Consultant grant writing and fundraising professional with public agency and private foundation experience.• Composing applications for municipal governments, non-profits, and government agencies to pursue state, federal and pirate funding as well as family, private and corporate foundations• Conducted original research of Frederick Douglass ferrying freedom seekers to Kelsey’s Landing on the Genesee; leading the National Park Service to include the site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

Advocate and fundraiser for Scouting. Led planned giving, special events, annual campaigns, and government relations.• Increased annual special event revenue 8% through expanded partnerships and use of volunteer committees• Increased endowment balance $80,000 in one year through Scout alumni solicitation and networking• Identified, solicited, and met with prospects, prepared proposals, and solicited donations monthly• Led volunteer committees in annual campaigns, major events, camp council endowment

Driving engagement with docent, member and artist communities through community-based and gallery-based events. • Migrated multiple MS Access databases to salesforce for nonprofits, integrating membership, attendance, ticketing, donations and communications in a single application• Defined a consistent visual identity through signage, templates, and media outreach. Defined training curriculum for outreach volunteers and tripled non-member engagement in 2015• Developed strategic plan, focusing human and financial resources on events that connect artists and communities

Guiding people through crisis. Think and act quickly, professionally, and accurately while under prolonged stress. Coordinate responses to multiple simultaneous priority incidents. Exercise sound judgment and maintain confidentiality. ● Composed electronic training, integrating templates and flowcharts to improve consistency and accelerate response time● Composed and delivered Identify Theft Awareness and Prevention Training for general public● Liaised with Veteran’s Administration to define, document and deliver call handling techniques for callers with PTSD

Completed two-year, cross-functional leadership development program earning Six Sigma Black Belt in Atlanta, GA. Team leader of nationwide virtual teams reengineering store-based processes into internet applications.• Led enterprise-wide Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) teams for installed services, in-store safety and customer delivery processes• Migrated Daily HazMat Inspection from paper to internet application. Defined companywide dashboard monitoring daily execution and trend analysis. Reduced regulatory citations 62% in one year. • Developed web-based WC/GL claim review system featuring store, corporate and third-party provider access and visibility to claims management via internet. Reduced associate lost time claims 40% in year.• Rewrote Store Safety Audit based on CMM/ISO principles, migrating from procedural review to mentor-driven learning partnerships. Featured coaching guide focused on store leadership having conversations with associates. • Led the rewrite HD Leadership Courses: Store Financials, Managing Installations and Managing Store Safety

Negotiated sales and marketing alliances with leading hardware providers Cisco, Juniper and Sonus in a unified go to market strategy that featured Global Crossing as a hardware-neutral provider of connectivity.• Delivered $36 million and twenty new global accounts in nine months• Supported sales cycle from lead generation, qualification, technical architecture and closing• Implemented consistent brand identity across internet, trade show, direct mail, collaterals and executive briefings

Defined and launched fleet management service. Completed due diligence, financial modeling and contract negotiation. Migrated a data center analysis tool from mainframe to web-based architecture. ● Delivered $75MM revenue in 1 year. Managed RFI’s, RFP’s for federal and global accounts. ● Drove three accounts from $240MM to $600MM in one year, eliminating IBM and Océ● Developed and launched third-party office equipment fleet management service in 90 days