Chief of Staff

Project Hospitality seeks a highly accomplished, strategic, and exceptionally organized Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer to serve as a trusted executive partner, senior advisor, and extension of the Office of the CEO. This role will function as both a strategic counselor and operational leader, serving as the CEO’s right hand in advancing organizational priorities, strengthening executive alignment, managing critical relationships, and ensuring disciplined execution across the organization.

As Project Hospitality enters a historic period of leadership transition and organizational opportunity, the Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor will play a central role in supporting the CEO and Executive Leadership Team in building organizational cohesion, strengthening systems, advancing strategic priorities, and positioning the organization for its next chapter of impact and growth. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled executive leader who possesses sound judgment, exceptional political and organizational acumen, strategic thinking capabilities, operational discipline, and the ability to navigate complexity with professionalism, discretion, and confidence.

• Serve as a trusted senior advisor and thought partner to the CEO on organizational priorities, strategic opportunities, leadership matters, and emerging issues.
• Provide executive counsel on organizational dynamics, stakeholder engagement, institutional risk, strategic initiatives, and cross‑functional priorities.
• Anticipate challenges and identify opportunities that support organizational growth, executive effectiveness, and mission advancement.
• Serve as a sounding board and confidential advisor to the CEO on sensitive matters requiring discretion and executive judgment.
• Support the CEO in translating vision into executable strategies and measurable organizational priorities.

• Serve as the CEO’s primary strategic and operational partner, ensuring the Office of the CEO functions with excellence, efficiency, and alignment.
• Manage the CEO’s calendar, strategic priorities, speaking engagements, travel, board responsibilities, donor meetings, stakeholder engagements, and key relationships.
• Protect and prioritize the CEO’s time and attention, ensuring focus on highest‑value organizational priorities.
• Prepare executive briefing materials, talking points, reports, presentations, correspondence, and strategic meeting preparation.
• Track commitments, action items, decisions, and deliverables across the CEO’s portfolio.

• Drive execution of CEO priorities and enterprise‑wide strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate cross‑functional projects involving operations, finance, development, compliance, human resources, programs, and external partnerships.
• Monitor implementation progress and establish systems for accountability and performance management.
• Identify barriers, facilitate problem‑solving, and support organizational alignment.
• Support strategic planning efforts and implementation of organizational priorities.

• Serve as a liaison and connector across the Executive Leadership Team.
• Coordinate executive meetings and retreats, including agendas, materials, action tracking, and follow‑up.
• Strengthen organizational communication and alignment across departments and initiatives.
• Promote transparency, accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.
• Support leadership team development and change management efforts.

• Serve as the primary liaison between the CEO and Board of Directors, coordinating board communications, meetings, agendas, materials, and follow‑up actions.
• Partner with the CEO and Board Chair to support effective governance, board engagement, committee operations, and compliance with bylaws and governance policies.
• Prepare board reports, presentations, dashboards, and executive summaries that communicate organizational performance, strategic priorities, and key initiatives.
• Track board decisions, strategic…