Alison Powers Email & Phone Number

Chapter and District Programs

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Solution-oriented nonprofit executive and trusted advisor to volunteer leaders and staff, with extensive experience in association growth and development. High integrity leadership with a focus on results-oriented strategic plans and organizational programs. Adept at generating favorable business and financial outcomes through collaboration with volunteer leaders, staff, and other stakeholders. Transformational leadership approach with the ability to identify high-impact opportunities to enhance productivity, improve efficiency, advance the mission, and positively impact the bottom line. Key Competencies Include:  Association Governance Board Leadership Strategic Management Staff/Volunteer Development Budget/Financial Acumen Recruitment/Retention Chapter/Affiliate Relations Communications/Marketing Educational Programs/Events Government Affairs Public/Media Relations Grant Writing Data-Centric Processes Non-Dues Revenue Programs Inclusive, Collaborative Leader

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Managed all aspects of online interactive educational resource for surgeons in training. Oversaw overall marketing, communication, enrollment processing, program administration & implementation, and user experiences. Aligned the FSC interface with College’s membership database to marry enrollments with ACS membership into one seamless process. Created reports for College leadership to show overall market penetration and usage, and impact on the contribution margin to Divisional budget. Oversaw creation and staffing of in-person recruitment events, exhibits, and workshops.Key Contributions and Accomplishments: Supervised the development of a dynamic, highly functional, responsive online enrollment design that interfaced with organizational database, enhancing the user enrollment experience and satisfaction by 75% and reduced manual staff enrollment processing time by 75%,  Oversaw the creation, development and execution of online and in-person recruitment and retention of member enrollments that that grew by 30%, improved retention rate from 75% to 85%, and increased enrollment revenue by 20%. Grew market presence by increasing FSC’s overall market penetration by 60 % from 132 to 174 program users.  Organized and executed dynamic virtual training sessions, webinar tutorials, instructors’ manual and supplemental resources to expand the user experience and administrator implementation. Webinar attendance saw an increase of 100% from 12 to 25 attendees, and a 50% increase in report usage. Maintained Learning Management System, processed and supported enrollment for 1,200 users/175 programs/50 administrators.

Developed policies and procedures to ensure effective administration of a start-up program. Organized and presented bi-monthly workshops to non-profit organizations to develop their familiarity with technology administration. Topics included Social Networking, Introduction to Teaming 4 Technology, etc. Managed website to ensure content is up-to-date; wrote and posted articles on website and social media sites to generate links back to the organizational website in support of growing the organization. Worked with senior staff to develop project plans, workshop topics, and implement educational initiatives to achieve organizational goals. Responded to phone and email inquiries.

Planned, developed, wrote and taught K- 8 curriculum for basic computer instruction, and 7-8 health and physical education courses. Teaching same courses included Microsoft office suite, blogging and website design.

Planned, developed, wrote and taught K-8 curriculum for health and physical education courses. Partnered with local grocery to provide nutritious foods for students to sample in support of weekly healthy eating curriculum.

Served as a key resource to internal and external staff and volunteers for information, volunteer recruitment of the organization, and philanthropic giving. Managed all public relations efforts including writing and distributing marketing materials, newsletters and annual report. Developed and maintained website. Supported Board of Directors with meeting planning, agenda preparation, development of supporting materials, preparation of meeting minutes, developed and monitored completion of action items. Maintained press and fundraising databases. Administered annual marketing budget. Recruited, interviewed, selected and trained volunteer base of 50+ volunteers. Marketed program to area philanthropic and civic organizations through public- speaking engagements.

Free-lanced article development, Journal editing and marketing materials for Smith, Bucklin clients Tandem Computer Users' Group Sealed Insulting Glass Manufacturer's AssociationSurgical Nursing Association Society for Information Management

Managed all aspects of public relations efforts for multiple clients, including Surgical Nursing Association and Tandem Computer Users' Group. This included writing and distributing marketing and membership materials and annual reports to maintaining press relations, including submitting story ideas, handling inquiries and maintaining clipping files. Worked with Board of Directors to set and achieve long-term strategic public relations goals and objectives; and coordinating and executing projects in support of these plans. Developed talking points and speeches for Board of Directors. Assisted with the planning and execution of bi-annual membership meetings, executive director's meetings and annual conference and trade shows.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Project Management, 4.0

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Kappa Delta Sorority Public Relations Society of America