Georgia
COO
Georgia Downey is a strategic operations executive with extensive experience guiding nonprofits through periods of growth and transformation. Her expertise spans operational strategy, financial management, fundraising, program development, and cross-functional team leadership.
Throughout her career, Georgia has successfully led complex initiatives involving organizational expansion, stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, and systems improvement. She is known for her ability to bring structure to complex challenges, align teams around shared goals, and develop sustainable solutions that strengthen organizational effectiveness and long-term impact.
Georgia most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of an anti-human trafficking nonprofit where she led organizational operations, financial management, fundraising strategy, and program growth during a significant period of expansion. Previously, she served as the founding Managing Director of a foster care collaborative, which she scaled to more than 200 community partners working together to address challenges within the foster care system through collective impact and strategic collaboration.
Georgia holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Florida International University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. In recognition of her leadership and community impact, she received Florida’s Collective Impact Leadership Award from the Florida Coalition for Children.
Today, Georgia partners with organizations and leaders to strengthen operations, improve financial sustainability, and build the systems and strategies needed to achieve meaningful, lasting results.