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Charlies Fields is the Executive Vice President for Operations and Impact at Color Of Change, where he oversees the organization’s goal-setting, fundraising, and evaluation, and helps build a culture in line with the values. He comes to Color Of Change with a wealth of experience in organizational change, project management, and strategy execution.

Charles served as Lambda Legal’s first-ever Chief Operating Officer. While there, he transformed operations strategy, processes, and controls, greatly improving the organization’s financial standing. He managed the organization’s first collective bargaining agreement and helped revamp Lambda’s technology infrastructure. He also led Lambda’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and expanded employee health benefits to bring the organization’s healthcare policy in line with its mission. Prior to working at Lambda Legal, Charles served as the Deputy Secretary of State in New York as part of a task force on worker exploitation, which recovered $2M in stolen wages for thousands of people working in the nail salon industry. Before joining the government, Charles oversaw large technology projects as a management consultant for Fortune 500 companies including Goldman Sachs, Hess Corporation, Prudential, and biopharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb.