Oversee and implement fundraising strategy, including annual plan development, event oversight and grant writing for local nonprofits.Cultivate effective marketing programs, including electronic marketing methods, through research and analysis of current market trends and create language for sales communications, including trade articles and direct mail.

Oversee day to day operations of our Foundation, with specific emphasis on the creation and implementation of all aspects of fund development and marketing opportunities within our community of 17,000 parents and across the five high schools in our District: Cupertino, Fremont, Homestead, Lynbrook and Monte Vista.

Peninsula HealthCare Connection is a fully licensed health clinic in Palo Alto serving the needs of the homeless and at risk in our community. Our goal is to improve the health and well being of these community members and, by doing so, improve the overall community quality of life, livability and safety for all residents in Palo Alto. All services are provided free of charge and include primary care, psychiatry counseling and therapy, dermatology care, prescription drugs and intensive case management. As the Senior Development & Communications Director, I develop fundraising strategy, goals and tactics to steward and grow our base of support from individuals, foundations and corporate partners.

Downtown Streets Team provides a work-experience program for the homeless in our community. As the Senior Development & Communications Director, I oversee all fundraising strategy and agency wide messaging for our growing nonprofit. With a particular focus on individual donations and foundation funding, our goal is to expand our services, beyond our current team of more than 100 men and women, to serve additional communities throughout Santa Clara County.

As the first Development Director for this dynamic non-profit, responsibilities include development and strategy surrounding implementation of all fundraising efforts with a particular emphasis on creating a stronger local presence in Santa Clara County. In addition to cultivating and growing the donor base and securing grant funding, focus includes leveraging local partnerships to spread the word about Curriki and the importance of Open Education Resources.

Managed all fundraising efforts to raise more than $2.5m each year.

As President of the Junior League of San Jose, in 2010-2011, we will provide continuous member education about the importance of our Mission Statement, heighten community awareness about JLSJ through concentrated internal and external publicity efforts, enhance general membership meetings, and select a new League project.

As Chair of the League's largest and most-profitable fundraiser, goal was to raise enough funds to continue ourprojects and programs in the community.o Develop job descriptions and oversee team of over 50 committee sub-chairso Design and implement two Fashion Show events, a luncheon and gala dinner, over the course of one day and welcome over 1,200 guestso Manage publicity, budget, and personnel, reservations and event coordinator for both eventso Maintain and initiate new sponsorship relationships in the communityo Collaborate with key League members, sponsors and community partners to promote the event and sell out all ticketso Event raised $156,000 to further support the Mission of JLSJ: to help children enter elementary school ready to learn and thrive

Volunteer Coordinator for Ombudsman Program

manage and implement the goals of the organization. Thegoals were to support families in the City of San Jose by creating an environment where children can thrive. Weworked to achieve these goals through a multi-faceted approach focusing on safety, literacy, and nutrition. Thisnonprofit organization built awareness through activities and events that promoted the healthy development ofchildren.o Served as the primary liaison for community outreach, manage current relationships, and seek to collaborate with additional community partnerso Developed and implemented fundraising strategyo Managed and implemented overall budget and long range financial goals of organizationo Coordinated and directed special events, including the annual Halloween Safety Centers event and Book Circuso In coordination with Board of Directors, determine and implement long range organizational goals

o Selected as the number two applicant out of a potential pool of over 500 candidates and promoted to Analyst II after only 17 months of serviceo Analyzed and developed revenue and expenditure projections and data analysis of the resources allocated to the Police and Fire Departments (totaling approximately $250 million and 40% of the General Fund), and presented findings to the Budget Director and City Managero Managed the relationship between assigned departments (Police, Fire and Housing) and the City Manager's Budget Office and advocate on their behalf, as appropriate, for budgetary requestso Selected to serve on a council-appointed multi-departmental team entitled "New Realities Task Force for the Reduction of Overtime," to evaluate and identify causes of the Fire Department's overtime budget shortfall, totaling over $1 million annuallyo Developed all analysis and copy related to assigned departments for publication in Annual Budget, Mid- Year Budget Review and all other Council-mandated documents and reports, under tight deadlineso Worked as a team with all Budget Analysts to develop text associated with the general information sections of the Annual Budget Report and other published documents