Advocating and fundraising for the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation!

Sole development leader on the team Building the Greatest Small City of the Arts, a collaborative capital and programmatic campaign between The Englert Theatre and FilmScene.• Developed multi-year planning process to define goals and investments of collaborative campaign• Raised $7.1M ($5,483,693 in cash, $1,673,534 in-kind) through• Secured 1M gift from the City of Iowa City, helping to leverage gifts from Johnson County and multiple agencies at the State of Iowa• Managed prospects for staff, board, and steering committee volunteers• Generated widespread, enthusiastic community support through campaign kick-off and ongoing presentations and communications. Advanced community-wide understanding of the role and value of arts and cultural institutions• Pivoted post campaign to raise $78,000 towards the unfunded mandate of hiring a Community Engagement Director and direct ongoing giving to organizational annual campaigns• Director of Arts Access Initiative, a county-wide arts access study working to decrease barriers to arts participation• Key spokesperson for campaign

Member of Senior Team and Head of Development Department responsible for all aspects of fundraising and development for historic, nonprofit 700+ seat performing arts venue.• Oversee stewardship of key relationships through management of annual campaign via individual/household giving through membership. Increased the number of Englert members by an average of 12% year to year.• Generate new prospects taking cold leads to committed long-term donors through strategic moves management. Prospecting of new donors in untapped pipelines based on historical data.• Directs sponsorship program supporting the Englert Presents season, series events, and special programs• Advances programs through partnerships with organizations, businesses, and individuals to provide financial and in-kind support.• Responsible for all grant prospecting, writing, management, and reporting• Preparation of Development budget to meet annual and strategic needs of organization• Management of constituent database• Commenced Englert planned giving program, securing $1,080,000 in planned gifts• Collaborate with marketing department and vendors to create engaging outreach materials and ensure the smooth delivery to the appropriate demographic• First Director of Arts and Economic Impact Study 6 (AEP6) on behalf of cultural organizations throughout Johnson County• Key spokesperson for organization

Specialty areas: Arts development, fundraising, community organizing, natural parenting, food & ethical food production and wine.

Responsible for all aspects of productions from research to distribution as producer and host of four monthly shows for the City of Iowa City’s City Channel 4.• Hosts on camera and interviews program subjects• Directs production in studio and field, editing final cuts for distribution to City Channel 4 and internet• Raised profile of station through improvements in programming, marketing of programs to increase viewership, and strategic planning• First in 25 years to engage a Mayor and City Manager as co-hosts for informational talk shows• Created over forty programs detailing the work of nonprofits in Johnson County• Created interdepartmental system for project management throughout all levels of production

First Executive Director and sole employee for newly formed umbrella organization bringing together volunteer run Iowa Arts Festival, Iowa City Jazz Festival, Friday Night Concert Series and Saturday Night Free Movie Series.• Responsible for budgeting and fundraising, management and planning of event production, marketing, volunteer force, talent buying, and educational outreach• Responsible for all collaborative partnerships including key relationship with City of Iowa City• Spokesperson for organization responsible for all media appearances.• Fundraising lead responsible for annual campaign and creation of multi-year sponsorships for fledgling organization• Implemented a multi-festival demographic study of festival attendees• Defined goals for upcoming strategic planning and recommendations for new organizational structure• Worked closely with Board and committees to achieve organizational goals.

As personal assistant to photographer Frits Berends I worked to market Frits Berends as a photographer and artist in the advertising industry, conducting casting and location scouting for the development of his portfolio, managing his office and professional calendar.