Sharing Arthur Brooks’ message of love and happiness with the world.

Provide development and operational support to nonprofit senior leadership, to include providing strategic guidance in program development and capacity building, creating and executing fundraising plans, establishing and managing relationships with key stakeholders and funders, crafting location-based strategies for effective program implementation, developing collateral and marketing materials, as well as grant proposal and report writing. Past and present clients include: -AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation-Bellwether Education Partners-National Math and Science Initiative-GreatSchools-District of Columbia Public Charter School Board-Maya Angelou Schools & See Forever Foundation-National Alliance of Public Charter Schools-One Chance Illinois-Rose Foundation-PIE (Policy Innovators in Education) Network-Shining Stars Montessori Academy-Common Core (now Great Minds)-EdChoice-The Writing Revolution-Knowledge Matters Campaign-Education Design Lab-B.A. Rudolph Foundation

Provides executive level support to Dr. Brooks across all facets of his role as a professor, bestselling author and columnist, and widely sought public speaker.

Architect of NMSI’s multi-year strategy to grow its public, private, and corporate support to achieve its mission of dramatically improving STEM education through improved teaching and transforming schools into centers of college readiness. Managed corporate & foundation relations, major gifts, annual fundraising, and strategic stakeholder engagement. -Represented NMSI with multiple entities, including White House Council on Women and Girls, and 100kin10.-Selected to speak at multiple White House convenings regarding inclusive STEM Education -Deployed and managed over $100M in philanthropic and public funds to expand NMSI’s programs across the country, to include securing match dollars from public, private, and corporate partnerships.

Led the launch of the GreatSchools Local program to bring localized school quality information to parents in communities across the country. Built localized partnerships with school officials, districts, state departments of education, educational organizations, funders, and corporations; established funding streams in each locale; promoted the program though speaking engagements and conferences; and managed staff of 10 and their projects in each location.-Established 9 locations in the first year by successfully forging partnerships with key local stakeholders.-Won $1 million contract with Delaware Department of Education. -Secured multiyear, six-figure contracts in Detroit (lead partner: Excellent Schools Detroit), Indianapolis (lead partner: Office of Mayor Greg Ballard), and Oklahoma (lead partner: Oklahoma Public School Resource Center).-Obtained foundation funding for 4 locations, including a $500k grant.

Worked with CEO, local program leaders and other senior staff to build, expand and improve GreatSchools local and national programs. Responsible for all external fundraising and partnerships, including raising $20 million dollars in growth funding to fund research and development. Represented organization at speaking engagements and conferences. -Forged partnerships with state and local agencies, educational organizations, funders, corporations. -Selected to speak at White House Data Summit. -Secured $250k and $4 million foundation grants within first 6 months.

Promoted after 5 months to take over responsibility for all operational aspects of three offices: Dayton (charter school sponsor), Columbus (state level policy and advocacy), and Washington, DC (national think tank). Raise external funding for half of $5 million dollar annual budget. Lead HR, PR, information technology and new media efforts to maximize productivity and impact.-Identified, cultivated, and strengthened relationships with foundations and individual funders.-Secured major donor gifts and foundation grants ranging from $10,000 to $1.95 million.-2011 fundraising more than tripled that of 2010 with $6 million raised.-Facilitated upgrade of web platform and CMS, which immediately increased email subscribers, website, and blog traffic.-Transitioned from manual system to Vocus PR software, expanding outreach from 200 to over 100,000 media outlets, significantly increasing press hits and media attention.-Effectively manage all human capital efforts resulting in increased retention and improved morale.

Established sustained, dependable giving model to meet $1.75 million annual budget through the development and implementation of an innovative strategic plan. Built long-term, high-impact relationships with foundations, corporations and individual donors.-Obtained increased funding despite dismal economic conditions, including a $300,000 grant and personally closing several $15,000 and $30,000 major gifts.-Implemented new online systems, resulting in an immediate, dramatic 1000% increase in online giving and hundreds of new donors nationwide.-Advocated at the local and national level in partnership with DC Parents for School Choice and other local political leaders in support of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program. Enlisted staff, parents, and students in lobbying efforts.

Led 300+ member organization, ensuring maximum financial and volunteer resources were provided to The Women’s Center, enabling them to serve over 10,000 clients annually. -Exceeded annual fundraising objectives by over 10% during declining economy.-Coordinated and executed all fundraising events, resulting in consistently exceeding financial goals and generating over $100,000 in revenue.-Updated website and communications to increase membership and donations.-Assisted with organizational policy decisions and management of $2 million budget as Board member.

Led 500+ member high-performance international sales organization, consistently increasing annual growth and sales revenue for over a decade. Managed all aspects of the organization, including recruiting, training and mentoring staff and senior management, resulting in over $1 million in sales annually. Assisted in opening the company’s most successful international subsidiary, exceeding sales and recruiting projections by over 50%. Ranked twice in the top 3 out of 1 million salespeople for annual recruiting; promoted 8 times in 10 years.

Generated new business and increased profits by providing cutting edge, web-based software solutions as consultant for external clients.

Personally installed and maintained first computer network for the Judge Advocate General’s department at the Pentagon, dramatically increasing overall efficiency of the organization.