Jessica Ward Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Directed School recruitment and engagement strategy development and implementation. Designed experiences/resources that connected participants with valuable information and encouraged membership/collaboration.
• Worked closely with the School Dean to develop and implement 25+ recruitment and engagement activities annually, resulting in a 15% increase in undergraduate applications and a 97% retention rate.
• Designed and created all visual and verbal presentations/reports, event programs, tours, and post-experience evaluations associated with School recruitment and engagement activities.
• Trained and managed up to 45 volunteers (high school student through University Executive Leadership) per event and supervised up to 4 part-time employees quarterly, maintaining clear and effective communication.
• Built a survey to assess how and why first-year students chose to study Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University (94% response rate) and collaborated with School Leadership/Marketing Team to incorporate results into.
• Analyzed confidential applicant information to gather depersonalized data identifying key enrollment drivers to be shared with School Dean and 50+ faculty/staff monthly, University Admissions Senior Staff quarterly.

Philadelphia, PA

• Oversaw all revenue generating duties, including but not limited to: 1) Relationship building and stewardship of foundation and individual donors; 2) Grant writing; 3) Grant program management and evaluation; 4) Budget.
• Collaborated with CASTLE Directors on the writing and oversaw the submission of ~15 foundation and grant proposals annually with an average award of ~$600K.
• Managed all financial compliance, program evaluation, and internal/external reporting for funded programs with a cumulative annual budget of ~$1.2M.
• Executed 30+ center events with CASTLE Leadership and Staff annually, including program recruitment, professional development workshops, international conferences, funder/stewardship meetings, and monthly seminar series.
• Co-facilitated social media branding and website content development.

Philadelphia, PA

• Directed operations for UTeach Institute STEM secondary certification program (DragonsTeach), with duties including but not limited to: 1) Program evaluation; 2) Staff hiring, training, and management; 3) Budget.
• Collaborated with Institutional Giving Team in the facilitation of individual, family foundation, and school district donor gifts totaling ~$640K.
• Spearheaded program recruitment and marketing efforts, enrolling 650 undergrad students (including the largest number of engineering students in any UTeach program nationally) and creating partnerships with more than.
• Supervised and provided strategic direction for staff of up to 30, practicing active listening and offering access to professional growth and development opportunities.
• Co-wrote proposals and directed operations (see duties above) for two additional grants that served as extensions of DragonsTeach with a cumulative annual budget of ~$800K.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

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