1) Grant Reporting, Board Meeting Production, Marketing: ● Internal relationship-leader for Development for grant reporting and proposals for foundation, corporate, and individual funders. ● Directed program and finance staff to produce report/proposal materials. ● Produced written materials for quarterly board meetings, and wrote talking points for CEO and Board Chairman with Chief Marketing Officer and Director of Development. ● Supported Marketing efforts (social media, email marketing, print collateral, etc.) with ideation, writing, and editing.2) Special ProjectsManaged special projects (partnerships, special interactions with major and corporate donors) in support of the stewardship of these philanthropic relationships. ● Worked closely with Director of Development and Director of Major Gifts to identify and measure feasibility and probable outcomes of partnership opportunities. These partnerships resulted in new and increased gifts and important strategic relationships for the organization. ● Implemented special projects and partnerships with key input from school and program staff. ● Served as primary contact for internal and external relationships as related to partnerships. ● Provided weekly reports to fundraising teammates on status of partnerships. ● Led communications and logistics with schools regarding donor and board requests for partnerships. ● Managed all other student-donor activities/interactions. 3) Benefit ProductionWe raised $4 million for the 2016 Annual Benefit, setting a new record for the event. ● Worked very closely with Chief Marketing Officer on every element of the Benefit, from brainstorming to post-event follow up. ● Managed all school/student performances and participation. ● With Chief Marketing Officer, wrote and edited full script for show. ● Liaised with venue and production companies.

● Established and managed departmental systems for effective department stewardship. ● Wrote Development Operations Strategic Plan as part of major Foundation operational overhaul. ● Supervised research staff, grants associate, department assistant, and part-time data entry clerk. ● Managed the donor strategy and grant writing work-plan for major donors and foundation grant submissions. ● Produced fund-raising reports for senior leadership. ● Tracked deadlines and progress to ensure that grant requirements were completed in timely manner. ● Stewarded all scholarship fund awards. ● Worked closely with finance department on income projections and reconciliation of income for the FIT Foundation. ● Worked closely with finance and faculty on funding issues. ● Maintained writing responsibilities for donor correspondence.

Editorial, editing, grant writing, etc.Please note: I still occasionally do freelance writing and editing. However, LinkedIn does not allow me to deprioritize this work experience, so I have put an arbitrary end date to move it down the list. :)

● Prepared weekly fundraising reports for presentation to and use by senior development and institutional staff. ● Wrote donor briefings, gift acknowledgements, and various other correspondence. ● Ensured accurate donor records through database, paper, and cross-department records. ● Managed member and donor inquiries via emails and phone calls. ● Solely responsible for execution of Visionary Speakers program, a monthly speaker series. Duties included: drafting invitations, thanks, and general correspondence as relates to Visionary Speakers for NRDC's Executive Director; liaising with speakers and their staff; publicizing these events to NRDC staff; and managing logistics including travel and technology, among others.

Short term contract - term completed. ● Managed membership relations and benefits program for constituency of 24,000 members. ● Responsible for database integrity throughout a database conversion.

● Executed donor- and foundation-prospect research and meeting briefings for use by senior leadership. ● Assisted in donor outreach in support of Strategic Plan roll-out. ● Created content for Slow Food USA blog.