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• Worked closely with President to secure donations from corporations, foundation and individuals• Developed and implemented annual fundraising plan and budget• Engaged Board members in prospect visits, site visits, letters to donors, and stewardship• Led and managed all aspects of annual fundraising events, including concept development, collateral development, sponsorship recruitment, and program development• Supervised three managers, including goal setting and performance reviews• Organizer and staff leader of two critical fundraising committees• Wrote and edited copy to overhaul marketing pieces, website, newsletters, and direct mail campaigns• Led public relations efforts, including media pitches, press release development, and media relations• Produced videos and photography for use in agency marketing collateral and e-communications• Presented program updates to donors and managed all donor relations activities• Revamped and redesigned key fund development processes to increase productivity• Instituted powerful Circle of Friends membership group to build base of individual support • Served as organization representative and spokesperson as needed at high-profile events• Wrote and edited proposals and reports to funders • Supervised direct mail campaigns to increase individual giving and fortify unrestricted assets• Provided oversight and approvals for all external communications

• Within three months transformed proposal writing process by leveraging donor database to manage complex application and reporting deadlines, a previously manual process• Wrote and edited proposals ($5,000 – $3,798,000) for program and operating gifts• Drafted fundraising letters for senior staff and development staff as needed and wrote new agency proposal boilerplate, white papers, scripts and progress reports for donors• Implemented annual direct mail campaigns to increase individual giving and fortify unrestricted assets• Revamped collateral marketing pieces, agency case statement, and website copy to make mission more transparent and meaningful• Cultivated major donors and assisted in creating annual fundraising plan and strategies• Utilized photography, videography and interviews to develop compelling content for communications• Initiated project enlisting all departments’ participation in innovative content creation strategy• Attended press conferences and represented organization at public events

•Promoted to highly competitive management training program within first two months on the job•Led project to flowchart all internal business processes and presented results to senior staff•Presented recommendations to optimize organizational effectiveness to senior staff•Structured a middle office operations group to improve information flow between domestic and international offices•Supported efforts to increase portfolio of approved trading counterparties•Researched and aggregated global data for internal reports and market forecasts•Managed contract negotiations with multiple counterparties•Designed internal knowledge management system for international contract team’s reference•Wrote training materials for incoming marketing staff and conducted training sessions•Communicated across multiple departments to create a shipping cost management model