In this role, I collaborated with the other board members to assess and address key issues affecting the overland community and worked to define and execute long-term strategic goals. Cultivated and fostered strategic partnerships with nonprofits, governmental agencies, and key stakeholders to enhance program reach and community engagement. Responsible for the administrative and governance tasks of the board of directors to ensure legal compliance.

In my role as Sales Director, I am responsible for planning, implementing and executing sales, marketing, and business development for Overland Expo West, Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and East. With 400+ exhibitors, authors, and featured travelers, it is the largest show in the world for overland aftermarket parts, outdoor products, and adventure travel brands.As the Sales Director, I create strategies for growth and increasing revenue for Overland Expo. I also work directly with over 1200 companies and brands to make the event a success for both them and our attendee base.

In my role as Sales Director, I am responsible for planning, implementing and executing sales, marketing, and business development for Overland Expo West , Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and East. With 400+ exhibitors, authors, and featured travelers, it is the largest show in the world for overland aftermarket parts, outdoor products, and adventure travel brands.As the Sales Director, I create strategies for growth and increasing revenue for Overland Expo. I also work directly with over 1200 companies and brands to make the event a success for both them and our attendee base.

In my role as Sales Director, I am responsible for planning, implementing and executing sales, marketing, and business development for Overland Expo West and East. With 400+ exhibitors, authors, and featured travelers, it is the largest show in the world for overland aftermarket parts, outdoor products, and adventure travel brands.As the Sales Director, I create strategies for growth and increasing revenue for Overland Expo. I also work directly with over 1200 companies and brands to make the event a success for both them and our attendee base.

I created, founded and developed the adventure and overland travel website Overland Nomads including writing industry-leading trip reports, non-based product reviews and showcases, as well as website management, online layout and plugins, and developing relationships with a variety of affiliate marketing organizations. As website architect, I built public visibility through thought-provoking, digital content across a variety of social media channels including; Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Instagram, StumbleUpon, Digg and Tumblr while establishing and analyzing social media metrics to assure content was engaging and being seen by the correct audience.

In the Campaign Planner role, I defined, managed and launched marketing campaigns including tradeshows, advertising, social media, seminars/ web seminars, customer events, direct mail, email, web content, and calling campaigns for the Blackbaud software line including; Blackbaud Sphere, Blackbaud NetCommunity, Blackbaud Friends Asking Friends, and Blackbaud Raiser's Edge .Bringing together cross-functional, collaborative teams including Market Managers, Sales Operations, Marketing Communications, Event Marketers and Customer Marketers, I was responsible for defining and executing sales lead generation initiatives across the marketing organization.

As Field Marketer, I defined, managed and launched marketing campaigns including tradeshows, advertising, social media, seminars/ web seminars, customer events, direct mail, email, web content, and calling campaigns for the Blackbaud Interactive software line; Sphere and Blackbaud NetCommunity.Bringing together cross-functional, collaborative teams including Market Managers, Sales Operations, Marketing Communications, Event Marketers and Customer Marketers, I was responsible for defining and executing sales lead generation initiatives across the marketing organization.

In this role I was responsible for marketing and positioning Blackbaud's Sphere eMarketing and online fundraising solution for nonprofit organizations. I co-founded, developed, launched and managed Blackbaud Internet Solution's product agnostic thought leadership blog property NetWits Think Tank which led into developing fundraising and online marketing web seminars for clients and prospects including Lance Armstrong Foundation, American Heart Association and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

In this full-time volunteer role, I was responsible for the continuing development and day-to-day operations of a 200 bed non-profit retreat center facility located in the Catskill Mountains; including event planning, facilities management, property management, and fundraising strategy.Researched, targeted and cultivated long-term relationships with diverse community, non-profit, professional groups, and business executives and designed and implemented fundraising strategies for the organization including developing and maintaining relationships with top donors.

As Safeco's Community Relations Specialist, I was responsible for quarterly national grant review and due diligence including financial reviews, site visits, and final recommendations to funding committees. I coordinated multiple projects in relation to national programs and partnerships, including event planning, a $1M annual table sponsorship budget and employee involvement. On a larger level, through internal cross-functional teams, I contributed to the development of the community relations strategy for the company including; integration strategy, giving focus and policies and procedures integrating the community relations function into all areas of the organization.

As Program Services Director, I was responsible for the creation and continuing development of Visual & Performing Arts, Technology, and Education programs for over 500 children ages 6-18, including annual budgeting, hiring, curriculum and daily coordination where I doubled summer revenue and increased school-year revenue by 22%. As the volunteer coordinator, I developed and implemented a well-received volunteer recruitment program and served as trainer for volunteer and staff orientations and as a result, increased volunteerism in the club by 56%.I directed programming and funding for the main club site as well as two start-up satellite sites including, art outreach, teen intervention, and character development programs in low-income housing developments while growing a staff of three to four part-time staff, six class instructors, and four lead staff for two low-income housing satellite sites which collectively serve over 300 children per day. Targeted and secured over $31,000 in corporate and private donations which were used to establish and upgrade a computer lab and continued to acquire funding for sustainability.

In this national service role I was responsible for the coordination, development, and support of the Monterey County America Reads Challenge, a K-3 literacy project, and acted as a community outreach liaison between local elementary school sites, America Reads site staff, colleges, universities and tutors.I helped develop fundraising strategies including research and writing of proposals, and created and maintained a proposal tracking database. As event planner, I coordinated logistics for and managed large public events and created press advisories, press releases, and graphical materials for use in the programs. A key role of the program was the recruitment, training, scheduling and monitoring of over 60 tutors serving over 200 children throughout three school districts in Monterey County.