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• Increase organizational support through major donor stewardship.
• Help drive the organization's strategy through new programming, stakeholder collaboration and member engagement.
• Build our relationships with national and local foundations which has resulted in new funding partnerships and increased support for our grantees.
• Manage our existing grantmaking portfolio and recommend new, creative projects to help our network of the progressive advocates be more successful.
• Implement board development structures including recruitment, training, and fundraising support.
• Improve the Progress Alliance’s internal structures including development of our member database, leading strategic planning processes, and staying focused on systems to improve overall organizational performance.

• Planned and directed NARAL’s field programs including issue advocacy campaigns, two annual community development events, and the strategic growth of organizational capacity outside of the Seattle area.
• Enhanced the Foundation’s resource base by nearly 30%, securing multiple-year funding for an education campaign and continued funding for the emergency contraception advocacy campaign.
• Chaired a statewide coalition of advocacy organizations, with a focus on strategic planning, coalition outreach, and infrastructure sustainability.
• Managed the 2008 and 2009 electoral plan, including facilitation of the Political Action Committee’s endorsement process and overseeing all facets of the organization’s field organizing efforts, resulting in NARAL.
• Worked with policy-makers and allied organizations in Olympia to implement pro-active legislation that resulted in three policy wins.

• Developed a comprehensive volunteer intake program that included orientation, training, and placement.
• Increased Basic Rights Oregon’s visibility and strengthened the statewide membership through organized community events.
• Implemented strong leadership development through targeted outreach.
• Organized volunteer field programs such as phone banking, volunteer recruitment and canvassing efforts for the 2004 Statewide No on Constitutional Amendment 36 initiative campaign.

Certificate In Non-Profit Management

Masters, Anthropology

Thesis examined how the New York Times and Washington Post covered the Rwandan Genocide in 1993.