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Responsible for development of financial resources and external communications for Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, a mid-sized non-profit dedicated to ending child abuse and neglect and creating strong, healthy families. Work includes leading a team of five development professionals, managing annual income and expense budgets, developing strategy and executing annual fundraising plans, and managing a $1.2M capacity building campaign.

Responsible for development of financial resources for diabetes-related research at the University of Minnesota.

Handled intellectual property litigation and other complex business litigation for mid-sized, Fortune 500 clients, and non-profit clients.

As a litigation associate worked on complex business litigation on behalf of Fortune 500 clients and pro-bono non-profit clients.