• Providing philanthropic management consulting and analytical services to non-profit organization clients, including fundraising program assessments, strategic planning, development communications, fundraising staff and volunteer training and coaching, and feasibility studies for capital and comprehensive campaigns.• Focused on serving non-profit organizations in Illinois and the greater Chicago area.• Providing expert counsel and dedicated support to clients in the resource development areas of Corporate Relations, Foundation Relations, Grant Writing, Grants Management, Major Gifts, and small/start-up development operations.

• Provided consulting and analytical services in a variety of engagements with non-profit organization clients that include fundraising assessments and feasibility studies on a variety of institution that vary by size, mission, and sector.• Clients included higher education institutions, independent schools, hospitals, and non-profit organizations: University of Illinois Foundation, GuideDogs for the Blind, UCLA School of Law, Lurie Children's Hospital Foundation, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, Lincoln Park Zoo, New York Philharmonic, Clemson University, Clarkson University, the Blake School, and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.

• Leading statewide resource development, major and planned giving, and comprehensive campaign efforts for Children's Home + Aid, a leading non-profit, non-sectarian, child and family service provider in Illinois since 1883.• Working with members of the Board of Trustees, the President and CEO, and VP of Resource Development + Communications, serving as the leader of the agency's first comprehensive campaign effort, with a fundraising goal of $58.5 million.• Supporting the engagement and involvement of individuals, corporations, and foundations who are dedicated to supporting Illinois' most vulnerable children, youth, and families, through volunteerism, activism, and philanthropy. • Guided by an academic career and post-graduate experience in child welfare and juvenile justice and a focus on supporting the interests and philanthropic goals of individuals, corporations, and foundations - connecting donors to opportunities to support programs that deliver substantial, positive, demonstrable impact on the health, safety, wellbeing, and success of children and families in need.• Helping individuals create a legacy of philanthropy and a lasting impact on the lives of children through planned giving vehicles. • Stewarding donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations through prudent, transparent fiscal management and reporting, timely and thorough financial and programmatic performance reporting, and offering opportunities to personally connect to programs to see first-hand the impact of private philanthropy.• Providing strategic leadership and/or staff supervision to the Resource Development and Communications team in the areas of: Major Gifts, Planned Gifts, Campaigns, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Lead Annual Gifts, Special Events, and Volunteer Engagement.

• Responsible for identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a portfolio of corporate, foundation. and family foundation funders to advance the statewide strategic objectives of Children's Home + Aid.• Managed Children’s Home + Aid’s corporate and foundation grants portfolio.• Provided supervision and support to assigned staff and interns in cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding corporate and foundation funders.• Writes grant proposals, major gift solicitations, individual appeal letters and financial and substantive reports.• Developed and implemented the Agency's Corporate Engagement Strategy for cultivating corporate donors/sponsors, volunteers, and in-kind giving through multi-faceted partnerships, combining volunteering, events, individual giving, marketing campaigns, sponsorships, and grants• Researched corporate social responsibility programs to ensure that efforts are informed, strategic, and aligned with current trends in corporate giving.• Served as the Agency liaison for the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago.• Produced marketing, communications, and social media materials for use with corporations, foundations, and major gift donors.• Used the Raiser’s Edge database to track and report all interactions with foundations and corporations, produces accurate giving, prospecting, and stewardship reports.• Worked closely with program staff and others in developing funding requests, proposals and menus of volunteer and funding opportunities for corporate and foundation donors.• Helped to lead an agency wide culture of philanthropy.• Participated and contributed to the advancement of the policy agenda of Children's Home + Aid.

• Managed Children’s Home + Aid’s private corporate and foundation grants portfolio.

• Served as the inaugural fellow, responsible for the Institute's policy initiatives and a broad range of projects related to child protection and health through policy reform, legislative advocacy, research, public outreach and training• Worked with the Institute’s Director to develop curriculum and teach students in the ChildLaw Legislation Seminar, Domestic Violence Seminar, Children’s Summer Institute and ChildLaw Trial Practice Courses offered to Masters and Doctoral-level students in Loyola University’s Schools of Law, Psychology, Social Work and Public Policy• Supervised group of 10-15 law students volunteering daily at Cook County Domestic Violence Court to help alleged victims of domestic violence complete civil orders of protection• Produced legal research and multi-media (including internet-based) materials for non-profit, public service and governmental organizations in the areas of children’s health, child protection and juvenile justice• Supervised student interns on collaborative public policy projects with community and government organizations• Developed curriculum and led Mock Trial and Public PolicyWorkshops for children in after school programs• Formed an interdisciplinary group of Loyola University Chicago professors to discuss the issue of childhood obesity and developed a collaborative project with 21st Century Community Learning Centers• Worked with the Models for Change Initiative to organize and lead a coalition of stakeholders to examine and address the issues of confidentiality in juvenile arrest and court records and juvenile records expungement