Ashleigh Mckown Email & Phone Number

Portland, Me, Us

Portland, Maine

•Oversight of philanthropy department operations including developing a yearly philanthropy plan with funding strategy, stewardship, and events to reach a four million dollar fundraising and membership budget and support the operating budget of seven million.•Develop and implement strategy for all membership and annual gifts while actively cultivating relationships with my own portfolio of 200 corporate and individual donors and prospects.•Oversee PMA’s donor events and facility rentals, and stewardship program of members.

Portland, Maine

•Designed stewardship plan for members and high level donors and collaborated with colleagues across departments to build a culture of Philanthropy.•Plan and executed more than 70 events per year, from small dinners to major events and travel programs, while clearly defining purpose and goal, staying on budget, fundraising for in-kind donations and sponsorships, and debriefing senior leadership.•Sales manager of all facility rentals, responsible for reaching annual event revenue goal of $60,000- 70,000

•Event manager for all donor events including receptions, travel programs, and museum facility rentals.•Led staff meetings, collaborating across departments to foster effective communication and discuss logistics of events, while ensuring event purpose met goals and expectations of museum's strategic plan.•Established relationships with clients, vendors, and supervised catering and museum staff during events to ensure all logistics were communicated and events ran smoothly, working through until end of event

Freeport, Maine

•Organized and managed corporate and social events, from weddings up to 250 guests to small meetings at four-diamond property.•Created detailed proposals for groups and weddings, met with clients for site tours, worked with clients on every aspect of event from initial proposal to final billing, while also working as day-of coordinator.•Networked effectively at conferences and trade shows, resulting in growth in business conference sales and wedding bookings.•Hired, trained, and managed banquet staff, acting as Inn's banquet manager in addition to selling.

Portland, Me

• Met with clients and coordinated events ranging from corporate functions to weddings, from initial contract to final payment and in most cases working the event; with multiple details including rental coordination, menu planning, contracts, scheduling, proposal writing, and developing relationships with vendors.• Managed staff on events, and worked rotating schedule as on-call weekend manager, available as a resource and problem solver for all event captains overseeing up to 10 events in a weekend.

Lewiston, Maine, United States

•Coordinated all appointments for clients, managed staff schedules, hired staff.•Monitored sales and expenses on profit and loss statement; processed payroll, and was responsible for all purchasing.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

•Began as café manager with multi-million dollar catering organization, later promoted to Director of Operations.•Responsible for all retail ordering and tracking inventory levels in five cafés, two supermarkets, and large catering operation.

Bachelor'S Degree, Food Service Entrepreneurship

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