• Foundation Relations team leader, managing the team’s budget and developing strategy in collaboration with the VP of Institutional Relations• Build and maintain strong relationships and consult regularly with faculty and executive leadership at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the Stanford University School of Medicine• Develop and carry out a plan for a portfolio of approximately 120 local, regional and national foundation donors and prospects with the capacity to give $100,000 and above; engage with donors from research and identification, cultivation, and solicitation through recognition and stewardship, working closely with faculty, staff, and administrative leadership throughout the fundraising cycle to advance campaign objectives for Packard Children’s and the Stanford School of Medicine• Raised $9.5 million in FY2021• Raised $12.8 million in FY2022• Raised $19.8 million in FY2023

• Developed and carried out a plan for a portfolio of approximately 90 local, regional and national foundation donors and prospects with the capacity to give $100,000 and above; engaged with donors from research and identification, cultivation, and solicitation through recognition and stewardship, working closely with faculty, staff, and administrative leadership throughout the fundraising cycle to advance campaign objectives for Packard Children’s and Stanford School of Medicine• Independently wrote, reviewed, edited, and suggested improvements to medical research proposals in collaboration with faculty members; wrote or provided feedback on reports and other documents on an array of topics to describe maternal and child health programs, spanning facilities, medical research, training and clinical care, translating from science terms to lay terms when necessary• Provided training to Pediatric Advocacy Program residents at the Stanford School of Medicine for grant researching and writing• Supervised the Foundation Relations Development Assistant and Program Manager• Raised $8.5 million in FY2018• Raised $9.4 million in FY2019• Raised $9.9 million in FY2020

• Engaged a portfolio of approximately 70 local, regional, and national foundation donors and prospects with the capacity to give $100,000 and above• Wrote, reviewed, edited, and/or suggested improvements to medical research proposals prepared by Stanford School of Medicine faculty members, many of which have scientific content• Met regularly with faculty and administrative staff at Stanford School of Medicine and program leaders at the Hospital to learn about their interests, priorities, and funding needs• Supervised the Foundation Relations Development Assistant• Raised $3.6 million in FY2015• Raised $5.9 million in FY2016• Raised $7.3 million in FY2017

• Researched, scheduled, drafted, edited, tracked and submitted narrative reports in collaboration with Foundation Relations team members and Packard Children’s and Stanford School of Medicine faculty and staff • Oversaw data entry for FR metrics, ensured data integrity and documented procedures• Managed FR award processing and tracking in accordance with donor guidelines• Participated in drafting and proofreading of LOIs, proposals, budgets, presentations, briefings, and assisted with submissions • Participated in planning for and execution of site visits, donor tours, and meetings with faculty, staff and guests

• Provided program and grant-specific logistical support for the 16-member Science team, which funds basic science research• Scheduled meetings, planned conferences, and communicated and collaborated with grantees and internal and external stakeholders • Managed a multi-million-dollar portfolio of approximately 60 existing grants per year and participated in the development and tracking of 12-15 new grants per year, ensuring that all grants were in compliance with internal policies and US tax laws• Supported the implementation of the Data-Driven Discovery Initiative, the first new Science Program Initiative in seven years, through research, preparing project documents, and coordinating interviews and meetings with potential grantees and external stakeholders• Participated in the development and ongoing management of Data Science Environments, a set of grants totaling $37.5 million over five years to three universities, by coordinating the application review process, developing a scoring worksheet for application reviews, and scheduling site visits, the final grantee selection meeting, and the Data Science Environment design workshop• Coordinated an online grant award competition that received 1095 submissions, which, reviewed by experts, was narrowed down to 14 awards of $1.5 million each over five years

• Developed the fungal strain that produced Accellerase® 1500 cellulase, an enzyme product intended for the lignocellulosic biomass processing industries, including renewable fuels and chemicals• Developed bacterial strains that produced DEFENZ™, an environmentally-friendly enzymatic product that decontaminates chemical and biological warfare agents• Managed the culture collection, a collection of over 5,000 microorganisms and plasmids used in production and R&D• Biochemistry, enzyme discovery/characterization, assay development, data collection/analysis, protein characterization/expression experience• Fungal and bacterial strain construction

• Participated on team that developed a bacterial strain that produced 3GT (Sorona®), a biobased renewably sourced fiber used in apparel and automotive products and commercial and residential carpet• Molecular biology, metabolic pathway engineering, and fermentation experience

Taught math and science in junior high and high school

Prepared a scientific report on the antimicrobial efficacy of Rembrandt® toothpaste that added to my thesis work on Rembrandt® mouthrinse