As the Director of Development at The New York Community Trust in Westchester, I support the growth, stewardship, and engagement of donors to maximize their philanthropic impact in the community and beyond.

As the Director of Fund Development, I'm leading a team of fundraisers in cultivating a multi-million dollar portfolio of major gifts, foundation and corporate partners. In this role, I built iDE’s first Corporate Partnerships program, bringing on 10 new companies in two years and instituted two new giving programs: Activators Circle (monthly donors) and the 100 Farmers Society (legacy donors). I also work with iDE board members and leaders on fundraising strategy and partnership engagement.

Starting in May 2019, I transitioned to Senior Fundraising Manager. In this role I manage a major gifts portfolio and work with individual donors, foundations, and corporations to secure strategic, flexible funding for iDE. I have experience in writing proposals, developing budgets, and managing reporting of complex gifts. I've also organized and led donor trips to iDE country programs. As an effective fundraiser, I think stories are incredibly important, and that's why I prioritize a human-centered approach to donor relationships—listening to donor's impact ambitions and their "why" and matching that with opportunities to make it a reality through trust-based partnerships. About iDE:iDE is an international non-profit organization dedicated to creating income and livelihood opportunities for the rural poor. As one of the first organizations to unlock the power of markets to fight poverty, iDE is a pioneer. Today, market-based development is widely recognized as a sustainable, scaleable, cost-effective approach to alleviate poverty. iDE has impacted more than 23 million people globally to date through its WASH and Agriculture Initiatives, and has an ambitious plan to double that number by 2020. iDE works in Africa, Asia, and Central America, with a longstanding presence in 11 countries.

As the Digital Media Manager from March 2016 to May 2019, I managed iDE's online presence: social media, email marketing, digital branding, online fundraising, and online event hosting. Beyond the daily and weekly engagement of online communities, I also lead the strategy and execution for online fundraising and awareness-raising campaigns. Additionally, I lead the transition and improvement of iDE's online fundraising platform and marketing platform, ensuring they integrate seamlessly with Salesforce, iDE's CRM.About iDE:iDE is an international non-profit organization dedicated to creating income and livelihood opportunities for the rural poor. As one of the first organizations to unlock the power of markets to fight poverty, iDE is a pioneer. Today, market-based development is widely recognized as a sustainable, scaleable, cost-effective approach to alleviate poverty. iDE has impacted more than 23 million people globally to date through its WASH and Agriculture Initiatives, and has an ambitious plan to double that number by 2020. iDE works in Africa, Asia, and Central America, with a longstanding presence in 11 countries.

The 2050 Group is a publicity firm specializing in the promotion of film, television and issue-based campaigns. I contracted with the firm as a publicist working primarily on documentary films for a range of clients from HBO, Showtime and MTV to award-winning independent filmmakers. My duties included:Research and develop the media campaign for clients' films.Manage pitching of films and projects for long-lead and short-lead print, online, television, radio and multimedia. Secure strategically placed press hits for films leading up to a film's release in theaters, online or in DVD/VOD distribution. Organize press red carpets at film premieres and project events—preparing filmmakers for interviews and red carpet appearances. Manage a film's festival campaign. I have represented numerous films at prestigious film festivals across the country including, Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and more. Write and organize detailed reports of a film's publicity outreach campaign.

The Alliance for Quality Education is a coalition of grassroots organizations, parent and teacher groups, communities, and unions dedicated to improving the quality of public education across New York State. More information about AQE can be found here: http://www.aqeny.org/As the Communications Coordinator I developed and executed media relations, supporter engagement, and fundraising for the organization. Duties included: Write press releases and advisories for media events. Coordinate press conferences and develop strong relationships with the media. Edit and place op-eds from staff and community leaders across the state. Write content for the AQE website and update all web materials. I managed the redesign of the AQE website in order for a more user-friendly experience and to highlight key information about campaigns and education news. Manage online supporter engagement through social media and the content management system SALSA. I went to numerous CMS and online engagement conferences and trainings, including New Organizing Institute's Advanced Communication Strategy Training and SPIN Academy's Communication Workshop. Coordinate fundraising opportunities and donor management. I helped to develop and coordinate AQE's first grassroots development platform and fundraising event to sustain the work of the organization.

Managed community outreach forThe Greenhorns, a non-profit agricultural organization whose mission is to recruit, support and promote new farmers. Supported their film distribution strategy for their accompanying documentary film.

The Athens-Clarke County Recycling Division is the county's waste management hub with a focus on educating the community on waste reduction through recycling and composting ultimately reducing the amount of waste the goes to the landfill. My duties as Project Coordinator were focused on coordinating a fraternity and sorority recycling competition in order to reduce waste and increase use of new recycling bins allocated from a grant by Alcoa. My responsibilities included:Develop relationships with the over 50 fraternities and sororities housed on and off the University of Georgia's campus. Coordinate a recycling competition that encouraged fraternities and sororities to recycle plastic and aluminum. Each week, the recyclables were picked up and weighed and points were allocated to each fraternity and sorority.Engaged with local businesses to donate incentives to the winning fraternity and sorority, which resulted in an awards ceremony for the winning fraternity and sorority hosted at a local brewery and a prize package of over $300. In my Research Assistant role for the ACC Recycling Division, I was responsible for the following duties: Create press releases, posters, and flyers for the division's annual events such as Greenlife Expo, Greenfest Awards and Athfest. Coordinate the division's presence at local events in the community to raise awareness about recycling and waste reduction.Research single-stream recycling programs and industrial composting facilities that were being considered for implementation in Athens-Clarke County.

Responsible for writing and photographing a variety of assignments for an award-winning student newspaper.

The University of Georgia Office of Sustainability was created in 2010 from a student-led initiative to raise student fees in order to fund an office that would coordinate and communicate environmentally-conscious and sustainable practices on the UGA campus. I helped to spearhead the campaign to increase student fees and co-wrote the structural proposal for the new office and its function within the university. I also worked as one of the first interns for the office and helped to lay the foundation for the office's relationship with students and student-led projects. As the Development and Media Intern, I was responsible for the following duties:Coordinate the creation of the office's website, including contributing photography and copy for the site. Write articles and press releases publicizing the office's progress and new projects. Develop projects and support student-led sustainability projects. I spear-headed multiple waste-reducing projects, including installing water-bottle refilling stations around campus to encourage the use of reusable water bottles (supported by a grant I received) and coordinating Dawgs Ditch the Dumpster, a waste reduction move-out program that provided opportunities for students to recycle or donate items when moving out of the dorms instead of simply throwing them in dumpsters. Conduct research on successful campus-based sustainability projects across the country.