Elyse Andrews Email & Phone Number

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Responsible for supporting national marketing efforts for the Foundation’s three peer-to-peer fundraising brands (Take Steps, Team Challenge, and spin4 crohn’s & colitis cures) as well as providing marketing support for special events to the Foundation’s 35 chapters to move the Foundation's mission forward. • Plan and execute national marketing strategies supporting budgets to drive registrations, revenue, and overall awareness for the Foundation’s three peer-to-peer fundraising programs under the direction of the Vice President of Marketing & Communications and Senior Manager.• Project management and collaboration with internal stakeholders including fundraising, information technology, business development and operations. Managing vendor relationships, including our digital ad agency, email campaign, video production, creative and collateral production vendors.• Develop campaign social media plan, manage national Take Steps content and report on social analytics.

Norwalk, Ct

Responsibilities include the management of 17 5K Walk/Runs across the country that offer camaraderie and knowledge sharing for all members of the myeloma community while fueling our precision medicine model and advancing personalized cures for myeloma.• Oversaw all event logistics to ensure successful execution with city offices, vendors, management, and staff.• Responsible for cultivating, maintaining, and enhancing patient, participants, and donor relationships while serving as a front line point contact in assisting fundraising efforts. • Designed and event program details- speech preparation, timelines, honorees and more. • Oversaw all Team for Cures 5K marketing materials- email campaigns, signage, save the dates, digital and print ads, etc. • Created yearly budget for 5K Walk/Run program and monitor expenses for each event to maximize net revenue. • Manages internship program • Recruited, onboarded and oversaw spring and summer 2018 interns• Liaison between the MMRF Corporate and the Team for Cures social media platforms. • Managed the cross promotion of four MMRF event sectors- Independent, Signature, Endurance and 5K program’s content on Facebook and Instagram.

Norwalk, Ct

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) was established in 1998 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization by identical twin sisters Kathy Giusti and Karen Andrews soon after Kathy’s diagnosis of multiple myeloma. The MMRF has established the collaborative Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC) of 21 world-renowned institutions, launched the groundbreaking CoMMpass℠ Study to collect and analyze multiple tissue samples from 1,000 patients over a multi-year course, and seen ten drugs receive FDA approval in the time that it normally takes for one. Responsibilities include the coordination of 13 5K Walk/Runs across the country that offer camaraderie and knowledge sharing for all members of the myeloma community while fueling multiple myeloma research. • Speak publicly to 20,000 people annually • Collaborate and coordinate promotional activities to ensure success in marketing, sponsorship and fundraising goals for each race event • Direct cultivation and relationship building with race constituents

West Hartford, Ct

• Reported directly to the Marketing Manager and Marketing Specialist at NBC Connecticut• Designed and updated PowerPoint decks for clients• Promoted the station on various social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram • Led station tours and put together presentation materials for the sales team• Coordinated NBC’s 9th Annual Health and Wellness event -Invited and confirmed non-profits, arranged stage acts, and confirmed fire and safety officials

Danbury, Ct

• Promoted the radio stations: Kicks 105.5, I-95 Rock, and 940 WINE -by engaging with the public, facilitating contests, and handing out fliers • Organized and hosted an event to raise money for the Danbury Women’s Shelter • Worked on advertisements, press releases and brainstormed outlines for contests