Lead the convening and community strategy for various Schmidt charitable entities, along with Eric Schmidt’s personal endeavors. Direct a team of 8 overseeing a $50+ million budget, along with being responsible for the strategy and operations of the department that focuses on planning and implementing nearly 100 convenings annually involving grantees, fellows, key stakeholders and partners, along with principal-directed engagements for the founders.

Lead the organization's convening and community strategy, directing a team of 7 with a $30+ million budget. Responsible for the strategy and operations of the department that focuses on planning and implementing nearly 100 convenings annually involving grantees, fellows, key stakeholders and partners, along with principal-directed engagements for the founders.

Direct and oversee organizational wide events for a $50 million organization from both a programmatic, brand and fundraising lens. Report directly to the Chief Development Officer on a 35 person team working in collaboration with the individual giving and corporate sub teams to raise tens of millions and advance the work of the organization through a fundraising and strategy lens. • Direct events across the organization from both a fundraising and programmatic angle.• Successfully closed a $1.5 million donation, the largest single gift from an individual to the organization in over five years. • Cultivate, steward, manage and solicit a portfolio of individual major donors giving at the $25,000 and up level.• Lead partnership work with international corporate brands Breitling Watches, Disney, Garnier / L’Oreal, Gameloft, Hermès of Paris and Tito’s Vodka. • Built out a three and five year strategy for the organization’s fundraising and marketing events. • Pivoted the entire events program to virtual engagement throughout the two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. • Head of celebrity and influencer engagement at the organization, working closely with our communication and digital departments. • Led the organization’s events and fundraising strategy as a partner for the 2020 Super Bowl, including a 20 foot by 20 foot in-person activation in Miami’s week-long LIVE fan village.

Head of events department overseeing a budget of $3 million. Planned, managed and executed large-scale events for the Foundation including their annual gala, a 1,000 person black-tie dinner with attendance from the diplomatic, congressional, philanthropic and social communities of Washington raising $1.7 million, and annual 5k walk/run and health fair, a 1,000+ attendee event raising over $250,000 for cancer prevention to support underserved communities across the nation. Managed corporate giving portfolios and worked with major donors to secure top funding for the organization.• Cultivated and stewarded individual and corporate donors including board members, event attendees and major donors to the Foundation. • Had a portfolio of individual major donors and corporations that I cultivated, stewarded and solicited to support the annual fundraising event budget.• Successfully planned two 1,000+ person annual galas, each raising over $1.5 million.• Annual gala was recognized in BizBash Top 100 events in Washington, DC ranking as number four in the benefit category. • Oversaw peer-to-peer fundraising program and other special events throughout the year to raise funds for the Foundation.• Worked closely with external affairs department on email communication, social media and other communications/PR as it relates to events and development.

Planned, managed, and executed speaking engagements and fundraising events for famed primatologist and conservationist, Dr. Jane Goodall. Handled media/interviews and personal writing requests for Dr. Goodall. Cultivated and stewarded mid level and major donors, including board members, individual donors, corporate partners and celebrities. Maintained operations for the department including the tracking of budget, invoices and other financial commitments.• Produced large-scale and public facing events for the organization including Dr. Goodall’s speaking engagements with audiences of more than 10,000 people, community engagement events, book signings, private fundraisers and more.• Increased speaking revenue budget by $700k in one year.• Cultivated and stewarded donors of the organization, including Dr. Goodall’s personal friends, celebrities, board members and major donors. • Managed and increased brand on social media accounts for founder and organization including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat with a combined social following of 2 million plus. • Enhanced Dr. Goodall’s Facebook page from 90,000 followers to over 1 million followers in under two years. • Supervised interns and volunteers in the office and at events across the country. • Maintained personal and professional collection of archives for Founder.• Supported daily activities of Founder traveling 300 days to more than 30 countries annually.

Produced countless diverse events with team including the Foundation’s annual Discovery Ball gala, the California State Science Fair, NASA’s Space Fest, VIP events surrounding the space shuttle Endeavour, youth programming and various third party events in five separate rental venues across the museum. • Produced large-scale and public facing events for the museum with audiences of more than 1,000 people. • Oversaw budget and financials for annual gala that raised over $2 million.• Managed five separate event venues across the museum. • Cultivated and stewarded community supporters, board members and donors.

Assisted event designer with planning Healthy Child Healthy World gala, Facebook LA holiday party, Break the Cycle gala, Outfest LA 2013, various promotional events for Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. Managed fundraising efforts for various nonprofits surrounding designer’s events.

Handled high priority accounts, coached customers on financials, completed customer correspondence, federal applications, customer research, employee training, and various administrative tasks. Initiated new cross training program between various departments. •Top tier performer in a department of 75 plus employees. •Promoted two times within two years.