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Chicago, IL, US

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois

• As an entrepreneurial sales leader, built and managed an expansive book of local, domestic, and international clients. Leveraged Customer Relationship Management (CRM) expertise to manage prospective and high net worth.
• Adapted to virtual client sales experiences in response to COVID limitations to actively manage an annual sales campaign for 250 clients.
• Achieved double digit annual sales growth meeting and exceeding revenue targets YoY.
• Promoted to category leader for luxury accessories achieving 300% of individual goals. Led the branch to achievement of 150% of annual plan.Client Advisor (permanent) - 1st PromotionSeasonal Client Advisor - Entry.

Greater New York City Area

• Led planning and execution of Step Out campaign, the ADA’s 3rd highest revenue generator. Created and implemented relationship management strategy for high level constituents and corporate partners.
• Pioneered and directed a high impact and bold activation ad campaign experience using social media and QR/SMS mobile registration and donation processes on mass marketing platforms. Secured 750 new participants.
• Recruited and led Executive & Planning Committees.
• Assessed and improved new corporate sponsorship campaign, identifying prospects and designing cultivation strategies. Significantly increased donations, resulting in Walgreens’ adopting and rolling out the model across.
• Lead contributor for strategic planning and process improvement for national Step Out.

New York, New York, United States

• Strategically recruited and then promoted within six months to develop and implement restructuring. Oversaw the national fundraising, marketing and community organizing campaigns for the $1.5M broadcasting.
• Created and implemented “Ricochet Digital Marketing,” relating current events to archival content, exponentially building audiences on internet and mobile devices.
• Addressed unfulfilled areas of 5-year strategic plan to grow a direct to viewer “gadget savvy” mobile audience with a projected $10M value.
• Solicited 100+ national donor portfolio of annual gifts ranging from $5,000 to $250,000Director of Development Entry Position

Ossining, New York, United States

• New York’s leading environmental water protection organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. whose model has inspired hundreds of global model advocacy groups Recruited to direct annual strategic fundraising.
• Directed and implemented strategic fundraising planning and growth for $3M organization.
• Created and produced EcoSalon cultivation events, Membership, Corporate Giving Campaigns, increasing vital base of support at major gift and individual giving levels.
• Solicited personal, executive and board give/get annual giving for amounts ranging $10,000 to $100,000; internally produced annual direct mail membership campaign.
• Trained staff on centralized use of Donor Perfect database of 35,000 records.

• Provided consulting services in marketing, public relations, fundraising, special events production and professional development for corporate and nonprofit organizations (also 2001-2003)
• Clients: (Chicago) UNICEF, Catholic Charities, Center on Halsted, Howard Brown Health Center, Belden Interiors, Richards Graphic Communications, and Eagle River Construction, (New York) LGBT Center, VIP Community.
• Directed day to day business development and professional service activities.
• Provided clients: needs assessment, campaign and strategic plan implementation and metrics; board of director, staff and volunteer training and education; department restructuring, special event production, temporary.

• Illinois’ largest private adult education learning center
• Created and led staff and volunteers through 3 annual marketing and fundraising plans with a portfolio of responsibility including: publications, internal and external communications, collateral, public and media.
• Created and solicited Leaders Circle major gifts program, Legacy Capital Campaign and managed a portfolio 50+ donors giving $5,000 to $100,000 levels annually.
• Partnered with major gift donor to create Leaders for Literacy annual author led event to strategically cultivate $500+ level giving.
• Supervised and trained 3 full-time professional staff members and 500 volunteer staff.

• Midwest's most effective public awareness and fund raising AIDS event organization providing financial resources to 16 member organizations through an annual mega event with 30,000 participants
• Responsible for generating $2.4 million in revenue and managing $500K expense budgets and for rebrand of organization
• Strategized and directed 2 comprehensive annual campaigns including: marketing, public relations, communications, development, advertising, volunteer utilization, board relations and community relations.
• Developed new e-commerce Web site, implemented technology plan to integrate intra/inter office e-mail and Internet communications, lead conversion to Blackbaud database management.
• Supervised and trained a professional staff of 10 and 1,000 volunteers; transitioned to Raiser's Edge database of 50,000 records, implemented capture and recovery of 200,000 unrecorded donor records.

• Director of Corporate Events, Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago – Serving 40,000 children and families through a network of 22 clubs offering activities, programs and mentoring
• Directed and produced a portfolio of events including: the Annual Meeting, Quinlan Golf Memorial Golf Tournament, Chicago’s Visionary Dinner and the First Look for Charity Auto Show benefit.
• Increased Annual Meeting event revenues 350% and event attendance 30%.
• Advised on implementation, conversion and training of database conversion.

• A leading Human Services agency serving 500,000 people annually with a $160 million budget
• Promoted from Special Event Coordinator, Special Event Manager and Director of Events positions
• Produced and advised on a portfolio of 18 special events, strategically incorporating major gift cultivation to each event by training and assigning “ask” roles to committee, board and leadership.
• Internally consulted with multiple departments and programs on implementing improved fund-raising projects and trained regional supervisory staff in effective special event planning, management and campaign structure.
• Conceptualized and led an organizational initiative in board development to better recruit, orient and place members of the agency's 375 member Board of Advisors and eight auxiliary boards.
• Supervised and trained a professional staff of 5 and multiple volunteer committees in job functions and high-level customer service, project directed conversion and training to Raiser’s Edge database for 100,000 records.

• A national telecommunications entertainment firm
• Created concept, business plan and acquired investors for an innovative entertainment firm.
• Directed business activities including: public relations, advertising, resource development, marketing and operations.
• Produced ONN (Our News Network), a nationally promoted telephone magazine.

• A leading telecommunication entertainment firm
• Directed daily operations of multiple programs with annual sales in excess of $20M.
• Designed and implemented new programs, identified and developed new business opportunities, supervised office relocation, staff training and made major purchase decisions.

• Directed and coordinated large and small group activities and events
• Applied problem solving and decision making skills to assist guests
• Developed resources and referrals for guests in the city and surrounding areas.Health Club Supervisor - Responsible for membership sales of $80,000
• Supervised and trained staff of 8
• Increased membership sales through marketing and events by 31%
• Created and edited operations and safety manual for and trained staff on department and hotel operations and procedures.