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Houston, Texas, United States

Palo Alto, California, United States

Oversees the strategy, production and execution of donor cultivation, stewardship, and fundraising events, and creates and implements comprehensive engagement strategies. Leverages and incorporates campaign priorities and beat areas that represent various programs and topics and a diverse array of speakers, while engaging with key partners throughout.

San Francisco, California, United States

Increased revenue for virtual Hearts in SF 2022, netting $1.5M. Raised over $265,000 from day-of event donations and sold 19 of the 20 Heart Sculptures resulting in $136,000 from the online auction and commissioned hearts.Created and managed the expansion of the Hearts in San Francisco Project. Created a month-long public display for the Hearts Sculptures.

San Francisco, California, United States

Responsible for managing all aspects of the Foundation’s in-person and virtual events - stewardship, cultivation, fundraising, and community, including the annual fundraising event Hearts in SF. Responsibilities include managing a $1.19M FY20 budget and a $466,673 FY21 budget, project timelines, vendors, logistics, volunteers, and day-of-event.

San Francisco Bay Area

Creates and implements Project Open Hand's corporate relations strategy for new and existing relationships with corporations, community partners, corporate employees, and small business owners. Collaborates throughout the Agency to develop and cultivate sustainable philanthropic relationships with corporations and local businesses through their employees.

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for the planning and production all of Project Open Hand events and community relations efforts. Specifically, POH’s signature in-house event, Hand to Hand, in addition to various other events that are put on by POH throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

San Francisco, CA

Responsible for the overall strategy, development and execution of all fundraising events directly benefiting St. Anthony's. Responsibilities include the conception, planning and execution of all fundraising events. These include, but are not limited to the annual gala Serving Hope, the annual Penny Pitch & Raffle, donor cultivation events, the annual.

Washington, DC

Responsible for the planning, execution, budgeting, and logistics of all external events, partner conferences, and community engagement events. Responsibilities include budget creation and management, events and project timelines, vendor relations, conference content creation, contract negotiations, logistics, and onsite coordination. Additional tasks.

Youth Service America

Responsible for the planning, execution, budgeting, and logistics of all external events, partner conferences, and community engagement events. Responsibilities included managing a $265,000 FY14 budget, a $350,000 FY13 budget, contract negotiations, site inspections, logistics, onsite coordination, outreach and marketing. Additional tasks included.

Washington, DC

Responsible for all logistical aspects of external and internal events, including but not limited to travel, hotel, food and beverage, third-party vendors, participant registration, technology, printing and shipping, speaker coordination and preparation, and space requirements. Responsibilities included the management of a $300,000 conferences and event.

Assisted with the coordination of employee benefits, employee orientation, vendor contracts, and the filing of nonprofit state registrations. Oversaw IT systems, to include email and network servers, serving as the primary liaison with a third-party IT firm to ensure proper functioning of the organization’s IT network. Managed the organization’s internship.

Ba, African And African American Studies

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, African-American/Black Studies

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, African-American/Black Studies