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Audubon, Pennsylvania, United States

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, United States

• Led proposal development efforts for new business opportunities with existing or new clients. Led cross-functional teams to win develop winning proposal language and budgets.
• Drafted, edited, and executed over 300 contracts, work orders, and change orders annually. Areas of experience include regulatory, safety, toxicology, and data management services. Worked in customer-facing capacity.
• Collaborated with sales and scientific teams to prepare pricing grids and address customer/proposal questions about our company's services.
• Developed new processes to ensure timely and consistent delivery of proposals and contracts, presentations, and responses to RFIs/RFPs.
• Leader for internal strategic project management.
• Responsible for day-to-day management of company's CRM entry, tracking of $50 million in contracts annually.

Worcester, Pennsylvania, United States

• Responsible for managing organization's grant's portfolio. As the grant writer, raised over $500,000 for the organization through Corporate, Foundation, and Government funding opportunities.
• Prospected new funding sources for organization. Have won over $90,000 in new income for the charity.
• Maintained database of grant donations and created reports for donors, the board, and executives about grants development. Knowledge of Salesforce CRM.
• Conducted other market research as necessary.

State College, Pennsylvania, United States

• Taught introductory and intermediate history courses for undergraduates per semester. Designed and delivered lectures, engaged in public speaking and mentored students on critical thinking and communication skills,
• Designed syllabi and course curriculum for European history courses, focusing on making them more inclusive and diverse. Resulted in more diverse curriculum focusing on legacy of colonialism.

State College, Pennsylvania, United States

• Developed audio and video content for use in galleries with Adobe PastPefect and Adobe Audition. Conducted extensive academic research on three paintings and created three videos for use in gallery.
• Scripted, researched, and edited two videos pertaining to 19th century American Art and Women in Art for digital distribution during COVID-19 pandemic. Contributed to team projects that resulted in increased engagement.

• Redesigned the museum’s docent manual, adding citations to material which had been previously unverified and correcting inaccurate information from outdated versions of the document. Resulted in new, 100-page manual.
• Trained docents to allow them to better incorporate historical context in their tours. Produced tours that incorporated historical citation.
• Conducted daily tours of the museum, including tours for elementary school-aged children. Planned activities for students involving kinetic learning and imagination.

Wilmington, DE

• Cataloged the museum's demonstration collection in PastPerfect for use in educational programs and the please-touch room. Resulted in greater accessibility of objects for students and families and better preservation.
• Researched items from the 17th, 18th, and 19th century in the demonstration collection, including china, silverware, glass items, and furniture, for museum's internal references.

Paoli, PA

• Cataloged 2,200 works of art and utilitarian objects and entered them into PastPerfect database.
• Handled tour booking and customer relations in the gift shop.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, History

Dissertation: Atlantic Arbitrations: Law, Empire, and English Cultural Identity in the Atlantic World, c. 1607-1649

Master'S Degree, History

Emphasis on British Atlantic history, 1500-1800

Bachelor'S Degree, History, 3.86 Pga

Activities and Societies: University of Delaware Academic Competition Team