Responsible for developing fundraising strategies for national and international NGO’s, with a focus on the environment, including environmental sustainability, environmental conservation, and environmental health. Knowledge on main national and international environmental funders. Principal tasks involve drafting and editing proposals, reports, and other fundraising documents for foundation, government, multilateral, corporate, and individual donors. Other activities include prospect research, tracking donor activities, and cultivation and stewardship of donors. Clients have included Conservation International (21 years), Clean Production Action (12 years), Cancer Free Economy Network, GreenBlue, Energy Programs Consortium, Island Press, Latino Youth International Corporation, Community Circles, Teach for Argentina, and Kolping International, among others.

• Responsible for drafting and editing proposals, reports, and other documents for funders. Ensured a high level of quality, readability, and coherence for each document. • Provided technical support to CI program staff in the development of proposals and reports to funders. Advised program staff on appropriate strategies for approaches to prospective foundation funders and on stewardship of donors. • Managed the development and implementation of fundraising strategies for several CI programs. Activities included: researching prospective funders; maintaining knowledge of program activities; keeping track of funding activities for each program; and, providing guidance and training to program staff on strategic approaches to prospects.

• Coordinated and provided technical support to program staff in the development of proposals and reports, including writing/drafting, editing, copyediting, and editorial proofreading.• Conducted research on foundations and select individuals for all CI programs utilizing various specialty foundations databases and websites. Provided research profiles for target foundations and identified potential donors by issue/programmatic interest. • Maintained financial data and developed a variety of fundraising status reports for internal departmental purposes, the Annual Report, and Board Meetings.

• Assisted CI staff with proposal and report writing, editing, copyediting, and editorial proofreading. Ensured proposals and reports submitted were consistent in quality, formatting, and style.• Wrote acknowledgement letters for all foundation grants.• Conducted research on foundations and select individuals for all CI programs utilizing various specialty foundations databases and websites.