• Develop and execute comprehensive fundraising strategies to increase financial support for ALS research and drug discovery, focusing on major gifts, corporate partnerships, and foundation grants.• Build and nurture relationships with individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners, implementing personalized stewardship plans to enhance donor engagement and retention.• Research, identify, and pursue grant opportunities that align with Target ALS’s mission. Prepare and submit compelling grant proposals, ensuring compliance with all grant requirements and reporting protocols.• Work closely with the Chief Development Officer, senior leadership, and marketing teams to ensure alignment of fundraising initiatives with organizational goals, leveraging cross-departmental expertise to enhance campaign effectiveness.• Manage the planning and execution of key fundraising events, including special events and donor recognition programs, to maximize participation and revenue.• Collaborate with Development Operations to monitor fundraising progress, ensure ethical management of funds and donor information, and adhere to all legal and regulatory requirements.

With a passion for empowering individuals, my mission is clear—to help people make a positive and lasting impact in their communities. I firmly believe that philanthropy has the power to drive meaningful change, and I use my extensive knowledge of the philanthropic landscape to help community members navigate this rewarding path with purpose, integrity, and compassion.

• Pioneered the cultivation of a diverse funding prospect and partner network across multiple countries including the U.K., Poland, Egypt, Jordan, Mexico, Nigeria, The Bahamas (Nassau), and the United States, encompassing prospect identification, engagement, presentation, and negotiation.• Instrumental in obtaining the largest grant awards in Empatico’s history and achieving a 174% increase in external fundraising during my first year.• Collaboratively crafted and finalized an earned income strategy with global partners, leading to a significant expansion of Empatico's financial resources on an international scale.• Innovated and systematized fundraising processes and tools, aligning proposals, outcomes, and deadlines with clear goals and metrics, tailored to cater to a diverse international partner base.• Strengthened and expanded global partnership relationships, leading to increased support for Empatico’s initiatives, with a focus on fostering connections across diverse cultural and geographical landscapes.• Played a key role in shifting Empatico's income structure, achieving a balance that reflects diverse sources from government, earned income, and traditional fundraising, across international borders.

• Led a high-performing team of resource development professionals, achieving a 54% increase in individual giving and 72% in corporate giving in 2021, followed by a 335% and 38% respective growth in 2022.• Boosted foundation giving by 115%, enhancing the financial stability and programmatic impact of the organization.• Orchestrated a targeted effort to augment government funding, securing a 95% increase in government funding in 2022 and $2.3 million from U.S. federal appropriations.• Diversified income sources by reducing dependence on a single corporate funder from 56% to 18% of total income through strategic initiatives, including developing a comprehensive corporate giving strategy, securing new governmental funding, establishing a major gifts program, and expanding foundation contributions.• Managed all resource development areas, including grants, major gifts, government relations, and corporate partnerships.• Launched and executed key strategic initiatives for revenue and funding growth.• Defined and tracked fundraising goals and KPIs, aligning them with organizational objectives and mission.• Implemented new processes for cultivating and soliciting gifts and grants from various funding sources, including corporations and foundations.• Utilized persuasive data to support arguments and strategies, enhancing communication and engagement by pairing impactful stories with relevant statistics to connect audiences to organizational missions and needs.

• Achieved strategic goals by increasing corporate giving by 326% and individual giving by 44% in 2019, while diversifying sources of funding consistent with the growth strategy of the Club.• Drove continued growth in 2020 with a 30% increase in individual giving and 16% increase in corporate giving.• Implemented new processes for cultivation and soliciting gifts and grants from corporations, foundations, and other funding sources.• Developed and managed the Clubs’ public image to effectively communicate mission, objectives, and accomplishments to members and their parents, instructional staff, donors, volunteers, the general public, and other key stakeholders.• Created specific communications as situations required, targeted to internal and external stakeholders.• Effectively used persuasive data to support arguments and strategies, enhancing communication and engagement by pairing impactful stories with relevant statistics to connect audiences to organizational missions and needs.

• Strategically led all organizational marketing, communications, branding, events, donations, and sponsorships.• Directly managed a brand evolution, marketing strategy revamp and implemented a more efficient and values-based approach to community investment and involvement.• Developed and implemented marketing strategies and roadmaps including all product marketing, content marketing, advertising, public relations, donations, sponsorships, and community plans.• Oversaw all campaigns including promotions and line of business support, internal and external communications including social media, blog, public relations, reputation management, etc.• Managed a team of marketing professionals and a budget exceeding $2 million., resulting in a 27% increase in organic web traffic and a 36% increase in qualified leads.

• Increased brand awareness by developing and utilizing a comprehensive corporate marketing plan that included advertising, social media, and event marketing.• Spearheaded the evolution of the organization's marketing campaign process, brand identity, and internal communications strategy, which improved employee engagement and led to increased sales.• Implemented an organization-wide internal communication strategy, which included communicating directly with managers, in order to determine the needs of each department, and then to communicate these needs to the entire organization, in order to increase the efficiency of the organization as a whole.

• Headed internal communication of marketing campaigns.• Orchestrated the annual campaign calendar, including all branding campaigns, using several vendors to sell products and services.• Planned all marketing campaigns, including determining target audiences, creating deliverables, and utilizing a team of in-house graphic designers.• Communicated deadlines, sales goals, and campaign results.

• Designed and developed all theater marketing materials, including posters, mailers, press releases, and social media content for Twin City Players, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.• Secured corporate sponsors, enhancing fundraising efforts and building valuable relationships to support the theater’s mission.• Developed and cultivated relationships with sponsors and the local media, managing and determining the marketing budget.• Utilized Adobe InDesign and Photoshop to create marketing collateral.• Facilitated and wrote all organization-wide internal communications, ensuring consistent and effective messaging across the organization.

• Formalized client feedback, creative briefs, timelines, team assignments, and reviews. • Pioneered staff development.• Conveyed agency recommendations through client presentations.• Refocused quality assurance practices and internal communication.

• Active freelance copywriter with experience developing web content, video scripts and product descriptions for global corporations. • Past clients include The Hamper Emporium, Rocket Services Video, Trusted Meds, ESKY e-learning and Timbermill Designs

• Reported local news events, producing radio news stories for on-air and web site content, producing live and recording newscasts and co- hosting morning and afternoon talk shows

• Reported daily news events, anchoring radio and television newscasts, producing live and recorded programming breaks during NPR affiliated talk shows, writing radio news stories and producing radio newscasts.