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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Leads revenue development and communications for an organization specializing in grief, loss and trauma mental health care, in the Washington DC metropolitan area, with a primary focus on serving historically marginalized communities.Nationally recognized for its expertise, the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing provides a full array of holistic services serving thousands of children, adults and families each year. Founded nearly 50 years ago, dedicated so that no one should grieve alone, Wendt restores hope and healing to those coping with loss, grief and trauma.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Oversaw fundraising, revenue and resource development (foundation, government, corporate, and individual donors) and communications for the largest writing program in DC schools. • Organization Growth: FY22 $1,060,000 | FY23: $1,350,000 | FY24: Approved Budget $1,490,000• Increased revenue and average gift size of campaigns, year over year, FY22 to FY23: 2022 End of Year (calendar) Campaign +109% Revenue | +58% Average gift size; 2023 Spring Campaign: +6% Revenue | +30% Average gift size.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Led institutional fundraising and oversaw relationships with local and national funders and foundations, the group's largest revenue stream, at this fast growing social change nonprofit and network of youth- and child-serving nonprofits. Directed overall fundraising for four and a half years in which organization grew in excess of 10% year over year, nearly tripling revenue and programs. • Organization growth 2014-2022: FY14 $1,102,856 | FY22 Budget: $3,123,499• Increased and diversified funding. Co-created with executive director Fair Chance Fund, a multi-year major giving program totaling $1,4M. Increased individual giving by 45%, in part, through this major gifts program. Increased median grant award nearly 15% and secured organization’s largest grant to date $1,5M.• Outcomes related to increased funding: expansion of programs. Fair Chance increased its programs from one (1) program in 2014 engaging 10 nonprofit partners reaching 6,000 program participants to four (4) programs, and contracts engaging over 20 nonprofits partners reaching over 16,000 children, youth and families in 2021. • Highlights and contributions: helped cultivate and recruit new board members with diverse racial, economic, professional and personal backgrounds; oversaw and produced over 20+ fundraising events, with each event setting a new fundraising record each year. Instrumental in securing Guidestar Platinum level rating (the agency’s highest rating), inclusion in the 2021-2022 Catalogue for Philanthropy publication, and semifinalists for the prestigious Drucker Prize, granted to a organization that best demonstrates Peter Drucker's definition of innovation: “change that creates a new dimension of performance."

Washington, Dc, Us

Directed resource development with individuals, corporations, congregations, and civic groups using fundraising, events, donor and volunteer cultivation at the city’s fastest growing homeless services agency. • Organization growth 2009-2015: FY09: $1,284,423 | FY15: $5,710,629 • Fundraising success by representing organization’s interests to potential partners and donors, connecting them with organization’s mission and ways to give. Outcomes: increased revenue, as team member and leader, individuals 75%, corporations 700%, congregations 300%. Instrumental in growing donors giving > $1,000 over 50%. • Strategy and Leadership – identified organizational and programmatic gaps, created solutions with input from stakeholders, facilitated working groups with clear outcomes and goals. Successes include: built new volunteer, in-kind donation management systems. Addressed crises with tact, good humor and professionalism (e.g. switched signature event venue at last minute, after venue closed due to earthquake damage). • Human Capital – Oversaw team of two. Built capacity through community engagement, managed over 375 volunteers a year (20,000 hours in 2013) and receipt of over $500,000 of in-kind donations. Stellar results: recruited, engaged and managed skilled, professional-level volunteers. Key projects included program-wide data audit, updating of bylaws and other governance documents, saving organization nearly $30,000.• Operations, Events and Projects – oversaw community engagement, development and gift depositing and stewardship. Managed information tables and organization’s speakers’ bureau, staff training, community workshops and board meetings. Key accomplishments: staffed board committees, hosted symposiums, successful events up to 450 attendees.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Directed National Cathedral Association’s programs, engaging its board, committees and 10,000 members with programs, communications and events. Led national network of volunteer leaders engaged in program and fundraising activities. Promoted from program coordinator. • Managed the Major State Days national outreach program of monthly events and services, overseeing budget, publicity (print, web, social media), and volunteers. Grew attendance 45%. Served as Cathedral’s representative at local and national meetings, programs and fundraising events, as well as with invited religious leaders, elected officials and dignitaries. Played key roles in planning and facilitating in large-scale events (2,500+ attendees). • Developed, produced and directed award winning web-based videos.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Managed retail store operations and conducted new employee trainings. Designed and developed partnership programs, provided outreach opportunities for employees. Established recycling program, coffee and food donation program.

New York, Ny, Us

Led cross-functional teams to develop new products from idea inception to market launch. Coordinated market research, developed literature with advertising and research partners.• Directed Corporate Centurion Card, “The Black Card” acquisition campaign. Grew the number of card members from 150 to more than 1,200 in six months. Created and produced mail solicitation package; achieved 11% response rate. (Industry average: less than 3%).• Oversaw Centurion and Small Business Card from American Express card fulfillment process, aggressively monitored product-service quality and resolved issues in timely, cost-effective manner. • Managed group’s $1.5 million advertising, fulfillment and related budget lines totaling $2.6 million.

• Negotiated, managed ocean-freight contracts and provided market, logistics analysis to shippers and ship-owning clients. Concluded over $30 million of freight contracts, transporting millions of metric tons of cargo for clients including: United Nations World Food Programme, Louis Dreyfus, Cargill and Itochu Corporation. • Protected clients’ interests during negotiations considering trade, environmental, legal, political issues. In contract implementation, orchestrated solutions to crises that included storms and labor disputes. • Managed client fleet operations, including cargo operations, staffing and human resources (HR), fuel purchase and delivery, legal and insurance management. Acted as agent for ship owners, protected clients’ assets. Oversaw ship boarding, clearing customs & immigration, provisioning and fueling while in the Port of New York.