Jess leads SeaChange’s activity in nonprofit mergers and sustained collaboration as well as its work in helping nonprofits analyze and develop financial strategies to refine their business models, including scenario planning, risk assessment, and restructuring. She is responsible for two grantmaking funds, The SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration and The New York Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration Fund, which each support nonprofits that are exploring or planning mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, administrative and programmatic partnerships, etc. Since 2012, Jess has partnered with over 800 nonprofit leaders and board members, representing organizations of all sectors, geographies, and sizes, in their pursuit of sustained collaborations. She helped launch the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund and the National Sustained Collaboration Network, where she serves as a member of the Advisory Board.