Deborah Crites Email & Phone Number

Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

* Responsible for building meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships with donors, corporate partners, sponsors and other Y stakeholders in order to solicit funds for Y programs and sustain support. * Supervise Y annual fundraising campaigns that raise over $1.2MM.* Relationship manager for partnership contracts/grants worth over $300,000 in annual support.* Coordinate fundraising and "friend-raising" events to financially benefit annual and capital campaigns as well as build the Y's network of support. * Oversee 200+ sponsorships that benefit the annual Y Turkey Trot Charity 5K.

Baltimore, Maryland

* Incorporate partnership programming into Y Head Start, Before-and-After School Enrichment, Summer Camps, and Healthy Kids Day programs, reaching over 20,000 participants.* Facilitate proper donation collection, appropriation and appreciation for donors and corporate partners. * Manage 200+ sponsors for Y’s Turkey Trot Charity 5K event. * Track, record and report annual and major giving and donor trends for fundraising campaigns.

Hunt Valley Md

* Project coordinator of Free Comic Book Day and Halloween ComicFest, including managing project budgets, advertising materials and publicity outreach * Manage and maintain multiple social media accounts for corporate and event pages* Coordinate promotional and advertising activities with publishers, industry icons, distribution outlets and vendors * Write various promotional content for corporate events for print and media distribution * Track, record and analyze media coverage * Conduct monthly PR summaries for press releases and event promotions* Represent Diamond’s PR and Marketing department at annual conventions, creating in-interpersonal relationships with inside and outside industry vendors and media* Pitch promotional and sponsorship opportunities to major vendors and celebrities * Organize Diamond’s philanthropic outreach through “Comics for a Cause” donations

* Performed research for media contacts and other primary contacts for various clients. * Web development and maintenance for Baltimore County Golf. http://www.baltimoregolfing.com* Write media centered releases for Northwest Hospital, Chimes Organization and Baltimore County Golf* Wrote copy for Baltimore Golf Courses website and other client radio commercials* Created client-only google map for market analyzation

* Support sales associates and managers* Operating sales register, restocking inventory * Organize store and stock room

Towson

* Sold ad space for local businesses in Towson for message boards given to students * In-charge of securing the required number of sponsors for each message board * Collected and recorded artwork submissions and payments in a timely fashion* Assigned distribution teams among Residence Life and Greek life* Mediator between ad designer and Towson businesses

Owings Mills

* Conducted contact research and media calls for information regarding client action * Performed data entry of client information on national calendars * Wrote various media advisories, standard press release and photo advisory * Tracked client news using Google Alerts* Multi-tasked with multiple client assignments

* Conducted research for various local and national media contacts for Target and DeWalt clients * Contacted media through phone and email for information regarding coverage of client actions* Performed data entry of client information, specifically event dates and media contacts* Multi-tasked with multiple assignments for Target and DeWalt clients

* Worked for President of the Y of Central MD on special coalition project * Assisted with coordination, planning and promotion of special events, specifically larger board meetings and recognitions* Contacted members and volunteers regarding Y news * Created fact sheets and one sheeter promotional documents for Y branches* Edited and mailed thank you letters to people who donated to the YMCA

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication

Activities and Societies: Marching Band Towson University Ballroom Dance Club Building Council American Advertising Federation ClubI.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Co-editor of the 2008-2009 Yearbook Concert Band (alto saxophone)