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Elon, North Carolina, United States

Elon, North Carolina, United States

Manage a portfolio of 250+ planned giving prospects and administer the planned giving program including The Order of the Oak, Elon's legacy society.Daily user of Crescendo (CresPrint and CresPro) and Raiser's Edge NXT.

Pittsboro, Nc

Oversees CFSA’s community engagement efforts, including membership, communications and marketing, and fundraising development. Manage a comprehensive community engagement program that increases CFSA’s visibility and influence, advances its mission, and expands support from the community; ensures CFSA member satisfaction and expands member recruitment, retention and services; secures private funding to strengthen organizational infrastructure and programs.

North Carolina

Establishing a new business network of NC businesses interested in a sustainable future through the legal organization of a new independent non-profit organization.Write opinion editorials, business sign-on letters, and press releases around specific emerging statewide issues.Engage North Carolina businesses with national interests and issues relevant to American Sustainable Business Council policy campaign priorities.Partner with statewide non-profits to provide a business voice to their pertinent issue.Coordinate press events, business response opportunities, and business leader roundtables around current events and national issues.Pursuing funding for this organization through private donations, foundation grants, and partnership with other organizations.

Burlington, Nc

Create and implement annual marketing plan including web and print advertising, social media messaging, and leveraging traditional journalism channels.Managed a brand transition from new grocery store to engaged community partner through coordinated messaging, events, and targeted community involvement in Burlington, Alamance County, and Elon University.Engage Burlington community through representation at community events, tours, media appearances, and university guest-speaking engagements.Year-over-year 10% sales increase each month since hire date.Special event management including chair of Events Committee and organizer of sold-out beer and wine festivals, a community talent showcase, fundraisers for community partners such as Slow Money NC, and weekly live music performances.Successful grant writing in multiple years, allowing the market, a for-profit business, to capture available funding opportunities.Creation of all in-store marketing collateral including sales flyers, signs, and brochures.Website management through content creation and design changes, targeted search engine optimization, social media marketing management of accounts with several thousand followers, and regular critiques of user engagement through analytics.Serve as staff representative for the B and Clary Holt Community Room Fundraising Committee, managing public relations and successfully raising $45,000 to renovate a space to a vital part of the store and its mission.Steering committee member, Alamance Local Food Council, determining the organizational structure, mission, and direction of a new organization.Board Member and Secretary, Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center, transitioning government-funded facility into an independent non-profit providing incubator kitchen, office, and warehouse space for dozens of food businesses.Supervise Demo Coordinator and multiple interns each semester.

The Alliance is a non-profit umbrella organization which contracts with the Town Hillsborough to provide Visitor Services. We work to make Hillsborough a better place for residents and visitors.

B.A., American Studies

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