The mission of ENP is to work for justice and equality with our neighbors through building relationships, community action, service, and empowerment. ENP's motto is 'Neighbors doing what Neighbors do,' helping each other to strengthen our community. We seek innovative approaches to education, community co-ops, and affordable housing to build a more vital community in which to live, work and play. To that end, ENP manages three programs: (1) The Spot, an after-school program for 5th - 12th-grade students, supporting them to become their best selves; (2) the FreeStore, a community cooperative where neighbors share a meal and "shop" for household, personal, and cleaning items not eligible for Food Stamps; (3) ENP engages in community action by supporting resident tenants to self-advocate for affordable housing and as a lead member of the Edgehill Coalition, addressing development, gentrification, transportation, and safety issues. ENP is also the sub-zone captain of MDHA's Nashville Promise Zone project. Three principles guide ENP: (1) As a neighbor, ENP seeks to address the concerns identified by community stakeholders: residents in public housing, in single-family homes, and the business community. (2) ENP partners with others already engaged in effective programs. Current partners include West End United Methodist Church, Belmont United Methodist Church, Open Table, the Nashville Food Project, Oasis Center, NOAH, Belmont University, and Vanderbilt University. (3) ENP is volunteer-driven: this is how we build relationships, understand needs and work to improve our community.

I am an Advanced Certified Nonprofit Professional, Certified Fund Raising Executive, and Certified Grant Professional with a wealth of experience in the nonprofit sector. I have developed a wide range of competencies. I am also a Notary Public/Notary Signing Agent, which I can provide to clients. I have provided consulting services in the following areas: Grant Writing and ManagementAnnual CampaignsCapital CampaignsSpecial Event Planning, Logistics, and Sponsorship RecruitmentBudgeting/Financial Management/AccountingBoard DevelopmentStrategic PlanningProgram Development and ManagementRegulatory ComplianceResearch & Data EntryHuman Resources ManagementPolicy ProposalsSocial Media MarketingWebsite Content ManagementCurrent clients:Community Shares- Campaign Management (Jun 2020- )Effing Foundation- Interim Director (November 2023- )Assistance League of Nashville- Grant Writing Consultant (March 2024- )TN Presenters- Interim Director (May 2024- present)

Topics:Driving Brand Loyalty in MillennialsEnding the Motherhood PenaltyCombatting Structural Racism to Mitigate COVID-19 Health DisparitiesBuilding a Leadership PipelinePlanning Your Grants StrategyGrant Writing BasicsFundraising BasicsUnderstanding Your Leadership StyleClosing the Wage Gap: Negotiating Your SalaryThe Stigma of Mental Illness on Social MediaThe Effects of Nutrition on the Onset and Progression of Mental Illness Robert's Rules of Order BasicsFundraising During a Crisis: Successes and Lessons LearnedGraduate School for the Nonprofit ProfessionalHaving it All and Doing it All: Balancing Being a Parent and ProfessionalSolving the Childcare Crisis in the Nonprofit SectorEstablish Mutual Respect & Safety for Optimum Conflict ResolutionManaging Intergenerational TeamsLeveraging Strategic Alliances for Optimum Financial ManagementThe Remote Rationale: How Your Nonprofit Can Be Successful in a Remote WorldLeveraging Executive Presence to Overcome Imposter SyndromeOvercoming Imposter SyndromeUnderstanding Unconscious BiasImplementing an Equity FrameworkRecruiting, Retaining, and Engaging Young ProfessionalsThe Journey to Anti-RacismConferences:Keynote Speaker at Opportunity Now Conference 2020Panel Speaker at AFP ICON 2021Panel Speaker at AFP ICON 2022Panel Speaker at AFP ICON 2023Panel Speaker at AFP Women's Impact Initiative 2019Panel Speaker at AFP LEAD 2019Session Speaker at AFP LEAD 2021Session Speaker at AFP LEAD 2022Track Curator/Speaker for Volunteer Delaware 2020 ConferenceSession Speaker at YNPN 2021Session Speaker at YNPN 2022Session Speaker at Elevate 2020Session Speaker at Elevate 2021Session Speaker at Elevate 2022Session Speaker at Elevate 2023

Online instructor teaching two of three courses needed for the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) designation: Charitable Giving Strategies and Gift Planning in a Nonprofit Context. First course section starts in April 2025.GS 849: Charitable Giving StrategiesGS 849 focuses on explaining and placing the most common charitable strategies—both one by one and within an overall plan—to achieve donor goals for self, family, and community.By the end of this course, you will be able to:• Explain the features and benefits of each individual charitable tool.• Compare and contrast the tools in the light of a donor or client’s overall legacy plan for self, family, and society.• Identify reasons advisors and fundraisers often collide, and the ways we may work more effectively together.GS 859: Gift Planning in a Nonprofit ContextGS 859 focuses on what nonprofits call “gift planning.” The course is designed to help board leaders, advisors, and nonprofits collaborate to create, count, and steward significant gifts.By the end of this course, you will be able to:• Identify the roles of the three sectors, how those roles are changing, and how the nonprofit sector is funded.• Discuss the role of the nonprofit board and how fundraising is structured and managed.• Discuss how planned, major, and blended gifts are raised, invested and stewarded.• Discuss the rise of “the social economy” and impact investing.• Discuss what high capacity donors want.• See how “personalized” or “donor-focused planning” complements the value-based planning that is taught in the other CAP® courses.• Discuss the ethics and ideals of gift planning as an emerging profession

