• Conduct organizational assessments for arts and culture non-profits in Cook County, Illinois as a consultant of the Arts & Business Council of Chicago for the smARTscope program for Chicago Community Trust grantees• Consult with historic preservation non-profits such as Landmarks Illinois, the statewide historic preservation non-profit, on 20 Years/20 Stories, an online campaign geared toward promoting historic preservation through an online biographical website, social media campaign, and organizational retrospective• Craft grant proposals, conduct research, and plan public programs for small historic house museums such as the Edgar Miller Legacy, a nascent house museum in Chicago dedicated to late artist Edgar Miller

• Resolved 23-year $1 million real estate lien in three months, opening up museum to broadervisioning• Directed operations and future course of the historic house museum located in the Old West AustinNeighborhood, including: museum collections, fundraising, and communications• Raised over $250,000 in grants, donations, and tax credit equity for programs and capital projects• Stabilized and reinvigorated earned-income generation, public access, and Foundation board

• Led and provided support to CSCI’s key initiatives, including: the annual Citizen Diplomacy Event; the Global Youth Ambassadors Leadership Summit; and the Chicago Consular Corps Gala• Managed volunteer sister city committees and guide a diverse group of projects in the fields of International Business, Cultural Arts and Tourism, Global Education, and Government Relations• Created itineraries for international delegations in collaboration with city, public and private sector representatives• Worked with internal teams on strategies for fundraising, publicity and logistics• Acted as a liaison with the Mayor’s Office of the City of Chicago, international contacts, consular corps representatives, ethnic communities, and other Chicago-area institutions• Provided administrative support for Finance, HR, and Development processes• Developed and managed project and committee budgets• Managed database of external partners and stakeholders

Project-based contract• Managed artifact loan and donation solicitation process• Managed administrative support for the forthcoming Chicago Architecture Center, to beunveiled in August 2018• Developed content concepts for the forthcoming Chicago Architecture Center exhibits

• Instituted museum programming including "Telling Stories, Telling Belongings" programming • Produced online, newsletter, and in-person communications pertaining to Museum programming, exhibits, and organization announcements• Operated Museum development program including Museum donor database • Implemented art conservation projects for Museum capital project through: bid solicitation, development, and site planning

• Attended statewide meetings and conferences on issues relating to bicycle and pedestrian access• Researched transportation policies, engineering standards, and public planning processes• Collaborated on setting standards for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure grant programs, including committee’s $5 million program and $1 million Urban Trails Fund• Prioritized grant proposals for bicycle and pedestrian projects based on established criteria and elevated equity and diversity as grant program goals• Independently authored Committee position on draft EPA School “Siting” Guidelines

• Facilitated in Spanish and English between project contractors and Latino businesses to inform capital construction needs• Developed and implemented Portland Mercado media strategy, including project blog and new media• Coordinated fundraising strategy, including: foundation grants, CDFI loans, and New Markets Tax Credits for the Portland Mercado, a Latino public market slated to open in 2014