Director Of Public Affairs
San Francisco, Ca, Us
As one the three members of the Illuminate team, I assisted in securing The Bay Lights as an installation on the Bay Bridge for the enjoyment of millions through March 2023. In addition to numerous partnerships, I secured The Bay Lights as a threatened landscape in partnership with The Cultural Landscape Foundation in 2014. Main Responsibilities: Communication and Social Media Strategy, Development Associate, Event Management, Website Management, and Community Partnerships (including the City and County of San Francisco, Super Bowl 50 Host Committee, Mozilla, CalTrans)•Support all development programs, principally The Bay Lights, one of the most visible public art installations in the world. Raised over $4MM in 4 months to support creation of the second installation of the sculpture through March 2023.•Performed net economic impact with Deloitte Consulting of The Bay Area Lights to determine value of over $1BB to the Bay Area over a decade. •Worked with numerous public and private organizations including City of SF, Port Authority, NFL, Caltrans, Mozilla•Created and operated a crowdsourcing platform based on Heroku and Wordpress that is currently utilized across the organization.•Cultivate and maintain strong media relationships with national press (NYT, SF Chronicle, WSJ), responsible for all public relations efforts to support the organization.•Recruited and managed a staff of 10.