Kara Kundert Email & Phone Number

• Updated the artist biographies for internationally renowned artists such as April Verch, Laura Cortese, and Sister Sadie
• Drafted promotional copy and liner notes for "Lovin' of the Game", the latest project by National Fiddler Hall of Fame member Michael Cleveland
• Drafted promotional copy and liner notes for "Some Distant Mountain", the latest project by award-winning Gospel singer Mark Bishop
• Wrote the liner notes for the East Nash Grass's self-titled debut album

• Contributed an online cover story for the Fall 2018 "Innovate" edition of internationally-renowned roots music journal No Depression
• Created the new "50 States of Folk" monthly column, dedicated to exploring the hidden origins of the modern American musical sound state-by-state

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Wrote the application that culminated in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum winning the 2022 Frist Foundation Innovation in Action Award, recognizing the Discover DeFord Bailey educational program.
• Raised over $310,000 in grant funds in one year of employment, including $131,000 from new funders, outperforming organizational goals by 10% and 260% respectively.
• Won a $5,000 grant from the Metro Nashville Arts Commission Racial Equity in Arts Leadership program, resulting in 31 key staff members participating in the one-day virtual Crossroads Anti-Racism Training.

• Wrote the June 2023 magazine cover story, a 3,000-word profile of the life and career of Joe Mullins the most recent release from his band, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers

San Francisco Bay Area

• Comprehensively led the 2020 "Porch Pride" digital festival project, which raised over $23,000 for LGBTQ+ roots musicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. This included securing funding in the form of sponsorships and.
• Secured a $5,500 grant in support of fair artist pay for Bluegrass Pride's 2020 season and the creation of the Safe Venue Directory.
• Oversaw the 2020 Bluegrass Pride strategic planning process.
• Organized the first-ever LGBTQ+ showcase at the International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass Business Conference and Festival 2018.
• Spearheaded the effort to establish Bluegrass Pride as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
• Redesigned the Bluegrass Pride website in conjunction with the push to incorporate as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Instantiated the online presence of Bluegrass Pride, reaching over 700,000 accounts and building a devoted community with thousands of members across platforms in less than two years
• Won the 2017 San Francisco Pride Best Overall Contingent Award due to social media campaign
• Ran "The Forward Roll", the Bluegrass Pride blog and newsletter -- soliciting, editing, and writing pieces on a regular schedule
• Coordinated volunteer efforts at 2017, 2018 and 2019 CBA Father's Day Festivals
• Drafted and distributed press releases to key bluegrass news sources

• Spearheaded 2021 end-of-year Annual Giving campaign, including drafting campaign materials, compiling the list of donors and prospects to target in the mailing, sourcing necessary supplies for the mailing, and.
• Developed the individual giving strategy and stewardship/cultivation plan for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
• Worked with the Board of Directors and the Development Committee to establish ambitious board giving goals and maintain a 100% rate of board giving to the organization.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Contributed to strategy and execution of the 2020 Fall Campaign, growing year-end fundraising by more than 28% from previous years
• Switched Performing Arts Workshop to a new giving platform to empower donors to make recurring gifts in support of our mission, the first step in launching an organized mid-level giving program
• Produced the 2019-2020 Annual Report

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed renewal cycle for $10k+ major donor membership program, with annual revenues of over $4.5MM.
• Established new prospecting procedures designed to motivate existing grassroots and mid-level donors with a high giving capacity into making major and planned gifts, resulting in hundreds of new warm prospects.
• Drafted high-quality written communications for donor engagement, stewardship, solicitation, gift acknowledgment, and reports, including biweekly Donor eNews newsletter and direct mail campaigns.
• Organized high-quality events and meetings for major donors, such as semi-annual Behind-the-Scenes Collections Tours and Platinum Circle Children's Event, creating opportunities for donors and their families to enjoy.
• Managed the Leadership Philanthropy team finances and office needs, including preserving records of the team's work and procedures, handling financial records and reporting, taking inventory on team supplies, ensuring.
• Assisted with the timely production of annual donor reports, including interdepartmental data collection, copywriting, editing, and workflow management.

Oakland, CA

• Performed direct person-to-person outreach to educate and motivate support for Amnesty International until the organization’s decision to shut down its nationwide field canvassing operation
• Promoted to site captain within 3 weeks of being hired
• Organized teams of field canvassers on-site in order to track performance, including collecting donation data, training new team members, and making on-site decisions in order to maximize team performance

Berkeley, CA

• Contributed comprehensively to the development and construction of the HYPERION global sky experiment
• Supervised undergraduate interns on multiple projects both in the lab and on fieldwork expeditions
• Presented at the International Union of Radio Science annual gathering in January 2018

• Led two sections of the famed ASTRO C10 with Professor Alex Filippenko in the fall of 2016, including grading and overall recordkeeping, to present an introductory overview of the field of astronomy to non-majors
• Assisted with the instruction of the Undergraduate Radio Astronomy Laboratory in the spring of both 2017 and 2018, with the goal of teaching upper-division undergraduate astronomy majors the fundamentials of radio.

• Simulated PAPER-128 observations of the 21-cm reionization global sky signal

Greater Detroit Area

• Led and facilitated the campus support group for survivors of sexualized violence and abuse
• Expanded the group membership by a factor of three over the course of one year
• Increased frequency of meetings to semi-weekly to match increased demand
• Designed and led trainings for new SAPAC volunteers on best practices for working with survivors

Master'S Degree, Astrophysics

Bachelor'S Degree, Astronomy

• Graduated with Highest Honors from the Department of Astronomy