Leading the American Air Museum in Britain through a significant financial and operational turnaround, implementing a bold strategic vision to ensure long-term sustainability and growth. Focused on strengthening financial health, expanding donor engagement, and enhancing organizational effectiveness. Key achievements include:Financial Revitalization: Spearheading efforts to address immediate debt obligations while establishing a financial foundation for future growth. Working closely with major donors to reallocate funds toward operational priorities, resulting in improved cash flow and the creation of an operational reserve.Strategic Fundraising Initiatives: Launched innovative fundraising programs, such as a monthly sustainers club and major giving club, to diversify revenue streams and engage new donor segments. Developed matching gift campaigns to incentivize larger donations for critical needs.Board Development and Governance: Guided the board through a self-assessment process to align governance practices with strategic objectives, identifying opportunities to optimize board composition and focus on high-impact initiatives.Operational Enhancements: Establishing internal financial operations, including hiring key personnel and selecting new financial management software, to improve transparency, reporting, and efficiency.Mission Alignment: Refined the museum's mission to honor historical military contributions across multiple conflicts, inspiring future generations while broadening the scope of the museum's impact.Leading with a hands-on approach, I am committed to restoring the organization's financial stability, enhancing our programs, and solidifying the institution's legacy for future generations.

Direct the Foundation's development and marketing team to achieve success in development, fundraising, and communication initiatives including: major giving, planned giving, foundation and corporate giving, development and fundraising events, community relations, event sponsorships, marketing, public relations, advertising, grant development and proposal writing, memberships, annual giving, capital campaigns, government relations, and other general fundraising activities.In my time with the National D-Day Memorial Foundation we have achieved significant growth. Philanthropy to the organization has seen a cumulative annual growth rate of over 45% in the last 5 years.I have had the privilege of leading our philanthropy efforts to now include a robust direct mail program, direct mail acquisition program, and major and planned giving programs.We have also launched our organization’s first comprehensive campaign in 20 years.I led the organization’s philanthropy, marketing, and government relations efforts in support of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 10,000 people were in attendance to honor and celebrate our WWII and D-Day veterans. The Vice President of the United States was in attendance and offered the keynote address. I served as the organization’s chief political liaison working with the White House and Secret Service, two cabinet secretaries, Senator Mark Warner and his staff, multiple Members of Congress, and state Senators and Delegates. My team was responsible for raising more than $1 million in support of the event which included an aerial tribute of 24 planes including vintage aircraft and current DoD assets.

Supervise five direct reports: director of annual giving, director of special events and volunteers, prospect research and database manager, donor relations associate, and an administrative assistant.
Provide primary oversight for annual fund operations toward the development department’s $2.4 million goal.
Responsible for maintaining a robust schedule of personal visits among assigned major gift prospects.
Experience cultivating and soliciting five and six figure gifts.
Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the development department including the development of annual and strategic objectives.
Serve on the organization’s strategic planning team with responsibility for leading a team to develop the development portion of the five-year strategic plan.

Responsibilities included recruiting, training, and placing all organization volunteers.Directed the organization’s special events.Lead a team of staff and volunteers to successfully produce one of the organization’s signature special events, The Turkey Trot, which raises $125,000 annually.Worked with city officials and local running community to successfully move the event to its new downtown location.Enjoyed a 20% growth in registered participation in each of the first two years and a 34% growth in the third year.Managed the organization’s special event sponsorship plan.Responsible for data input from special events and volunteer activity into organization’s database (The Raiser’s Edge).

Responsibilities included recruiting, working with, and managing volunteers in annual fundraising efforts, and growing the scouting program’s membership.Exceeded annual fundraising goal each year leading to a 17% growth in local giving over four years.Summer Camp Director responsibilities included hiring, managing, and training 125 employees to deliver program to over 5,000 scouts each summer.Managed a $750,000 summer camp operating budget.Through District Executive and Camp Director duties, I was responsible for $1.6 million dollars in total annual revenue.