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Responsible for creating and implementing inaugural philanthropic program, MileOneCares. This includes the creation of transportation safety programs for the community as well as the development and implementation of a corporate giving program. Advise board on grant making. Annually distributing over $2 million dollars in grants and sponsorships to communities in Maryland, North Carolina, Virgina, Pennsylvania, Delaware and the DC Metro Area. Responsible for the operational, administrative, and fiscal functions of the foundation.

Facilitate Museum Education, Intro to Museum Studies and Collections Management classes providing mentorship and guidance to students.

Owings Mills, Maryland, United States

Serve as thought partner on projects ranging from non-profit fundraising, leadership development and research. Using OneCause to implement online giving platform and Text to Give campaign to increase giving and support for small non-profit organization.

Developed and supervised long-range strategy, implementation and evaluation for family, school, adult and community programs to meet attendance goals to align with mission and strategic initiatives and to make programs dynamic, cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural. Recognized leader resulting in five promotions, each time with increasing responsibility.* Hired, led and mentored 15 full-time, 8 part-time employees as well as 65 volunteers. This team served 45% of audiences who visited the museum.* Restructured inherited org chart to align manpower with needs of museum resulting in the addition of three new positions.* Fundraised and wrote grants for a broad set of funders including major donors, federal agencies and foundations.* Engaged with board members as well as individual and corporate donors to encourage and develop greater clarity of the museum's public engagement resulting in increased philanthropy.* Resolved customer service issues ensuring increased satisfaction level for constituents.* Selected by Leadership to oversee cross-departmental teams to improve communication and productivity of digital initiatives and programs.* Orchestrated transition of all in-person programs to digital due to COVID-19 to sustain engagement during museum closure.* Created and managed an annual budget of $1.3 million. Regularly scrutinized and adjusted numbers in order to meet or exceed budget goals. * Analyzed ROI on programs and amended offerings based on findings to increase revenue and attendance while keeping mission and goals in mind.* Launched evaluation for programs and exhibitions formalizing a feedback loop to improve offerings.* Advanced museum technology projects by making recommendations for improvements of in-gallery learning leading to the creation of a cell-phone tour and mobile application. * Served as external spokesperson and advocate at local and national venues to increase awareness and establish the museum as a leader in the field.

Instituted departmental vision. Revamped and expanded existing programs and created new initiatives including teacher e-newsletters, distance learning, homeschool, teen, college and STEAM programs. Responsible for increasing attendance and expanding program reach. Taught lesson in school, in museum and in studio spaces. Project manager for K-12 website, Integrating the Arts.* Redesigned and taught K-12 museum and studio curriculum to align with Common Core Standards resulting in 12 new curriculum offerings reaching 30,000 students annually. * Analyzed traditional docent training program and reformatted to reflect best practices and 21st century pedagogy including the integration of iPads on K-12 tours.* Strengthened strategic partnerships with local and national organizations creating more awareness of programs for collaborators.* Developed and led nationally recognized professional development model to teach educators how to regularly integrate museum’s collections into classroom teaching.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Researched objects for installation in upcoming exhibitions.

Baltimore, Maryland

Created museum/pre-school curriculum and advised staff on museum education practice.

Certificate In High Impact Philanthropy

M.S., Leadership In Museum Education

Master Of Arts - Ma, Art History

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Art History/Archaeology