Darcy Totten's Linkedin Analytics

I am a highly effective collaborative leader and solutions architect with 20 years of experience setting strategic direction, managing teams, consulting on equity and inclusion, facilitating positive change at grassroots, state, and national levels. I have a proven track record in developing and leading strategy and execution for coalitions, state agencies, and associations. I am an expert in crisis management and internal and external communications and advocacy including executive, media relations, external relations, government, and nonprofit and strategic partnerships. Superpowers: Political power mapping, strategic planning, strengths-based leadership, advocacy, program implementation and design, crisis communications, organizational development, and thought leadership. I possess superior interpersonal, outreach and strategic skills capable of facilitating innovative solutions in fast-paced environments to solve long-term problems. Functional areas include: strategic planning complex problem solving cross-functional teams risk mitigation adaptive leadership crisis communications metrics & data analysis community engagement inclusion & culture reputation management policy & legislation coalition building Strengths-based leader: Individualization. Strategy. Command. Activator. Futuristic. Determined to change the world by fixing one giant problem at a time. AWARDS AND SERVICE • Board Member & External Affairs Chair, Sacramento Friends of the Arts (2018-present) * Board Member, Sacramento LGBT Center (2020-present) • Nehemiah Emerging Leaders Program Senior Fellow (Class X) • Coro Fellow Alumni (2019) • Next City Vanguard Fellow (40 urban innovators under 40) (2019) • Stonewall Democrats PAC Board (2019-present) • Sacramento Women Democrats Policy Committee (2017-present) * Advisory Committee member: Sacramento Women’s March, Up Kindness