Emily Chaleff Email & Phone Number

Portland, Me

Consulting practice working with not-for-profit organizations to vision, plan, and build new endeavors and communicate about them effectively.

Standish, Maine

Camp Alsing is a premier residential summer camp in Maine for young people with Autism, ADHD, Anxiety or other social challenges. We help kids have fun, explore their boundaries and build connections in a supported environment.

Portland, Maine Area

• Increased organizational budget by 30%.• Led successful transformational initiative to secure a new building site for the organization.• Secured largest single gift in organizational history.• Collaborated with volunteer leaders and professionals to create organizational vision and strategic plan. • Planned, developed, implemented and monitored strategic new programs - engaging broad new spectrum of constituency.• Oversaw and managed all budget processes. • Incorporated systems strengthening organizational capacity to deliver services and address areas for improvement.• Created and implemented message development, marketing and communications strategy.• Wrote communication materials including successful grant applications, press releases, newsletters, electronic communications, opinion pieces, presentations, informational brochures and reports.• Represented organization statewide to address controversial issues.• Problem-solved day-to-day anticipated and unexpected issues, as well as long-term challenges and conflicts.• Realized financial goals through individual solicitations for annual campaign, event production, fee for service and grant writing resulting in unprecedented revenue growth and donor engagement.• Determined grant allocation priorities in collaboration with lay leaders.• Convened community partners to create joint programming and address community challenges.• Oversaw and developed a 20-member staff. • Managed a 20-member board, volunteer committees and oversaw governance process.

Greater Chicago Area

• Led new Chicago site for national service program as first site director including staff supervision and program development.• Raised 50K in the first six months for local budget of new site. • Researched and developed relationships with three new foundation supporters within first four months. • Wrote all grant proposals and reports.• Developed and managed relationships with all individual donors.• Recruited and managed advisory council comprised of local leaders.• Created and managed annual budget for site.• Served as lead spokesperson for program including speaking at public events and net-working to build public awareness and understanding of program.

Greater Chicago Area

• Launched the first site for Nextbook (the first iteration of www.tabletmag.com)a national New York-based nonprofit Jewish arts and culture organization.• Researched, created, and curated public events with world-class writers, scholars, and cultural theorists on an annual basis including Michael Chabon, Cynthia Ozick, Jonathan Rosen, Tony Kushner, Anne Michaels, and Gary Shteyngart. • Organized and facilitated focus groups to determine programming goals and effective marketing strategies.• Grew Chicago mailing list from zero to 3,500 addresses in three programmatic seasons.• Developed and implemented annual publicity plan and budget.• Co-wrote and edited promotional materials including seasonal brochure, monthly publicity flyers, and print and radio advertisements.• Spoke to audiences ranging in size from 50 to 750 attendees to introduce Nextbook and presenters.

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Chicago Area

Certificate, Human Resources Management And Services

Masters, Nonprofit Administration

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English

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Education record