The AFP Emerging Leaders Committee has been talking about how a podcast would be a great free resource for emerging leaders (defined as those who have been in the profession ten years or less). We know early career professionals can’t always afford to attend large conferences like AFP LEAD or ICON, so the more cost-effective learning opportunities we can provide, the better, especially if that opportunity is a quick 15-20 minutes you could easily fit into your busy schedule like on the way to a donor meeting. We will release a new episode on the third Thursday of every month.

Discover Madison, Inc.- Amqui Station and Visitors Center is a unique and historic resource, not only for Madison, but for the greater Nashville-Davidson County area. We seek to educate, entertain, and inspire museum visitors and work to establish Amqui Station as a destination for visitors from the Madison community, Middle Tennessee, and beyond. We are fortunate to say that former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, former Senator Joe Haynes, Representatives Gary Moore and Mike Turner, the Metro Council, TDOT, Metro Public Works, and many Madison community citizens supported our endeavors from the beginning. In 2013, DMI - Amqui Station and Visitors Center was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Metro Historical Commission's 2013 Preservation Awards, and in 2016, the Tennessee Association of Museums presented DMI with an award of excellence for the World War II educational program. In pursuit of the mission and vision we aspire to reach, Discover Madison focuses its energies and resources on strengthening its financial sustainability, increasing community engagement, expanding programs, and building public awareness.

A TEDx event is a local gathering where live TED-like talks and performances are shared with the community. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis. The content and design of each TEDx event is unique and developed independently, but all of them have features in common.Hold the licenses for TEDxLenoxVillage, TEDxYouth@LenoxVillage, TEDxLenoxVillageWomen, TEDxLenoxVillageCountdown, and TEDxLenoxVillageStudio

The Morgridge Acceleration Program (MAP) Fellowship matches nonprofit executives, called MAP Mentors, with emerging leaders, called MAP Fellows, looking to create a positive impact while developing professional skill sets and networks. Through the program, MAP Fellows collaborate with peers and industry leaders to challenge the status quo, foster new and meaningful connections, and spark the sustainable change needed to achieve a profound and lasting impact.While driving impact for nonprofit organizations, MAP Fellows gain elite mentorship, executive coaching, networking opportunities, travel, and access into a tight-knit group of peers. This year, Forbes called the MAP Fellowship “a powerful opportunity for collaboration and innovative thinking.”Design a fundraising strategy for Colorado State University (CSU) Spur, opening in Denver this January, that builds on existing work with their campuses, creates clear processes and policies, and identifies potential funding sources for their various public-facing outreach and educational programs.The fundraising plan will create long-term strategies and structure, will help align development efforts across all three CSU campuses (CSU, CSU Pueblo, and CSU Global) to maximize efficiency, will put transparent policies and procedures in place, and will leverage this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engage with donors for the Spur campus. Funding will ultimately support programs designed to engage young people in topics and careers in STEM and the arts, and inspire Spur visitors to apply their talents to global challenges in food, water, health, and sustainability.

Be the public face and voice for the foundation, answering all calls and fulfilling needed requests for information, appearances, invoices for recipients, etc. Provide vision and leadership in support of and articulation of the JTF mission, including web content oversight, correspondence with publications, TV, and other requests such as book publishers.Present recipient applications, financial needs, and other requests to the board. Provide front-office support, mail, check and cash processing, gift processing, thank you acknowledgements, accounts payable, coordinate with accounting firm for check creation, matching gift coordination, etc. Handle all gift processing functions, from deposits, to entry into the donor system, to thank you notes and follow-up with donors. Manage and drive the donor system, producing donor reports as necessary.

Taught the following courses until NCE's dissolution due to the COVID-19 crisis:Salary Negotiation: Closing the Wage GapFundraising EssentialsGrant Writing BasicsEmotional IntelligenceUnderstanding Your Leadership StyleCreating Equitable and Inclusive Workplaces

The Close the Loop College Cup was the nation's largest college textile recycling program, powered by DoSomething.org and H&M. 11.1 million tons of recyclable fabric and textiles end up in landfills every year, even though the vast majority of this can be recycled. In September 2015, a team of Vanderbilt students, led by Project Manager, Allison Plattsmier, collected 21,118 pieces of clothing for the Close the Loop College Cup. Since then, Allison has continued the project, growing it organically through community partnerships and has even attracted the attention of national partners to expand the program in the Nashville community.

