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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

- Lead cultivation and stewardship activities for a portfolio of 150+ donors, development of organization’s corporate partner strategy in support of Starlight’s annual fund, community programs, and special fundraising events. - Increased the number of corporate partners by 8% and associated revenue by 29% in post-pandemic year.- Project manager for the Annual Benefit Gala, Starlight's largest annual fundraising event. Drive sponsorship solicitation plan, communications, and benefit fulfillment while overseeing all event logistics including budgeting, vendor negotiations and contracts, layout, staffing, and evaluation. Exceeded the 2022 fundraising goal by 4% and increased awareness of Starlight’s mission for 93% of event attendees.- Secured the organization's first National Endowment for the Arts grant to pilot new high school technical theatre training program. - Launched the Business Advisory Council to provide strategic guidance to Starlight’s operations.- As Staff Liaison for the associated governance committee, work with board of directors, senior leadership team, employees, and community volunteers to advance Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access initiatives throughout the organization.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Provided training in fiscal reporting and oversight, human resources, fundraising, and non-profit board management for non-profits and small businesses.• Developed strategies and tools for identifying staff and client expectations in order to strengthen brand loyalty and improve the customer experience for small businesses. • Assisted with valuation of small business through analyzation of financial records, including tangible assets and liabilities. • Coordinated digital rebranding through the creation of new websites and continued oversight of social media platforms.

Visalia, California Area

- Led organization including $700,000+ annual budget, full-time and part-time staff, and 50+ volunteers in the operation of a 1,275 seat historic nonprofit performing arts venue. - Refocused programming initiatives to align with the Fox’s mission to enrich Visalia’s diverse cultural landscape through audience engagement and community outreach. Expanded public programs by more than 70% and increased average event attendance by 37% within four years.- As chief fundraiser, implemented a new development program to generate individual donor, foundation, grant, and corporate support. Increased charitable revenue by nearly 700% in four-year period. - Elevated organization’s brand position through cooperative partnerships including the City’s Convention & Visitors Bureau, the arts council, Visalia Unified School District, Kaweah Delta Hospital, Tulare County Office of Education, Tulare County Film Commission, and others. - Oversaw successful completion of major upgrade projects, including rigging system repairs, box office restoration and backstage renovation, acquisition of LED stage lighting system, electrical system upgrades, and rebranding of organization, including the complete rebuild of the Visalia Fox Theatre’s website in 2018.

Tulare County, California, United States

- In partnership with the Tulare County Office of Education, developed the capacity and organizational structure for effective advocacy in support of a countywide Arts Master Plan to ensure equitable access to the arts for all students in Tulare County.- Strategically established a leadership coalition of students, teachers, arts organizations and other community stakeholders to advocate for local arts education programs.

Visalia, California Area

- Enhanced the arts council of Tulare County through cultivation of donors and corporate partners, solicitation of grant funding, development of programmatic revenue streams, and membership incentives. - Drove fundraising efforts and secured in-kind services, building materials, and construction labor for the creation of a new on-site, multi-use gallery space. Resident programs included the My Voice Media Center, which was developed in partnership with Tulare County Health and Human Services to provide free art instruction for people with lived mental health experience to encourage growth and well-being through artistic expression.- Collaborated with artists, organizations, galleries, and businesses to expand the monthly First Friday Downtown Visalia art tour, rotating exhibition, and associated educational activities for the city’s privately-funded, publicly-owned art collection, the Visalia Visual Chronicle.

Kansas City, Mo

- Administered collection management and investor relations activities for two major American art investment funds, collectively owned by approximately 100 members. Responsible for all activities related to the acquisition, cataloguing, packing, transport, storage, insurance, appraisals, consignment, and sale of the collection.- Independently performed regular art market analyses to aid in the recommendation of potential sales opportunities and outlets.- Managed all aspects of rotating corporate art collection, The Kansas City Collection, including: artist application process, curatorial committee and catalogue essayist selection, capital fundraising/investor recruitment, site and facility surveys, exhibition curation and design, installation, insurance, sales, public relations, and special programming. - Facilitated the sale of 40% of The Kansas City Collection I and 52% of The Kansas City Collection II (valued at more than $550,000) to participating business partners and the general public.- Organized educational and social events including meetings, events, and trips for investors and stakeholders.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

- Spearheaded the planning, organizing, and execution of nearly 30 grassroots, crowd-sourced fundraising events designed to bridge communities while supporting local arts, culture, and social programs. - Distributed over $25,000 in micro-grants awarded to the Gillis Center School, Pendleton Heights Community Garden, Mid-America Arts Alliance, and many others. - Proactively built connections with renowned arts and educational institutions, chefs, and business leaders to support and enhance collaborative programming.- Recruit and manage volunteers that provide crucial support at each dining event.- Awards and recognition include Best Alternative Funding Source for the Arts in Kansas City, 2012; and Innovation in the Arts, Missouri Small Business Technology and Development Center, 2011.

Kansas City, Mo

o Scheduled and facilitated course and exam review sessions with students enrolled in undergraduate introductory and mid-level art history courses. o Evaluated student performance on exams and essays and assigned appropriate grades. o Assisted with the digitization of the Visual Collections Library.

Kansas City, Mo

o Independently performed scholarly research in preparation for fall 2010 exhibition, Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller in the Bank of America Collection.o Edited and contributed to didactic material including essays, catalogue entries, and wall texts.o Assisted with numerous research projects and administrative responsibilities associated with the reopening of the American Art galleries, unveiled in April 2009.

Leawood, Ks

o Designed, developed, and distributed marketing and public relations materials for real estate firm ranked #15 in the nation by the Wall Street Journal.o Strategically established and maintained cooperative relationships with community, consumer, and public interest groups including the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentorship Program.o Planned, organized, and evaluated the work of part-time support staff.

Kansas City, Mo

o Performed research and assisted with composition and editing of didactic materials for permanent collection and special exhibitions, including those featuring Johanna Billing, Chakaia Booker, Nancy Hwang, Julia Oschatz, and Stephen Shore. o Independently designed, proposed, and curated summer 2008 exhibition, Common Grounds. "Considering images of the familiar and the everyday explored in the documentary-style photographs of Stephen Shore, Common Grounds brings together works from the Kemper Museum's permanent collection that respond to the people, places, and things that compose the American vernacular. Artists Tina Barney, Jim Dine, Neeta Madahar, Fairfield Porter, and Wayne Thiebaud, among others, transform the ordinary into the extraordinary through careful observation and personalized depictions of America's common grounds."

Boston, Ma

Performed research and enthusiastically guided museum visitors of all ages on inquiry-based explorations of contemporary art exhibits.

Greater Boston Area

Developed knowledge of community programming by leading and facilitating family-based educational activities associated with various museum collections.

South Hadley, Ma

Coinciding with the 2004 U.S. Women's Open Championship, held at Mount Holyoke's Orchards Golf Course, the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum organized "The Sporting Woman: The Female Athlete in American Culture", a special exhibition about the history of American women in sports. The installation, on view from April 13 until August 1, 2004 in the Weissman Gallery, included a broad array of more than 100 paintings, prints, athletic wear, books and other visual materials related to women's participation in exercise and sport from the mid-19th century to the present. Exhibition included works by Winslow Homer, Otto Bacher, Annie Leibovitz and many others.

Ba, Art History And Philosophy

Ma, Art History

Activities and Societies: Graduate Art History Association (Vice-President), Omicron Delta Kappa (Member), Golden Key International Honor.