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- Lead Points of Light’s corporate social impact consulting practice- Design consulting solutions to meet client needs and achieve revenue goals- Deliver customized corporate social impact and program management solutions

Fundraising professional with 15+ of experience facilitating collaborative processes that work to build a more equitable future. Expertise in building internal capacity through coaching and designing systems to compliment change management, with a focus on corporate fundraising. Some projects include: - Shifting your fundraising strategies to expand your.

- As an essential leader in the organization’s growth strategy, the Director of External Affairs cultivates the resources and relationships to advance mission and brand strategy of Chicago Cares.- Positions Chicago Cares as an influencer in Corporate Social Responsibility and community-centric fundraising, consults with donors on how to increase their.

- Steer the fundraising team through a global pandemic and economic downturn. Converted nearly a half million revenue dollars to general operating resources and secured over $300k in new donors.- Develop thought leadership content on social impact for Corporate Executives for nationally-streamed events.- Spearhead the collection and analysis of financial.

Chicago, Illinois

In These Times, 2040 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago Il, 60647

- Founded organizational model of Liberation Library, a social justice group that has provided over 10,000 books to incarcerated young people at all 5 youth prisons and 8 county jails across Illinois and has been featured in Vogue, MTVNews, Teen Vogue, and WBEZ, and was an honoree of Lifted Voices’ 2020 Solidarity to Celebrate.- Managed cross-sector.

Evanston, Illinois

- Led the development of a new afterschool program at Old Orchard Junior High, and managed a staff of up to 7 in leading up to 67 middle schoolers in social and emotional learning.- Led marketing and recruitment of summer programming, enrolling 67 students within 2 months.- Implemented programming that uses Positive Behavior Management and Restorative.

- Developed and managed Art Education programming for over 500 underserved youth ages 10-22 at over 14 recreation facilities and 4 public and charter schools across Philadelphia.- Facilitated a collective impact process to develop Arts Integration, the organization’s first in-school arts integrated program model.- Co-developed the Apprentice Program, a job.

- Organized and co-moderated a Community Engagement Meeting, where over 90 housing providers and housing insecure young people discussed issues of housing for A Place to Call Home, a multi-disciplinary project on youth homelessness.- Coordinated cross-sector communication between Mural Arts, artists, and governmental stakeholders for a large-scale mosaic.

Ba, English, Creative Writing, Italian

Facilitation

Trained in Facilitation by the Penn Project for Civic Engagement