TheDIYWeddingCoach.com With the "Covid Pivot", I decided to return to my passion and work with DIY Couples as they plan their weddings. I have over 30 years experience as an Event Planner, most of which has been weddings, parties and fundraisers. It's time to create my space online and bring a coaching product that helps the under served DIY Couple. They can do it all-and I can help them organize, create a timeline and have the perfect wedding.

The City of Pacific is located in both King and Pierce Counties. Community Services includes social services and recreational programs for all ages. • Develop strong relationships with agency staff and a variety of entities in order to gain stronger partnerships with residents, businesses, civic organizations, charitable agencies and governmental leaders• Provide program operations management and oversight for municipal Human Services serving 7,200 individuals and families including strategic planning, program goal-setting, preparing reports, federal grant applications and fiscal reports• Manage a staff team including hiring, providing continuing education and development, mentorship, coaching, increasing retention outcomes and overall team morale; ensure staff accordance with departmental policies and procedures• Plan, assign, and review the work of program staff, adjusting assignments and schedules to maintain adequate staffing levels and respond to fluctuating workloads• Evaluate employee performance and prepare performance appraisals• Serve as a visionary leader to organize and re-structure department to perform at optimal level • Maintain an equity lens for community engagement related work and expand outreach into the community by maintaining membership in local organizations, work one on one with community members and governmental boards

Breakthrough research. Free lodging near treatment. A 24/7/365 live helpline. Rides to treatment. Manage multiple programs for seventeen counties in Washington State. Directly supervise 60 volunteers and the programs for which they volunteer. Recruit new volunteers to fill vacant positions. Strengthen existing programs and start new programs.• Set and exceed annual goals to include program growth and financial goals.• Grow and developed portfolio by 60%:o Support Volunteer Leadership to perform on nationwide strategies o Train volunteers to consistently provide excellent customer experience• Expand programs:o Developed new Road to Recovery program in Benton and Lewis Countieso Grew the Look Good Feel Better program by 25%o Started the only teen Look Good Feel Better program in Washington Stateo Expanded the Hotel Lodging Program by adding Hotel Partners in additional counties• Work closely with other Managers within ACS to assess the unique needs in each community• Networking opportunities to grow interest and service area• Serve as a Subject Matter Experto Provide training and supporto Problem Solvero Offered continuing education for fundraising staff• Recruit and train volunteers• Conduct regular site visits throughout the assigned territoryo Evaluate site performance• Performance Driveno Achieve annual goals at minimum of 100%• Market the American Cancer Society programs to hospitals, patients, and communities• Influence the Fundraising staff of the American Cancer Society to educate volunteers about the programs they support through fundraising.• Work with area Agencies to ensure that cancer patients’ needs are met

Manage multiple Relay For Life events in the Pacific Northwest. Directly work with over 60 volunteers to plan, execute successful fundraising events at a local level, ranging from $45,000-$312,000 raised over the course of a year for a total of $500,000 portfolio.• Set and achieve annual fundraising goals.o Manage P&L for each evento Manage P&L for entire portfolio• Motivate each of the Event Leadership Teams to meet their event goals.• Attend meetings, community functions and Leadership events.• Provide all necessary training, support and coaching to volunteer leadership.• Motivate and coach all volunteers including Team Captains and participants to fundraise.• Monitor all financial donations made to my portfolio, ensure accuracy.• Market each event in the local area as well as regional advertising.• Solicit sponsorships for each event to reduce costs.• Meet and exceed customer expectations.• Think “outside the box” to ensure all avenues are utilized for fundraising and advertising of events.• Provide excellent customer experience.

Pioneered the development and launch of a business that created dream events for clientele. Handled P & L management, financial management, recruiting and operations management. Plan unique and theme-designed events from inception through completion for up to 500 guests, which included catering services, entertainment, and fundraising. Coordinated the PNW Association of Churches Women's retreat for 120 women on small scale budget.

Performed diverse administrative and management tasks in a timely manner. Created the training manual for volunteer staff. Led efforts to recruit and train volunteer staff. Grew the department from one very part time position to one full time position plus six volunteers working 30 total hours a week.• Maintained accountability for event management initiatives • Expanded reach to include large group tours.• Delivered excellent service to all customers while conducting tours of the Visitor Center and U.S. Headquarters. • Led efforts to expand by quadrupling traffic to the Visitor Center through internal and external marketing, cross team relationship cultivation, and effective project management.• Supported strategic fundraising goals by liaising with high profile donors, staff, volunteers, vendors and guests.• Subject Matter Expert. Spoke to groups of all sizes and ages to advance the mission of World Vision.

Participated in administration, project management, database management, reporting, and budgeting tasks. Served as primary liaison between coaches, teachers, administrators, parents and community members; championed efforts to condense multi-source databases into one central clearinghouse of student information, which aided in preparing student-athletes for sports participation; arranged team banquets and coordinated logistics using excellent event planning talents; managed all aspects of the student-run Luau for over 500 attendees, which raised funds for the Samoan Tsunami Relief efforts; streamlined daily tasks and introduced process improvements to boost operational efficiency.

Directed all aspects of operational, personnel and retail matters within the store; Supervised and trained the team in performing at optimal levels; Executed talent acquisition and recruiting tasks; Balanced inventory ordering and scheduling of staff to ensure monthly profit; Supported budgeting activities; Utilized expert problem resolution talents to petition the Town Council and Mayor for safe crossing legislation to increase foot traffic from local businesses (orange safety flags); provided leadership to team building efforts and built a cohesive team.