Cara Dolan Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Los Angeles, California

• Manage $18 million portfolio of city, county, state and federal funding for legal services for over 100,000 low-income individuals in Greater Los Angeles; saw 40% grant revenue growth over 2 years, including.
• Work collaboratively with executive team, managing attorneys, granting agencies, and contractual partners to negotiate contract terms consistent with organizational strategic priorities, ensure timely and effective.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to effect programmatic compliance with all public and private funding contracts, including working with the Finance Department to facilitate the appropriate allocation and.
• Lead grant submission process, including planning, research, writing, developing grant budgets, and working with leadership on staffing.
• Founding member of compliance subcommittee that conducts biannual trainings for staff.

Sierra Leone

Providing emergency coverage for Sierra Leone country office during development of three major proposals for the Women's Protection and Empowerment program.

Los Angeles, CA

• Managed $5 million in foundation, government, and corporate grants, from proposal and award stages to stewardship and oversight of reporting processes.
• Secured an additional $4 million in new Hurricane Matthew emergency USAID funding.
• Organized recruitment and hiring of grant-funded staff.
• Liaised between US and Haiti offices on programmatic priorities and strategic planning.
• Traveled to Haiti quarterly to review funding priorities.

New York, NY

• Oversaw the institutional giving portfolio of over 40 grants and built relationships with government and foundation donors to support program and organizational goals.
• Collaborated across eight program areas to produce high-quality, high-return grant proposals; won the organization’s first grant exceeding $1 million and increased the overall revenue for the organization 19% from $5.9.
• Advocated for and put in place mechanisms for better inter-departmental communication.
• Facilitated prospect meetings for executive and program staff.
• Coordinated contracts and reporting.
• Participated in strategic team that legally and financially transitioned the Women’s Refugee Commission and all of its grants to an independent 501(c)(3) organization.

New York, NY

• Managed $10 million Foundation/Corporate funding line for School of Law.
• Reviewed proposals and reports generated by on-campus legal institutes seeking foundation, government and corporate funding.
• Researched new funding sources to match specific needs of various institutes and special projects.
• Composed proposals and tailored correspondence from office of the Dean to corporations, foundations and key individual donors.
• Acted as liaison between Law School and university’s central development and contracts offices.

• Researched and created faculty profiles for all tenured professors at Columbia University.
• Acted as point person on faculty database streamlining project.
• Worked with Assistant Provost to improve efficiency in handling confidential university information.

• Supported Doctors Without Borders' media campaigns out of New York communications office.
• Transcribed interviews from refugee camps.

• Oversaw daily operations of development department.
• Supervised foundation and corporate giving, government grants and relations, corporate sponsorship and special events.
• Managed staff of five employees, including Manager of Board and Donor Relations, Manager of Government Relations, Manager of Special Events, Development Associate and Development Assistant.
• Managed development budget and cash flow.
• Acted as point person on development team for the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s Vision and Institutional Growth Plan.
• Directed Annual Fund campaigns.

• Organized and edited The Rome Report, a documentary history of non-governmental organizations in the formulation of the Rome Statute and the making of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

• Negotiated contracts for international theater, dance and musical performing groups.
• Coordinated union paperwork and visa applications for 800 visiting artists.
• Assisted senior producers with travel arrangements, meetings and correspondence.
• Liaised with federal and local agencies on behalf of Lincoln Center Festival and visiting companies.
• Facilitated the flow of information between the producers, visiting artists and the various departments of Lincoln Center, including public relations, marketing and development.

• Assisted with all aspects of community outreach for UCLA Live performing arts presenters.
• Supervised volunteers, organized and prepared educational materials for Demonstration Performances presented to 25,000 students per year in Los Angeles school district.
• Oversaw ticket distribution program serving 200 community organizations.
• As part of development team, stewarded donors, processed gifts and maintained database of over 800 members.

M.A., International Affairs/Conflict & Security

Activities and Societies: Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) Student Government. Arts, Cultures and Communities in.

Peacebuilding And Conflict Resolution

Summer workshop organized by Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT).

International Mediation And Conflict Resolution

B.A., International Politics

Activities and Societies: Education Abroad Program: University of Lund, Sweden - Studied European Union and Economics, Summer-Fall 1995.

European Union