Tenacious, energetic and highly poised non-profit leader with over four years of progressive experience in fundraising, event administration, public relations, strategic planning, and business efficiency optimization.Fundraising and Events Management • Within 2.5 years, helped solicit and secure over $6 million, including multi-year commitments. In addition, helped secure and steward $2.2 million in disaster recovery funding after Hurricane Ike. • Increased individual donor revenue by 33% and increased number of upgrade donors by 43% after first year as department lead.• Re-branded annual fundraising event, increasing event net revenue by 47% in 2010 and grossing over $237,000. Previous proceeds had never surpassed $186,000.• Wrote and edited over 50 proposals and secured two multi-million dollar grants in addition to dozens of others. • Initiated a new Circle of Friends membership group to grow individual giving base. Secured 98 memberships and raised $44,000 within five months of launch.• Member and eventual leader of department that achieved a 60% net growth in giving between 2007 and 2010.Marketing and Communications • Developed communications and marketing strategy and led branding efforts. Overhauled marketing pieces and case statements, and leveraged social networks. • Worked with advertising firm on successful $400,000 awareness campaign.• Worked with videographer to produce powerfull video case statement to support fundraising efforts.Leadership and Organizational Management • Transformed fund development dept. by auditing all functions to identify gaps and inefficiencies, modernizing departmental workflow and technology, and shifting reactive activities toward an intentional, strategy-driven model. • Redesigned donor database, resulting in ability to utilize functionality to automate and revolutionize many manual processes. • Conducted growth in giving analysis to provide greater transparency related to organizational fundraising trends.Specialties: Non-profit management, strategic planning, fundraising, copywriting, grant writing, branding and identity development, storytelling, database planning and development, event management, donor relations, business efficiency analysis and implementation