Worked with existing outside accountants to process vendor payments and revenuesManaged and grew TISL's profile of eventsWorked with the Program Director and the student leaders to plan the four-day General Assembly each NovemberHelped with logistics and planning of the regional workshops prior to the General AssemblyMaintained existing relationships with vendorsEnsured regulatory compliance (state and federal)Provided board support, including all meeting preparations, logistics, and informational materialsSpearheaded fundraising efforts by maintaining relationships with existing donors and establishing relationships with new donors

The Community Investment Manager inspires businesses and individuals to provide financial support for NeedLink Nashville’s mission to share resources and emergency financial assistance with our neighbors in need. Key Responsibilities: Lead the organization’s fundraising and donor development efforts in support of the goals and objectives outlined in NeedLink’s strategic plan.Create a fundraising plan that guides the organization’s efforts to raise and grow the unrestricted portion of the agency budget, which is currently around $200,000. Identify annual gift donors with additional giving capacity, and assist them in increasing their gift. Engage influential individuals and businesses in NeedLink’s mission, educate them about the organization’s important work in the community, and develop opportunities for their financial support. Ensure that Rudolph’s Red Nose Run meets its annual sponsorship goals.Develop fundraising programs that engage religious communities, schools, universities, civic organizations and other community groups in supporting NeedLink and its mission. Solicit in-kind donations for the emergency assistance and holiday food delivery programs, as well asf undraising events. Manage NeedLink’s Little Green Light donor database, donor acknowledgement and direct mail processes.

The Associate Director of Programs and Development is an important position that works closely with the Executive Director in developing, implementing, and managing a wide range of projects around the initiatives of the Transit Alliance. This position provides support for the organization and is an important contact for the Board of Directors, volunteers, vendors, and donors. This position has responsibility for planning and implementing the Transit Citizen Leadership Academy and the Transit Government Leaders Conference, signature initiatives of the Transit Alliance.ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIESTransit Citizen Leadership AcademyPlan and implement the 7 session educational program that equips civic leaders with the tools to lead conversations about the value of regional transit improvement; includes planning of curriculum, recruitment of participants, secure and prepare speakers, secure event logistics, etc.Responsible for all TCLA related needs including but not limited to, programmatic agenda and materials, communication with participants and speakers from local, state, and federal offices; Audio/visual photographic and catering needs.Provides contract negotiation and review for vendors.Initiates and implements alumni engagement opportunities.Transit Government Leaders ConferencePlan and implement this 3 hour conference that equips elected and appointed leaders with the knowledge about the value of regional transit improvement; includes planning of curriculum, Recruitment of participants, secure and prepare speakers, secure event logistics, etc.Responsible for all TGLC related needs including but not limited to, programmatic agenda and materials, communication with participants and speakers from local, state, and federal offices

Planned and organized key fundraising events and appealsServed as the primary point-of-contact for new applicants and the broader amputee communityLed collaborations with appropriate community agencies and sponsorsMaintained compliance with Federal and State standards to maintain 501(c)3 statusCoordinated public relations and social media efforts to increase public awareness of ABRRecruited and maintained relationships with volunteersManaged day-to-day fiscal operations and worked in coordination with the Treasurer to submitmonthly financial reports to the BoardWorked with the Board of Directors to develop and monitor the agency’s annual budget

Cooperate with an assigned community partner to coordinate a monthly communitykitchenConduct routine program evaluation and assess outcomes for continual improvementDesign enrichment activities for children and families to engage in obesity preventionand management, academic improvement, and/or character education

Work alongside Next Steps students at their internship sites to help them learn theirrequired job tasks at their internship sitesMaintain communication between the student, internship supervisor, and Next Stepscoordinator

Implement and evaluate a nutrition education and culinary skills program targeting youthages 10-­14 in afterschool settingsDevelop grant proposal for future fundingAssist with composition of program report

Transfer content between learning management systemsCreate diagnostic assessments and final examinations within a new learning management systemBalance company ledger through the Summer 2015 termAssist with student enrollments for the Summer 2015 termUpdate student ledgers with Summer 2015 registration and enrollment fees and payments.

Attend weekly First Year Experience courseOrganize extracurricular activities for studentsParticipate in weekly round table for larger group outingsServe as a resource for students to help transition to college life

The DIGITAL (Developing Innovative Graduates IT Apprentice Leadership) program is a one-year experience designed to give students practical, hands-on leadership training in an IT environment. Rotate through various IT departments (Networking, Classroom Technology, and Geographic Information Systems)Create proposal of possible networking options for new residence hallParticipate in professional development conferencesCompleted EduCause digital badging coursePrepared proposal for implementation of a digital badging program at UTCMade suggestions for redesign of the GIS portalCreated and distributed survey to students for improvements of available classroom technology

Attend Beyond the Classroom eventsCollect and analyze responsesDevelop strategies to increase participation in the programServe on the Experiential Learning Task Force and Student Advisory Board

Tutor student athletes in a variety of coursesAssist with preparation for midterm and final exams

Assisted in the program planning of events focused on educational content and/or support for charity organizations for UTC students