Jillian Shellenberger Email & Phone Number

-Steward and Support AFTD Special Events, including Golf Tournaments and piloted FTD in the Arts exhibit.-Support the Events Director in managing the Events Department.-Manage AFTD's National Grassroots Fundraising Campaigns (With Love , AFTD-Team Race Season, Food For Thought, Independent Events), surpassing record fundraising goals.-Hire, onboarded and managed Fundraising Coordinator and Events Coordinator-Manage nation-wide Fundraising Volunteers, offering support and guidance to more than 400 events to date.

Boyertown Pa

● Communicate mission, vision and programs to all● Successfully advocated to local state representatives ● Doubled net income for 2 events and created a brand new event for the museum’s fiscal year● Diversify income through courting donors, securing new sponsorships, winning grants, and initiating more fundraisers● Planned and executed exhibits for public display● Inventory and manage the collection, including three dimensional objects, archives and digitizing them according to state and national guidelines● Lead consultants, volunteers and interns, keeping them on track with attainable and timely goals.● Connect with regional peers to stay on top of current trends and improve organizational networking and collaborationo

Boyertown, Pennsylvania, United States

● Communicated mission, vision and programs to the media, public officials, government leaders, retailers, community groups, property owners, residents and BaBB Members.● Quickly became a subject matter expert on the town’s community, business owners, relationships, and organization while thrown into a pandemic with a minimal budget and no staff. ● Reorganized 8 major events, more than tripling each net income to raise over $100,000 per year.● Conducted emergency planning and fundraising for struggling businesses, raising over $20,000● Diversified income through courting new and current donors, winning grants and initiating grass root fundraisers for various projects and programs. This resulted in more than doubling the operating budget allowing me to hire and train for four new roles.● Built upon strong working knowledge of finance, budget management, contract negotiation, and fiduciary responsibilities with regular trainings to stay on top of field developments and trends● Directed the economic development efforts of the organization including business retention, expansion● Collaborated with other organizations ● Contributed statistics monthly on key performance indicators for board review. ● Developed and implemented strategic plans and operational projects.● Facilitated monthly board meetings, and other committee meetings.● Managed all aspects of the organization’s administration and business processes, including record keeping, purchasing and auditing.● Managed both the Keystone Communities Main Street accreditation and designation process with the Pennsylvania Downtown Center (PDC) and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED).●Made presentations to local and regional boards, commissions, foundations, civic groups, and the general public.●Shaped, managed and drove all traditional and social media marketing and communications with assistance from volunteers and interns from local educational institutions.

Philadelphia

Maintain storage so all collections are accessible and stored professionally. Collecting and entering comprehensive, accurate cataloguing data into PastPerfect.Identifying materials and manufacturing techniques, condition, researching dates, origin information, ownership, publication and exhibition history.Creating digital photography and attaching images into Past Perfect for research and publication needs.Pursuing research questions related to objects, cleaning up data discrepancies, and supporting registrars’ efforts to integrate new findings into objects’ records.

Berwyn, Pa

Deliver daily reports for management to lower areas of risk and improve efficiencyImproved the procedures in which new employees are trained and the standard for current employeesProvide excellent customer service, supported by completing 2 customer service and communication coursesAnalyze all documents and requests as a senior quality control specialist to ensure accurate data entry within deadlinesBecome subject matter expert in Envestnet Portal and Zendesk with no prior experienceUpdate and maintain emergency protocol as member of the emergency team. Thoroughly familiar with security systems, procedures, locations of all fire extinguishers and uses. Thoroughly familiar with required responsibilities and actions under fire evacuation and disaster event.

Deliver daily reports for management to lower areas of risk and improve efficiencyImproved the procedures in which new employees are trained and the standard for current employeesAnalyze all documents and requests as a senior quality control specialist to ensure accurate data entry within deadlinesBecome expert in two programs with no prior experienceUpdate and maintain emergency protocol as member of the emergency team. Thoroughly familiar with security systems, procedures, locations of all fire extinguishers and uses. Thoroughly familiar with required responsibilities and actions under fire evacuation and disaster event.

Provide secretarial and administrative support for 180+ by managing calendars, meetings, and inventoriesSend and receive shipments between office locationsSchedule and oversee office catering and large shipments of new furniture and holiday parties Directly managed the office space as the company transitioned from our temporary space starting at less than 20 people to the permanent location with over 180 employees and growingUpdate and maintain emergency protocol as member of the emergency team. Thoroughly familiar with security systems, procedures, locations of all fire extinguishers and uses. Thoroughly familiar with required responsibilities and actions under fire evacuation and disaster event.

Hawaiian Islands

Connecting with others in medium to high level positions and successfully arranging meetings with experts in their field, seminar assistant, research assistant.Independently led and coordinated research assignment for the twentieth anniversary of the Center with minimal, but specific guidelines. Research included conducting interviews with general officers, senior staff, and ambassadors, transcribing interviews, reviewed and cross-checked datasets in order to arrange the information into drafted products in various forms of media to be showcased in the twentieth anniversary ceremony ogistically supported the APCSS Visitor Program and welcomed distinguished visitors, Foreign dignitaries, general officers, and ambassadors into the Center Received alumni status for completing the Asia Pacific Orientation Course (APOC) 14-2, attending and supporting APOC 14-1, and auditing the Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCM) course 14-2, as well as attending many lectures in a wide variety of subjects related to all topics of security throughout the Asia-Pacific Region

Master'S Degree, Museum Leadership

Bachelors, History

Activities and Societies: History Club Phi Alpha ThetaStudent Representative of the History Department and the President of the History.

Associate'S Degree, Secondary Education And Teaching

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta KappaStudied Secondary Education