Jennifer Gaer Email & Phone Number

Bellingham, Wa

Assess volunteer needs of district and develop and implement best practices and standards to recruit, manage and retain volunteers.

Belingham, Wa

With a recent relocation to Bellingham, WA to be closer to family I am in the process of learning about my new environment, creating new opportunities through networking and growing into a new career--TBD.

Seattle, Wa

• Engaged all major stakeholders including principals, parents, students, teachers, donors and board members to reach Zeno’s mission of helping all elementary students succeed in math. • Recruited and grew partnership schools from two to over 50 in ten years in Puget Sound and Chicago. • Alongside founding ED, developed organizational objectives and direction, marketing and fundraising strategies and laid the foundation of a start-up non-profit organization.• Coordinated community event planning for multiple stakeholder groups.• Identified funding sources, assisted in grant writing and directed potential donor tours leading to over $250,000 of funding from Social Venture Partners, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Honda Foundation, Paul Allen Foundation as well as several local educational foundations. • Developed customer satisfaction model that ensured our schools were taken care of from first contact through program delivery with 95% rating above average service.* Developed system of data collection, measuring and reporting on program successes.

Seattle, Wa

• Recruited, facilitated training, and provided ongoing support to over 400 volunteers in school-based mentoring program. Developed outcome based evaluation tool for program. • Produced all facets of a 300+ student performance event at Benorya Hall with over 800 parents and family members in attendance. Procured donations from community organizations and major corporate sponsors. • Wrote, formatted and distributed quarterly newsletter to donors, volunteers and school officials. • Served on multiple fundraising, communications and event committees to increase visibility and revenue of the organization.

Renton, Wa

• Managed all aspects of busy collegiate International Admissions office including 5 staff members serving over 350 students each year with $250,000 annual budget. • Developed interview questions and job descriptions. Interviewed and hired 10+staff and conducted annual evaluations. • 25+ public presentations to large groups up to 250 people. • Developed and produced a variety of printed materials including brochures, flyers and print advertisements for recruitment purposes.

Master Of Arts, Intercultural Management

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology & Sociology