Cecilia Boyd Email & Phone Number

Part of the Meeting Planning Services Team. I work closely with event planners and ecommerce to deliver events that uphold brand standards and quality assurance through the Cvent events management platform.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Manager in the American Bar Association Policy and Planning Division managing and supporting the activities of the Board of Governors Profession, Public Service and Diversity Board Committee, House of Delegates and Standing Committee on Constitution and Bylaws.Provided research and technical assistance to the Committee on Scope and Correlation of Work, which annually reviews the Association's entities for correlation with the mission and goals of the ABA.Responsible for the configuration, publication, and online maintenance of the Association's leadership directory.Experienced in survey design using Qualtrics software and web content management using Adobe Experience Manager.

Chicago, Il

Manage two training program toolkits: The Women of Color Research Initiative and The Grit Project, providing materials for legal professionals nationwide on how to effectively identify bias and advocate for equality within the profession. Develop and coordinate programs with panels of legal experts, senior level partners, judges, corporate counsel and researchers. Coordinate and manage programming at Midyear and Annual meetings. Secure co-sponsorship of programs with other organizations.

Oak Park, Il

Hire, train and supervise staff, including scheduling and job assignmentsDevelopment and manage store events to drive salesOversee store operations including inventory balances and store maintenanceProvide guidance to store employees to strengthen skills and job satisfaction

Greater Chicago Area

Manage recruitment and fundraising efforts for the triathlon and cycling training programs under the Team In Training fundraising campaign.Identify strategic partnerships and networks to promote the TNT brand and campaign to secure new participants and financial support.Provide one-on-one fundraising coaching and goal setting to maximize participant experience.

Greater Chicago Area

Direct all activities, coordination, and staff of charity endurance training programs for leading endurance events in Chicago and in major markets. Create marketing and outreach content for participant recruitment. Oversee program operating budget of $375K. Cultivate and build relationships with event contacts, vendors, consultants, and sponsors associated with training programs.

Greater Chicago Area

Team Manager/ Events Coordinator for Team to End AIDS, charity endurance program benefiting the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.Managed all activities and staff of the half marathon and marathon training programs for endurance events in Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, NYC, Washington D.C., Honolulu, London, and Berlin. Coordinated staff schedules for summer training program, expos, pre-race dinners and race day events. Created fundraising contests and supported participant fundraising efforts through informational webinars, in-person meetings, and workshops.

Enhanced Web presence by building out Facebook and Twitter accounts. Identified and solicited contributions from lapsed donors and new individuals, foundations and corporations, developed marketing campaigns. Managed intern activities and prepared reports to education institutions.Achievements:Developed relationships with new funding streams including monthly support from Goodwill, beneficiary proceeds from Francis W. Parker High School concert event, and a $50,000 grant from the MAC AIDS Fund.Managed the website redesign and transition of web-based fundraising system, reducing costs by 30%.

Greater Chicago Area

Northwestern University Public Interest Program 2007-2008 FellowshipInstrumental in driving non-governmental fundraising with key role in researching and cultivating year-long strategy for organization development efforts. Created press releases, the agency newsletter and annual report, and revised agency brochures. Achievements:Lead writer on federal grant garnering $125,000 for agency’s manufacturing outreach center during second month of employment at agencyOrganized raw data on agency’s impact in supporting employment needs in the Chicagoland manufacturing industry

Evanston, Il

Student researcher supporting the design of science curriculum, proofread lesson plans, transcribed classroom video observations.

Greater Chicago Area

Served as liaison to over 50 vendors for annual holiday benefit; assisted in the coordination of event for over 1,500 attendees.

Techprep Software Development

MySQL, Java, HTML, GitHub, Android Studio

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Social Policy