• Provide contract consulting services with expertise and background in nonprofit management, fundraising, community engagement, strategic planning, change management, and project management, especially in the public lands and environmental sectors. • Support nonprofit organizations and agencies to engage their community and new audiences and develop strategic and innovative pathways to foster stewards and supporters of their work.• Well-versed in several engagement tools including coalition building, community surveying, collaborative planning, programming, events, outreach, and communications.• Guided by an equity philosophy focused on valuing and upholding the needs of systematically excluded communities and presenting solutions focused on mutual goals benefiting the client, the project, and the needs and desires of historically excluded and disinvested communities.• Focused on providing services to a limited number of clients at one time in order to provide exceptional expertise and strong implementation support with efficient service and flexibility in strategies, procedures, and work style. • Conduct customized long and short-term contracts with organizations and agencies to support their work and meet their specific goals and needs either through a project-based fixed rate, pay-for-work, or block-hour retainer contract. • Deliver presentations and workshops on specific topics of expertise as requested.• Current and Past Clients and Projects include: Education Program, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Planning with the City of Albuquerque Open Space Division; Partnership Building with the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program, Community Asset Committee in Portland-Vancouver; Strategic Alignment and Planning for The Wilderness Society of New Mexico and the Albuquerque Urban to Wild Coalition.

Consulting for the Public Lands Alliance to support their Cooperative Marketing Agreement with the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuge System. I am collaboratively developing and executing impact-oriented programs and place-based opportunities at National Wildlife Refuges to achieve goals of a future activation, awareness, and fundraising campaign and build collaborative philanthropy opportunities among their network of nonprofit Friends groups.

• Responsible for the overall management and operations of the non-profit organization, in support of its mission to help shape and support Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), the first Urban National Wildlife Refuge in the nation being developed and restored under the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS). • Upheld and developed tactics to support the Urban Standards of Excellence for Urban National Wildlife Refuges at Valle de Oro NWR, especially building community engagement through stepping-stones, fostering partnerships, being a community asset, and supporting equitable access to public lands.• Implemented policies, annual goals and objectives set by the Board of Directors (Board) using the organization’s strategic plan as a map and lead retreats to update the organizations Strategic Plan.• Provided financial, program and administrative oversight and managed all operations including programs, personnel, volunteers, outreach, marketing, advocacy work, fundraising, communications, event planning and event coordination.• Acted as the main Friends representative and a community liaison to secure long-term support for the Friends’ and Refuge’s priorities by successfully building diverse partnerships with stakeholders.• Developed new opportunities, including new fundraising events, annual campaigns and relationships with individual, corporate and organizational donors to support increased fundraising for Friends and Refuge programs and priorities, resulting in a 140% increase in unrestricted income over a four-year period.• Worked with partner organizations to develop several new programs including the ABQ Backyard Refuge Program, the Opening Doors to Nature Education Scholarship Program and the Valle de Oro NWR Environmental and Economic Justice Strategic Plan, the first site-specific Environmental Justice Strategic plan for a public lands site.

• Promoted to Director of Communications and Events within two months of hiring. • Planned, administrated, and provided on-site coordination for eight annual major Chamber events with 100 - 500 attendees, and represented the Chamber at external promotional and networking events. • Initiated a new departmental program management system, trained department staff, and developed event templates, plans and practices to stream-line event planning and coordination.• Developed and managed the Chambers first legislative volunteer program by recruiting, coaching, and scheduling business member volunteers to attend and testify on behalf of the Albuquerque business community during the second session of the New Mexico 52nd Legislature.• Coordinated monthly Board of Director meetings, and yearly board nominations and orientations.• Communicated and promoted Chamber events, programs, initiatives, and policy positions using print and social media.

• Hired to develop, manage, and promote a new national wholesale program for the electronic cigarette e-liquid manufacturer and retail business based in Albuquerque, NM.• Worked with the business owner, store manager, and various consultants to audit the business’s financial health and to develop a coordinated plan for growth including re-branding the business, managing FDA compliance, and launching the new wholesale program - which ultimately resulted in an increased revenue of 43%. • Acted as the main wholesale sales representative and developed training and procedural documents to hire and train future wholesale and retail sales representatives.• Improved the company’s existing project management system by developing better procedures and project templates and trained staff on new project management and internal communication policies.• Acted as an outreach coordinator for Betamorph E-Cigs and Betamorph Recordings, and worked with paid consultants to develop and carry-out a marketing plan to promote the businesses new wholesale program and brand

• Provided legal and administrative support for Eric Ortiz Law, a foreclosure defense and probate law firm. • Worked with attorney and senior paralegals on strategy development as well as conducted and compiled research, drafted and prepared client correspondence, legal documents, and pleadings, filed documents and pleadings with appropriate entities, and scheduled meetings and managed court dates and deadlines for active cases.• Administered a project to sell rural land parcels in Colorado for a client by researching information on the parcels, advertising parcels for sale, developing real estate contracts, coordinating the transfer of property to new owners, and collecting and tracking property payments.

