Dusie Cassata Email & Phone Number

Oakland, Ca, Us

--> Oversee finances to ensure good stewardship and build organizational sustainability, including developing financial controls and reserve policies, developing the annual budget, managing day-to-day accounts payable and cash flow, communicating financial position to leadership, and developing forecasts and projections. I led the organization through over a decade of clean audits.--> Serve as board liaison responsible for planning board meetings, advancing committee work, and regular engagement and communications to help the board make the most of their board service.--> Direct event planning across the organization to ensure professionalism and consistency in the organization’s external presence.--> Lead administration, developing systems to enable greater efficiency, collaboration, and a learning mindset across the organization. For example, I designed annual goal-setting and reflection processes, implemented Slack to support better communication across and within teams, and led the transition to a new CRM to enable full adoption of relationship tracking across functions.--> Supervise human resources to secure and retain the human capital that drives the organization, including the development of equitable hiring and onboarding practices, inclusive personnel policies, culture-building efforts, and performance management structures.--> Take the lead on special projects to facilitate the organization’s strategy, including spearheading program evaluation, business development for fee-for-service programming, and communications initiatives from report launches to book marketing.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

--> Directed fundraising efforts, including the development of strategy, campaigns, events, leadership engagement, and all institutional and individual solicitations. Since taking on a fundraising role first in 2011: (1) Raised over $30M from foundations, corporations, associations, and individuals at various levels, including a $4M grant from MacKenzie Scott; (2) Built the Leadership Council from a dozen friends of the founder to a robust body of over 60 engaged leaders who regularly contribute their financial resources, connections to their networks, and their counsel to advance the organization’s mission; and (3) Grew communities of support in major cities across the country through events, peer networking, and consistent engagement.--> Oversaw financial management, including the development of the annual budget, grant budgets, and reports; developing forecasts and communicating financial position to leadership; and managing tax filings and the annual audit. --> Served as a member of the Senior Team, contributing to staffing decisions, Board Meeting planning, and the organization of annual goal setting and team retreats.--> Contributed to strategic planning, communications strategy and execution, and research efforts.--> Calmly led the organization through significant change, including the spinoff of a major project into an --independent nonprofit organization, the organization’s first leadership transition from founder to professional CEO, and the transition from an office-based to fully remote organization during COVID.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

--> Led individual/general support fundraising efforts and managed institutional/program fundraising efforts.--> Oversaw financial operations (cash flow, accounting systems, annual budgeting, audit and tax returns, etc.) and instituted new systems for financial management.--> Responsible for and then oversaw tasks related to human resources, office space management and planning, IT systems and planning, insurance, and other vendor management.--> Oversaw Board and Leadership Council meeting planning, and staffed Board Committees on Finance and Fund Development.--> Contributed to communications strategy, organizational strategic planning, and oversaw the new learning & evaluation effort.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

--> Nominated to serve as Treasurer/Secretary of the organization, March 2015.--> Finance: Managed, analyzed, and communicated about financial activities with an accountant, senior executives, and board members; developed and managed budgets for the organization, projects, and specific grants; developed internal processes around financial management, controls, and guidelines; and organized external financial reporting in the form of 990s, audits, and grant reports.--> Fund Development: Strategy, organization, and support for all fundraising activities - including the creation of a development plan, cultivation and stewardship plans, direct mail and email appeals, grant proposals, a multi-year capital growth campaign, and special events and travel - for a growing non-profit organization.--> Communications: Developed social media outreach, online presence, and organizational marketing materials. Innovated on strategic growth of the organization's brand given minimal funding to carry out communications activities.--> Management: Managed interns, Communications Associate, and Office Manager on a variety of projects including meeting planning, prospect research, website administration, and communications with leaders and donors.--> Operations: Involved in organizational strategic planning, board recruitment and relations, and human resources with an eye to developing systems for organizational sustainability.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

--> Development: Strategy, organization, and support for all fundraising activities, including leadership of direct mail and email appeals, writing grant proposals, and planning special events.--> Communications: Administered website and social media accounts; helped draft and design e-newsletter and marketing materials; part of website redesign team.--> Administration: Processed donations, maintained donor database and files, organized Board meetings, aided in accounting, and scheduled meetings for the President and Vice President.--> Management: Coordinated hiring and overseeing of interns; consulted on organizational strategy.--> Policy: Conducted research and outreach in support of the U.S.-Pakistan Leaders Forum. Organized major convening of leaders from the US and Pakistan in Washington, DC.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

--> Identified, interviewed, and built relationships with potential participants.--> Researched and organized meetings with funding sources.--> Represented the project at think tank events and seminars.--> Provided logistical support for meeting planning, including making international travel and transportation arrangements, processing reimbursements, drafting meeting agendas, preparing materials, and taking detailed notes to document the meeting.--> Organized major convening of leaders from the US and Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

--> Taught three French classes to boys aged 12-17.--> Prepared lessons in French grammar, oral, and writing skills.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

--> Drafted letters responding to constituents about diverse legislative concerns.--> Organized the District's 2009 Congressional Art Competition.--> Sorted and contributed to the database of constituent correspondence.

London, United Kingdom

--> Organized exhibition presence and high profile events at the 2008 Labour, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat Party Conferences. --> Drafted articles and papers on current issues related to children's and young people's policy, such as teenage pregnancy and community cohesion education.--> Researched and developed contacts with celebrities, academics, and politicians to invite them to support 4Children's projects.--> Supported Make Space for Health (youth) and End Child Poverty campaigns.--> Coordinated "London Children's Question Time" event as part of Shout Out 4Children Week, involving Member of Parliament participation.--> Conducted research on children's and young people's policy in order to feed into formal responses to Government consultations.--> Monitored parliament and the media and produced Daily Media Digests.

La Jolla, California

--> Aided in design of new website and produced blog entries.--> Edited business contracts, created new client presentations, and designed company newsletters.--> Reconciled electronic commission payments and daily company bank deposits.--> Organized and updated confidential client databases.--> Scheduled and hosted international vendor visits.--> Answered the phone, greeted clients, and distributed mail for 50 travel agents.

Paris Area, France

Recipient of French Embassy Assistantship to teach English at high schools in the suburbs of Paris.

Paris Area, France

Edited and translated manuscripts for the book entitled European Anti-Discrimination and the Politics of Citizenship: Britain and France (Palgrave Macmillan 2007), under the direction of Dr. Christophe Bertossi.

Ba, International Relations, French Civilization

Activities and Societies: Brown University Dance ExtensionHonors thesis titled "Immigration in France: What the Veil Reveals" Recipient.

Ma, Human Rights

Activities and Societies: UCL Dance SocietyDissertation with Distinction titled "Human Rights: Relevant for Addressing Ethnic.