Responsible for fundraising strategies and leading the team charged with raising $3M+ annually. • Creates, implements, and manages fundraising and communications plans.• Creates annual budgets, tracks performance, produces reports and projections, and monitors expenditures.• Provides oversight and guidance on data management, gift processing and reporting functions within ARTSmemphis’ CRM. • Maintains a portfolio of donors, cultivating and soliciting gifts and developing relationships.

• Cultivate, solicit, and steward all institutional giving.• Responsible for development operations.• Create custom reports and dashboards for trends and progress on fundraising goals.• Manages constituent data through Raiser’s Edge database. • Recruit, train and supervise interns working across departments.

• Worked with ArtsMemphis’ 60+ grantees, managing a $2.5M grant-making portfolio.• Lead the Artist Emergency Fund which provided $600K to 800 artists during the pandemic.• Developed and analyzed program data to produce reports, policies and procedures.• Coordinated the marking and communication for the grants and initiatives department.• Utilized Foundant and Fluxx Grant Software.

• Revamped the ArtsAccess program, resulting in increased art organization involvement and community participation.• Manage financial accounting for all grants and office invoices through Financial Edge. • Implement social media planning and posting for all ArtsMemphis accounts.• Perform administrative tasks such as special event planning, creating meeting itineraries, and organizing schedules to ensure successful operations.

The Emerging Leaders Council strives to ensure a bright and democratic future for the arts in America by developing programs and resources to promote the growth, development, and sustenance of emerging arts professionals nationwide.The Council’s role at Americans for the Arts is to advise in the development and implementation of strategic programming that engages, empowers, and sustains emerging arts professionals nationwide. In this role, the Council helps Americans for the Arts to provide programs and services that are meeting the needs of the next generation of arts leaders, keeping those leaders fulfilled and engaged in the arts field, and helping those leaders to be prepared to take on future leadership roles.

Program Coordinator• Developed new exhibits and educational programs that fulfilled Mississippi State Curriculum requirements increasing the value of organizational programming for school groups. • Managed the procurement of grants, sponsorships and funding for special events, increasing our budget by 15%.Museum Assistant• Managed museum artifact collections and records, resulting in an organized and efficient method that provides a secure space for over 300 priceless artifacts.

• Researched, created and installed the History of Medicine in DeSoto County exhibit.• Managed exhibit artifact collection and records containing 40 special artifacts.

• Led renovation project that developed a highly interactive and hands-on exhibit lab space that increased museum visitors, added curriculum-based educational programs and established diverse methods of teaching within the museum exhibits.• Created an Accessibility and Special Needs Program that successfully trained staff members, expanded visitor services and increased community participation.• Assisted in strategic plan development and implementation, resulting in operational and project planning over the course of 4 years.

Project Assistant• Streamlined the planning and coordination of the 2015 Association of African American Museums Conference in Memphis, TN resulting in increased public relations, community development and special events for the museum. • Assisted in conducting reports, developing presentations and collecting data for the Director of Partnerships and Compliance.Museum Intern• Managed administrative projects including procedural manuals, financial budgets and federal regulatory documents that require successful operation of the museum.

Talkington Hall. Duties Included: staff front desk, assist hall residents with various needs, assist resident advisors with discipline duties and safety checks, clerical office work.