City of Miami as Resilience Programs Manager.
As our Civic Impact Fellow in 2018, Arohi supported in grant writing, researched around implementing new project ideas, and designed online materials. Currently, she is working on her MBA as a Consortium and Forte Fellow at UC Berkeley.
Instrumental in the early stages of Radical Partners, Claudia supported entrepreneurs and built up our leadership development arm. She is now the Founder and CEO of Social Impact Movement, where she connects Miami leaders, enterprises, citizens, and government to the Sustainable Development Goals.
As a high school intern in 2018, David supported our team in completing designed materials for leadership development programs and gaining an overview of our organization’s impact. For almost two years, David has been working at Syracuse University, scaling his work to be a Multicultural Learning Community Resident Advisor.
As a college intern in 2018, Felicia gained an overview and supported our organization’s operations and programs. As of to date, Felicia works as the Community Management and Marketing Intern at Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI).
Karina Ortega
As Operations Manager, Karina supported many backstage processes that strengthened Radical Partners. She aligned the internal finances and delivered organizational structure and support to different projects, leading with a clear view of what was needed. Karina also strengthened Alumni and other RP networks. She accelerated her career by becoming an Administrative Specialist at the University of Tennessee.
She came to us as a LEE Fellow and rapidly grew into becoming our Leadership Innovation Senior Manager. She created, curated, and facilitated great content to take all our rad leaders to the next level. Today, she’s proudly Chief of Staff for Luisa Santos, School Board Member and a rad alumni too.
As Community Engagement Manager, Nicky sweated the details for our collective impact and community and civic engagement projects like VoteMiami and the 10 Days of Connection while handling our social media and strategic communications. As of 2021, Nicky has scaled her work to The Miami Foundation, where she is the Communications and Public Affairs Officer, supporting their Civic Leadership Agenda and Communications and Engagement arm.
As a LEE Fellow in 2020, Nicole powered up the Vote Miami team applying research and producing infographics and copy for our social media prior to the local elections in 2020. Nicole now works as the Director of Elementary Programs at Achieve Miami.
From 2016 to 2019, Sarah was the Managing Director of Radical Partners. She developed and implemented social change initiatives, which included large-scale community engagements (100 Great Ideas and VoteMiami) as well as entrepreneurship training programs (Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, Leadership Lab, the 100 Great Ideas Incubator). In November 2019, Sarah had the opportunity to become the Executive Director of Achieve Miami, focusing her work in delivering high-quality learning opportunities for students throughout Miami-Dade.
Interning from the University of Miami CAPS Practicum in 2019, Stacy supported our team’s alumni engagement strategies. She is currently working at Live a Park Life as an Administrative Officer.
As our first LEE Fellow in 2017, Tiffany supported the Leadership Development team. As of to date, Tiffany works for Miami-Dade County Public Schools as a teacher.
As our first ever Communications Associate, Torrey brought brilliance and energy to our processes around social media and communications strategies. She also rallied organizations to invest in Disability Accessibility and Inclusion and engaged locals in spreading kindness and empathy during our 10 Days of Connection. In the Spring of 2022, Torrey accelerated her career and became Speechwriter for Mayor Daniella Levine Cava's Office.