DescriptionAt the American Cancer Society, we're leading the fight for a world without cancer. Our employees and 1.5 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds including communities of color, the LGBTQ community, veterans, and people with disabilities. The greater the diversity of our people, the better we can serve our communities.Leading the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer portfolio, I manage priority relationships, pipeline development, and fundraising activities with a focus on achieving a revenue target of over $350,000. My role involves overseeing account management, volunteer engagement, and event execution while collaborating with team members across development, marketing, and advocacy to drive success. I ensure effective community engagement and compliance with ACS policies, fostering a culture of partnership and innovation.

Integral part of the Development team focusing on community outreach and volunteer development.

Primary responsibilities include:Developing and implementing volunteer policies and procedures Volunteer managementFundraising and fund developmentAct as community liaison for MCHS in various community group Assist in attaining the goal of the strategic planHelp lead the organization as part of the leadership team

Primary responsibilities include; developing and implementing the community engagement and volunteer strategies and operations for MCHS.

As Project Manager at Tylar & Company I handle all aspects of our clients projects, while organizing the staff to make sure all tasks are being completed in a timely fashion. Since starting at Tylar & Co I have implemented an employee time tracking service called Harvest and a project management service called Asana. I assist with finding new business and writing proposals. Along with doing website updates and designs, I have been able to learn website development using WordPress and have used many of the different themes and widgets available to create visually enticing designs.

Over nine years of experience at Stay & Play Social Club working jointly with the owner to run the day to day operations of the organization. This includes everything from event planning to public relations; office management to hiring and training of staff; and facilities management to social media and website development. SPSC has over 3000 participants on a weekly basis who play in our various sport leagues. Ensure that 25-30 different leagues per week to run smoothly at the different facilities rented. Communicate SPSC schedules to facilities, and keep updated on facility schedule changes. Ensure that the staff for each league are booked and running on time. Communicate any changes to leagues, whether last minute or planned in advance, to all players and staff by email, website, social media or phone. Problems solve any issues that may arise at a league between customers or customers and staff. Maintain a communication with all of the player if there is a change to game rules, a change to the schedule or a change in the league standings. SPSC runs various social events throughout the year from catered bus trips to Tigers games to large scale parties at the Royal Oak Music Theatre. Our largest party of the year, Boo Bash, is a Halloween costume party with costume contest with 1000-1500 people in attendance each year. Emcee the event, work with the band to stay on the night’s time line, direct the photographer and videographer as to the best locations for shots and help the facility’s staff with all presale tickets. Although the largest event, many of these responsibilities are the same for all events.Daily maintenance of Social Media channels; Facebook and Twitter, to keep current, past and future participants abreast of all upcoming leagues and events. Trained on how to update and maintain SPSC website by working with digital marketing firm. Skilled in all aspects of designing a CMS Wordpress website from the start to finish.

Assisted with finding new vendors for Exhibitor Hall one to two months prior to each conference. Set up shipping and receiving of vendor supplies arrive to and from conference location, nationally and internationally. Worked with the hotel hospitality staff to ensure all shipments made it to the location and to the vendor’s booth. Worked with event services companies to organize the set up and tear down of vendor booths in the conference hall. Worked with office staff at IAFN to coordinate timing and placement of the exhibitor hall. Distributed and collected exhibitor surveys at the end of the conference to find out how we could make the conference a success for all involved. Tended to all exhibitors during the conference to make sure all needs are met for a successful exhibition.

Assist Michigan event coordinator and event planner with daily office activities. File promotions with Michigan LLC and follow up with local distributors and staff. Financial responsibilities include; account budgets, monthly budgets and bi-monthly time sheets. Help coordinate promotional schedule by confirming all promotions and contacting over 200 staff members. Write monthly status reports for the corporate office.

At The Social Connection I organized local charity events and singles events. Worked as a liaison between the company and our members at the events. Generated leads for new membership sale. Searched for, interviewed and hired new promotional staff. Wrote press releases, media advisories and create media lists for large-scale events.

I completed my Master's Degree internship at Bianchi Public Relation and then stayed on part-time to learn more of the business.As an intern I wrote press releases, answered the phone, assisted in customer service, recorded press clippings and did research for current and potential clients. The skills I learned as an intern were invaluable to my career and to getting my degree.