• Manages grants process from start to end, including identifying funding opportunities, developing relationships with funders, reviewing grant proposals and reports, and overseeing post-award stewardship.• Develops and executes fund development strategies.• Stewards individual donors by cultivating strong relationships.• Plans, manages, and executes fundraising events, including annual signature event.• Manages donations including database management, fundraising reporting and auditing, finance reconciliation.• Served as a member of the organization’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Intersectionality (DEII)committee by since its inception including drafting the committee charter, attending meetings, anddoing research to make recommendations to advance equity and justice in the community.

• Directed and successfully completed organization’s first donor database migration in 14 years with a high level of accuracy.• Streamlined donation and volunteer processing system by creating and implementing new coding systems in DonorPerfect and setting up integration with accounting software.• Built accurate and complex donor reports and data queries used to improve organization’s fundraising.• Reviewed data entry daily and completed routine database clean-up to maintain database integrity.• Troubleshooted and solved donor database errors and issues.• Spearheaded and managed all fundraising events; increased the annual gala’s profits by 75% in just 2 years.• Managed grant processes by establishing and building relationships with foundations, editing grant applications, giving board members tours of facilities, and writing and submitting reports.• Stewarded individual donor relationships which led to increased commitment to the organization.• Produced copy for fundraising campaigns, fund development, and all relevant development materials.

• Engaged the public through live interpretation of the museum’s exhibits and related hands-on activities featured on mobile carts.• Conducted iterative design challenge workshops which explores scientific principles for K–12 students.• Built positive relationships with guests by addressing their complaints and concerns.

• Inspired 6th – 8th grade students to enjoy being outdoors by leading nature hikes and guiding them in plant and animal identification in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.• Empowered students to respond to local environmental issues with hands-on classroom activities that focused on sustainability and water quality protection.• Educated students about Ohio's natural and cultural history through day programs.

• Wrote weekly opinion column on various social issues relevant to college students on Kent State’s student-run newspaper.

• Assisted all levels of Mandarin-learning students in weekly class assignments.• Communicated in Mandarin to provide students real world speaking experience.

• Designed a daily creative writing workshop for campers ages 7 – 12.• Executed writing activities which successfully encouraged campers to write critically and creatively about the world.

• Acted as a liaison between international students and USG.• Represented the international student population in biweekly USG public meetings.• Resolved conflicts between international student organizations and USG.