• Hired as an Alumni and Parent Relations Associate for the College’s Advancement Office and promoted to Advancement Assistant and Prospect Research Analyst within nine months of hiring.• Provided administrative support for Prescott College’s Office of Institutional Advancement, which raised funds and resources to support the nonprofit’s mission to educate students through experiential learning and self-direction within an interdisciplinary curriculum. • Acted as first point of contact to the VP for Institutional Advancement; managed mailers, fundraising files, and the department’s database of more than 30,000 contacts; processed donations and arranged appropriate methods of appreciation; pulled and analyzed financial and donor reports; developed office procedures, policies and training manuals; implemented office related systems; and supported the department’s initiatives, special projects, and events. • Assisted in fundraising and outreach programs which resulted in $2,000,000 or more per year for the nonprofit College during my tenure.• Directly solicited several donations in the $10,000 - $25,000 range for the College’s annual fund and to establish two endowed scholarships at the College, as well as identified, applied for, and maintained small grants for the College and its sponsored programs.• Maintained the College’s donor prospect pipeline for all of the College’s fundraising efforts. • Trained and managed one to two seasonal work-study students who assisted with administrative and special projects.

• Managed a grant funded sustainability assessment and implementation plan development project for a local elementary school; Skyview School in Prescott, AZ.• Developed a project plan in order for Prescott College to do further sustainability consulting jobs of this kind in the local community that includes staff, faculty, and students at the College.• Co-Managed students on site during sustainability audit and helped guide data analysis and research for the implementation plan.• Contributed to the development of the implementation plan and carrying-out implementation projects.

• Organized and assisted with the start-up of 3DFest: Drum, Dance, Didgeridoo in 2010; the first world music festival in Prescott, AZ which had 1,500 attendees in its inaugural year.• Developed a marketing strategy and managed its execution including supervising one employee.• Designed and executed procedures associated with contracting vendors, recruiting sponsors, and advertising and promotion. • Managed the entertainment business, festival advertising schedule, festival calendar, and volunteer coordination, and assisted with website design and management, and festival production.• Recruited and stewarded festival sponsors and collaborators.• Managed volunteers, ticket sales, vendor, sponsor, and performer registration, as well as Information, First Aid, and Merchandise Tents on-site.

• Recruited and stewarded the sponsors of three non-profit, nationwide, raw vegan lifestyle festivals.• Promoted Rawspirit Festival worldwide for three festivals; Santa Barbara, CA, Washington D.C., and Prescott, AZ.• Managed communication with media and the general public by developing and executing a communications plan• Developed a marketing plan and managed an advertising and promotion schedule.• Created a budget and designed procedures for future employees in the marketing department.• Managed registration, catered to sponsors needs, and assisted with volunteer coordination on-site.

• Planted and harvested organic foods under organic farming regulations at the 15-acre, certified organic year-round teaching and production farm.• Educated visitors about organic food systems through hands-on learning at the farm and through the Ecological Food and Farm Stewardship Club: a multidisciplinary group of undergraduate and graduate students striving to cultivate sustainable, local, food and community.• Assisted in the organizing and set-up for the weekly Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share distribution. • Managed and executed farm duties solo during the College’s holidays.• Helped organize and assist with special events held at the farm including volunteer days, and community dinners and gatherings.

• Facilitated a living/learning community as a live-in student staff member.• Supervised a co-ed floor of 100 freshmen daily with a male counterpart, and the whole 400 person dorm on weekly overnight watches.• Enforced rules, policies, and community norms developed by the University and Departments of Resident and Student Life.• Provided strategies, and monthly programming, to assisted freshman dorm residents with multicultural development, character building, community building, and personal well-being; both passively and actively.• Was trained to identify potentially unsafe conditions and take appropriate action following crisis protocol.• Attended meetings and compiled required paperwork and incident reports.

• Certified lifeguard by The Red Cross as well as certified in CPR, and First Aid.• Taught swim lessons to children ages 3-12