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Pittsburgh

Lead development efforts to obtain support from foundation, corporate, and individual donors. Generate funding to support innovative pilot programs that find new ways to address the challenges that foster youth and former foster youth face.

New York City

Managed a team of seven staff responsible for producing 650+ ebooks annually for Knopf Doubleday and Crown Publishing Groups.Production excellence: Established departmental coding and design best practices for several highly complex categories of ebooks, including test prep, reference, and poetry. Helped spearhead production of interactive ebooks, including Princeton Review's Cracking the GRE Interactive, 2014 Digital Book Award winner in the Reference/Academic category. Strong partnerships: Drove team commitment to providing publishing partners with high-quality ebooks, prompt communication, anticipation of needs, and ability to handle high-priority drop-in requests. Help educate publishing staff to communicate confidently with authors about ebook planning and production.Flexible management: In a deadline-driven environment, ensured team could quickly respond to changes in the marketplace and evolving corporate priorities. Leadership: Improved engagement for department (40+ employees) by garnering support for a Working Group program that gives staff the opportunity to contribute expertise to pressing issues.

Helped manage operations of a nationally recognized all-volunteer, independent poetry press. Activities include editing, typesetting, and designing poetry publications; letterpress printing; and researching and preparing grant applications.

New York City

Helped facilitate Columbia’s participation in the Google Book Digitization Project. Worked closely with cataloging staff to ensure correct bibliographic records for all digitized books; coordinated with preservation and conservation staff to treat books damaged during digitization.

Greater New York City Area

Prepared grant proposals and solicitations for government, private, foundation, and corporate support; identified new funding sources; designed promotional materials; and revamped annual giving programs. Exceeded $425,000 fund raising goal by 10% and established funding relationships with 12 new foundation and corporate supporters.

Greater New York City Area

Entered fast-paced development and alumni relations office as Assistant to the Director of Development; in less than two years, promoted to Major Gifts Officer. Wrote and edited funding proposals, donor communications, and promotional materials; researched potential donors; managed annual giving and stewardship campaigns; and planned donor and alumni events.

Ba, English Language And Literature/Letters

Ma, English Literature

Mslis, Library Science