Leading the strategic planning and management of the university’s event program and advancement marketing, the Assistant Vice President for Events and Advancement Communication oversees direct and indirect engagement opportunities to drive awareness, and establish, build, retain and strengthen constituent relationships with Seattle University, serving to further the university’s educational mission, strategic, and business plans. In this role, the AVP builds and fosters relationships with individuals and teams across the university to deliver events that align with university vision, strategic direction, and supporting goals. The AVP supervises the university events and advancement marketing teams, leads the comprehensive university events program and advancement marketing strategy, oversees program operations and assessment, and provides direct operational leadership for constituent engagement priorities and outcomes.

Promoted to positions of increased oversight and impact, culminating in ownership of vision, strategy, and planning for the university’s alumni and donor engagements.STRATEGIC PROGRAM OVERSIGHT: Develops, implements, and evaluates comprehensive advancement & stewardship events program.• Lead collaborator with senior leadership• Built planning processes and procedures to ensure consistent standards and superior results. Manages cost center and annual budget planning. Collects, analyzes, and reports event performance data and ROI, utilizing results to inform future engagements.• Integral contributor to the successful completion of the university’smost ambitious campaign to date, raising over $300 million.ELITE EVENT MANAGEMENT: Executes top tier fundraising, cultivation, and stewardship events ranging from intimate, high-touch dinners to gatherings of 2,000.• Directed, collaborated, and consulted on 225+ engagements to advance university priorities. Oversaw university’s annual gala, Costco Scholarship Breakfast, and other fundraising events, raising over $33 million since 2015.• Manages strategic oversight, creative direction, and project management of all event logisticsto deliver flawless guest experiences. COLLABORATIVE LEADER: Oversees the Advancement Events team, Donor Relations & Stewardship team, and Sr. Writer for Campaign as a cohesive unit in support of campaign, division, and university goals.• Restructured team workflow to more effectively collaborate, drive efficiency and accommodategreater capacity, increasing employee satisfaction and professional development opportunities.• Fosters a safe, growth-minded culture that inspires individual and team development in support of greater diversity, equity, and inclusion.CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATION AND STEWARDSHIP Oversees communication to alumni, donors, and university friends to amplify the impacts of philanthropy and promote increased engagement and giving.

PREFERRED PLACE TO WORK: Fostered “people-first” culture through project management of employee engagement and recognition events.• Project managed a uniquely McKinstry gala-style celebration, gathering over 800 employees and their partners from across the nation to commemorate company’s 50th anniversary.• Planned corporate meetings, award presentations, and employee appreciation events. Managed event and production vendors, planning timeline, creative direction, catering, budget, and event communication.• Worked alongside C-level leadership to develop event and corporate-wide meeting messaging. Developed and executed creative strategy and production across 19 regional offices.• Led a peer team of marketing professionals in support of corporate services divisions. Lead internal communication partner for human resources, employee training, information technology, finance, and safety teams.BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Reinforced McKinstry’s reputation as an industry leader and community partner through management of externally-focused events.• Planned and executed building groundbreakings and McKinstry satellite office openings.• Supported high stakes civic engagement events such as a a White House Sustainability Summit and press conferences with location and national leaders. BRAND MANAGEMENT: Managed brand development, corporate style guidelines, marketing collateral, and corporate templates.• Responsible for creative strategy, layout, and graphic design in collaboration with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts. Oversaw budgets, art direction, and production.PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Integral to the development of a sustainability centric behavioral change program that gathered nearly 50,000 pledges to cut energy and waste, and saved over 100,000 tons of carbon during tenure.• Project managed development of customer-facing site, peoplepowerplanet.com.• Designed multi-year campaign materials and promotional items for education and corporate sectors.