Tori O’Neal-McElrath is Vice President of External Affairs at Demos, a national public policy organization, where she oversees the communications and development teams to strategically expand reach and impact. Before Demos, she was Director of Institutional Advancement at the Center for Community Change (CCC). She oversaw fundraising for the 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 organizations, institutional branding and marketing, and special projects. Founder of O’Neal Consulting from 2000 -2008; a consulting firm that specialized in multi-funder collaborations, board development, strategic planning, and interim executive leadership. Other career highlights include: The San Diego Foundation, Planned Parenthood, and United Negro College Fund/UNCF. Author of Winning Grants: Step by Step, Fourth Edition (a Wiley Publication, 2013), and currently working on the Fifth Edition for release in 2019.