- Annual giving administrator for Arts NC State, the collective voice for NC State’s six performing and visual arts programs. Execute comprehensive annual fundraising strategy including direct mail, email, social media marketing, events and special campaigns. - Primary liaison and logistics manager for Friends of Arts NC State Board of Advisors. Build ongoing relationships with individual members and assist members in achieving philanthropic goals. In 2018, created strategic plan that lead to greater engagement, awareness, and advocacy from advisory board.- Streamline and execute development operations including gift transmittals, record maintenance, and departmental and division-level reporting. In 2018, implemented and conducted data analysis of all annual funds. Develop ongoing reporting tools leading to greater accuracy in goal setting, metric reporting, and data-driven decision making. - Develop and independently manage comprehensive and dynamic annual stewardship cycle including more than 1,500 acknowledgement letters, phone calls, and annual stewardship events. Coordinate additional stewardship touches for first-time, legacy, and major gift donors.- Represent Division of Academic and Student Affairs and Arts NC State in university-wide advancement strategy meetings. Cultivate relationships with unit staff to educate about fundraising and instill a culture of philanthropy across arts units.

- Served as primary relationship for many prospective students and families, lead tours and individual admissions sessions with visiting prospects, subject matter expert in university and college admission policies and procedures.- Tracked and compiled admissions, enrollment, and matriculation data points required for university annual reports.- Collaborated with peers managing annual admissions cycle of more than 1,200 student-musician applicants. Assisted with planning, setup, and execution of three on-campus audition weekends. Worked with university admissions and College of Music professors to quickly and accurately process applicant placements.

- Composed, reviewed, and submitted grants to corporations and foundations.- Conducted prospect research on current and potential major gift donors, corporations, and foundations culminating in reports aiding in pipeline development growth.- Developed print and digital donor communications including membership renewals, stewardship, and corporate membership appeals deployed in 2016.- Assisted in direct mail appeals process and donor database extraction.

As a performer, I played drums/percussion in a variety of settings including jazz ensembles, fusion groups, pit orchestras, symphony orchestras, and rock bands. As a private teacher, I lead a private studio comprised of age ranges from 6-50 years old. My focus is grounded in establishing strong fundamentals that any apply to virtually any aspect of percussion, and helping each student achieve their individual goals. Several students have participated in all-district bands and/or participated in collegiate music programs.