Helen R. Foster, Jd Email & Phone Number

New Castle County, Delaware, United States

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

• Administrators in private-independent schools of all types and sizes turn to ISM for assistance with an array of management challenges, including Board/Head training, strategic planning, scheduling, advancement.
• Recognized for planning, development, and implementation of new annual training curriculum delivered through 3.5-day workshops touting 81 participants over four years and generating $202K+ in revenue.
• Currently delivering select services to achieve $20K in revenue to date.

Wilmington, DE

• Supporting 15+ full-time and adjunct consultants in proposal, marketing, negotiating, and closing consulting contracts for strategic planning, scheduling, marketing enrollment management, and fundraising services.
• Proposed, negotiated, and closed 140 engagements annually valued at $2M.
• Spearheaded efforts to streamline processes designed to ensure seamless management of proposals and confirmations for 41 consulting services.
• Drove collaborative efforts with consultants to drive creation of 14 new offerings that expanded service portfolio.
• Successful in planning and providing support over 400+ consultation engagements

Wilmington, DE

• St. Edmond's Academy is an independent Catholic primary school for boys founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in Wilmington, Delaware.
• Supported efforts to achieve 13% enrollment increase over four-year period.
• Led efforts to update and optimize annual contract materials for 52 employees.
• Achieved 175K impressions directed at targeted suburban market by leveraging new digital advertising platform.
• Acted as central resource in reducing post-event constituent communications time to seven business days.
• Headed efforts towards streamlining and enhancing routine board functions; led to achievement of seven-day pre- and post-meeting contact.

DE-based, Mid-Atlantic Region

• Non-profit affiliate organization delivers health-related community services to New Castle County families, including training and deployment of navigators for the Affordable Care Act.
• Created and supported early data collection and reporting to state funders for $3M+ grant through introduction and promotion of affordable and effective CRM platform.
• Planned, executed, and directed orientation and training sessions, initiatives, and workshops for 25 certified ACA navigators.
• Played pivotal role in delivering state-mandated statistical data utilized for navigator outreach to ~127K+ New Castle County residents of color.

Newark, Delaware, United States

• Supplier diversity consulting firm charged with supporting and driving efforts and initiatives, including prospecting, pipeline cultivation, business closing, and contract negotiation and execution.closing, and.
• Recognized for planning, research, report production, and delivery of report for City of Wilmington that highlighted 10% subcontractor participation by MWBEs.
• Supported Chief Procurement Officer in propelling efforts for New Castle County Government’s initiative to examine supplier diversity participation to ~$45M+ annual contracting activity.
• Administered and maintained sustainable improvement spanning three governmental agencies’ supplier diversity programs.

Wilmington, DE

• The Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League (MWUL) is the Delaware chapter of the National Urban League. The Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League (MWUL) was founded in July 1999 with a mission to empower people of color.
• Orchestrated State government policy review and reformation in partnership with 15-person MWUL advisory board.
• Propelled formation of DE Office of Minority/Women Business Enterprise (now the Office of Supplier Diversity) in support of more diverse business contracting participation across 22 agencies.
• Created, proposed, and delivered customized supplier diversity subcontractor program for DE commercial builder resulting in $10M Lincoln University contract.
• Exceeded duties by generating revenue of $75K+ through financial partnerships with state agency and for-profit company.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Master Of Science (M.S.), Management - Fundraising

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics