► Responsible for day-to-day leadership, management and strategy. ► Work closely with 11-member Board to propel mission. Help the lifeblood of SVP—120 partner volunteers—leverage their financial gifts and professional skills with free consulting to help nonprofits be stronger, build capacity, improve impact on underserved youth and, on average, 2.4X nonprofit revenue in three years of engagement with SVP. ► Partners drive SVP’s "venture philanthropy" model of patient, long-term investment combined with hands-on consulting to transform social entrepreneurs' visions into reality with sustainability as beacon.

► Collaborate with leadership, staff, national and local boards and committees to define the advancement strategy of replication in new communities. Define an enterprise-wide effort to cultivate new relationships, steward existing donors and overall fundraising for the organization. ► Provide consultation to executive directors, directors of development and consultants in emerging markets as requested by President/CEO.

► Led corporate and foundation relations strategy for the Carlson School of Management. Developed and grew partnerships and identified shared value with executives at Minnesota’s largest corporations, focusing on gifts over $25,000 to support education programming. ► lSecured 24 meetings with C-level leadership in one year for the newly appointed Dean; 50% of meetings included CEO, and more than half were new introductions to the Dean. ► Responsible for a portfolio of 150 companies, annual goal $3,000,000.

► Created and grew the Arboretum’s first corporate relations program. Developed relationships with corporate communications and foundation executives and leadership. Designed affinity partnerships and philanthropy programs, with an emphasis on gifts over $25,000 to support education programming and environmental stewardship. ► Secured major gifts from Best Buy, C.H. Robinson, Dorsey & Whitney, J.P Morgan, The Mosaic Company, RBC Wealth Management, Xcel Energy, Minnesota Corn Growers, Minnesota Soybean Growers. ► Successfully recruited eight corporate executives to the Board of Trustees.

► Specialized in brand positioning, advertising account management, business strategy and partner marketing. Clients included: Northwest Airlines, MLT Vacations, Northwest WorldVacations, TCF Bank, Intemark, Radisson Hotels International, American Express Travel, Great Clips, National Camera Exchange, Minnegasco, Minnesota Blue Flame Gas Association, Carlson Wagonlit Travel.► Developed partnership marketing programs, shared value, cause marketing and sponsorships, as well as co-branding opportunities. Final outcomes produced value-add, revenue generation, media exchange, corporate giving, cross promotion, analytics and inventory design. Via a marketing firm, worked with Toyota, City of Des Moines, St. Paul and the Minneapolis Park Boards, Krause Gentle Corporation, Wagner Spray Tech, Comcast, BlueCross BlueShield for Mecklenburg County, NC, and Great Clips.

► Developed relationships and secured corporate sponsors for national PBS programs, collaborating with some of the nation’s largest corporations and their leadership teams, as well as their corporate giving, advertising and public relations firms. ► Worked closely with Executive Producers to determine if concepts were fundable/marketable prior to production.► Secured the largest grant in the history of the station at $2.2 million from MetLife for Emmy Award-winning The Forgetting, A Portrait of Alzheimer’s. Obtained over $10 million in national sponsorships, and sustainable funding equaling over $18 million, including DragonflyTV (Best Buy), Benjamin Franklin (Northwestern Mutual), Suze Orman specials (T. Rowe Price and Vanguard), and Right on the Money with Chris Farrell (Allianz). Most winning Emmys. Grants ranged from $250,000 to $2.2 million. ► Position was half-time and preferred with young family and community engagement.

► Managed all aspects of marketing communications for $280 million retail leisure travel brands► 13-market footprint expansion and a $4.5 million spend► Managed staff of eight and directed strategic planning to position brand and implement effective advertising, PR, trade support, corporate giving, research and promotions► Directed advertising agency relationships► Increased unaided slogan awareness and brand awareness 6X► Orchestrated MLT and Northwest WorldVacations magazine advertising revenue generation program securing $500,000 from vendors for first printing

► Worked with clients to plan, implement and manage advertising campaigns► Clients included MLT Vacations, Northwest WorldVacations, Arby’s, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota Zoo, Equitable Life of Iowa► MLT brand and charter business was growing at tremendous speed► Re-branding effort► Multiple new market entries► TV, Print, B2B, retail fast-paced

► Held leadership position and managed a staff of 10 while attending Journalism School.► Managed retail advertising department for the nation's largest student newspaper.