Builds and maintains relationships with business partners, while developing investment opportunities to enhance partner impact for the Colorado nonprofit sector.Key Accomplishments:Created new revenue-generating opportunities that increased revenue by 31% through our business membership program by building valuable benefits and relationships with the business community.Increased corporate and foundation sponsorship revenue by 900% by co-creating comprehensive sponsorship packages and sales strategies with our development and marketing team, that provided mutually beneficial opportunities to our partners. Created a statewide, grass-roots communication strategy and led our staff in implementation, which increased statewide participation by 132% for the 2023 Colorado Nonprofit Salaries and Benefits Survey, increasing the value of the publication, resulting in a 67% YoY increase in sales revenue.

When the Center for Nonprofit Excellence merged with Colorado Nonprofit Association, I was invited to join the new organization to develop and implement projects tied to major events, business partnerships, diverse revenue-generating opportunities and nonprofit management resources. Key Accomplishments:Led and managed the cross-departmental planning team in all aspects of developing and executing the annual Colorado Nonprofit Conference (Denver) and Nonprofit Day Conference (Colorado Springs) including attendee experience, event marketing and branding, sponsorship sales, event timeline, budget and volunteer management.Managed, developed and stewarded relationships with Association business partners, implementing revenue-generating opportunities and enhancing the Association's impact and operations.

Developed and managed membership experience projects, such as education programming, Nonprofit Day Conference, and nonprofit management resources for our nonprofit members.

Recruited to develop and implement projects relating to corporate philanthropic initiatives through the Big Lots Foundation and associate engagement events to support the evolving company culture. Developed the process, implementation timeline and training to launch the Big Lots Foundation's National Giving Program throughout seven sales regions and five distribution center communities.Key Accomplishment:Contributing team member to the Big Lots Give Big! point-of-sale campaign, raising $3.6 million through Big Lots customers in stores across the country, benefitting Nationwide Children's Hospital. Instrumental in developing employee recognition incentives and events for store associates to drive sales momentum.

Developed and managed corporate philanthropy projects and campaigns that aligned with the organizational mission, corporate giving strategies, and brand. Managed international and local nonprofit partnerships including developing and executing annual marketing plans to drive revenue, brand awareness and cause-product development and employee and sales field engagement. Designed and deployed strategies and campaigns to increase philanthropic engagement with Thirty-One Gifts' 1,000 employees and 80,000 independent sales consultants, both nationally and locally.Key Accomplishments:Co-led the building of the infrastructure for Thirty-One’s philanthropic initiative, Thirty-One Gives. which has donated over $183 million in cash and product to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and Canada since 2012. Led the project team that developed and launched the Thirty-One Gives Round UP! program, which has raised over $5.3 million, where customers round up to the nearest dollar at the point-of-sale. Led and co-developed the Standing Strong for HER campaign, a national philanthropic campaign benefitting National Network to End Domestic Violence. Through our strategic marketing and communication plan, we engaged our national sales field, customers and employees to raise awareness and $100,000 in one month.

Guided corporate HR & Finance projects, developing new processes and leading the implementation of several major process improvement initiatives.Key Accomplishments:Drove a nationwide project that automated the company’s 1099 process, a move that slashed manual processing time and labor hours while creating a better experience for the company’s 80,000 independent sales consultants. Led the effort to convert Thirty-One’s employees to a 100% paperless payroll, achieving this milestone within 60 days.

Invited to manage the OAPCS’s inaugural national conference, a major event that aims to promote collaboration between charter and traditional public schools (funded through a grant from The Gates Foundation and Ohio Grantmakers Forum).Key Accomplishments:Planned and executed a successful, under budget event for more than 200 education reform leaders, policymakers and funders from 21 states.Authored and deployed an integrated marketing communications plan to successfully build awareness and drive attendance among national education leaders.Based on the success of the conference, was invited to manage a high-exposure educational symposium. Working to tight deadlines and through many obstacles, managed the project successfully and positioned OAPCS as a statewide leader in Ohio’s education reform plan.

Recruited to serve as a primary subject matter expert in fundraising for this provider of business intelligence and technology solutions. Co-directed the development of fundraising solutions, involving data mining and modeling, to serve the nonprofit market. Traveled to 35+ nationally recognized U.S. nonprofit clients, providing counsel on how to develop and implement more effective major gift, planned giving and annual giving campaigns, using their data.Strong performance within the company’s fundraising division led to an account representative opportunity when Qbase divested its nonprofit solutions business (2008).Key Accomplishments:Drove more than $370K in incremental revenue by supporting business acquisition and successfully managing client relationships. First recipient of the Qbase 2008 Star Performer Award, an award presented for demonstrating exemplary performance and leading the company to surpass revenue goals.

Hired to devise fundraising /membership development strategies and generate crucial operating revenue for Ohio's largest victims-rights advocacy association.Key Accomplishments:Co-authored and launched a corporate sponsorship program that increased revenue by more than $75K annually.Conceived a fundraising strategy that increased the donor base by 50% and led to $100K in new revenue.Realized a 90% member retention rate during membership renewal campaigns.

Filled a diverse leadership role, with the overall mission of influencing corporate decision makers to participate in revenue generating activities of the American Heart Association.Key Accomplishments:Prime contributor on a team that met 100% of net revenue target and raised $200K over prior year.Researched and acquired new business members; efforts led to a 54% revenue increase over previous year and exceeded individual net revenue target by 23% (in nine-county territory).Recruited and managed leadership volunteer boards and committees to reach revenue goals and trained them in best practices: efforts led team to exceed corporate sponsorship goal by 77%.

Drove historic gains in revenue for the organization's key fundraising events, Light the Night for Sight Walk and Fore Sight Golf Classic by increasing corporate sponsorships by 100%.