Kelley Carpenter Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Ks

Leadership team member for innovative, growing social service agency. Plan, implement and measure fundraising and marketing strategies including individual and major giving, special events, corporate and foundation gifts for $2.5 million agency. Manage website, social media and produce award-winning videos and direct mail campaigns. Solicit and coordinate media contacts and interviews.• Produced marketing materials which won 11 Philly Awards• Produced two Emmy-winning videos• Redesigned website and tripled number of social media followers

Shawnee, Ks

Wrote and managed all private and government grants and produced all publications and marketing materials including annual report, fundraising appeals and newsletters, as well as social media and website.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Senior-level management team member. Supervised and directed development and marketing department for agency with $8 million annual budget and more than 100 employees. • Tripled the amount of foundation funding and significantly increased giving from law firms and individuals• Oversaw award-winning communication efforts and large annual luncheon event with hundreds of attendees• Provided agency leadership for strategic planning

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Authored $800,000 in successful grant proposals• Produced and designed publications including brochures, newsletters, annual reports and other materials• Conducted prospect research for corporate giving and grants• Helped design program outcomes and evaluation measures

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Senior-level manager reporting directly to the Presiding Judge • Produced and executed internal and external communications for large circuit court with more than 800 employees• Communicated with media about complex legal rulings and cases• Served as Court’s liaison with the bar, media and community• Produced speeches, videos, presentations and articles for judges• Re-designed extensive website for Court

Topeka, Kansas Area

Produced all brochures, newsletters, video, website and other communications, campaign and marketing materials for United Way of Greater Topeka. Developed annual campaign theme and trained staff on key messages to use during solicitation of major corporations and individual donors. Managed staff and $100,000 annual public relations budget. Managed United Way Community Speakers Bureau with more than 200 different presentations. Assisted 34 United Way member agencies with marketing and communications. Served on various committees providing community outreach. Primary contact with the media and community for all communications and special events. Planned and oversaw large-scale special events several times per year including campaign kickoff and culmination announcements, annual meetings. Chaired communications committee and recruited professional members and worked directly with members of the organization’s Board of Directors.

Topeka, Kansas Area

Produced all brochures, newsletters, and other communications, development and marketing tools for The Villages and The Kansas Family Resource, organizations serving youth in foster care. Wrote all state, federal and private grants, solicited individual donations, managed extensive donor database, delivered all public speeches. Managed all aspects of donor relations and volunteers including corporations, foundations and individuals. Secured more than $250,000 in individual donations. Provided community outreach and served as primary contact with the media and donors. Created and maintained website.

Topeka, Kansas Area

Developed and directed multimedia marketing campaign, public relations for statewide child welfare organization. Produced radio and television spots, printed materials such as posters, brochures and monthly newsletter. Produced marketing reports detailing responses and demographics. Major accomplishments include: quadrupled the number of inquiries from prospective families; generated at least two press hits per week.

Bachelors, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Reporter for the Maneater and the Columbia Missourian, Member of Student Society of Professional Journalists

Certificate In Nonprofit Fundraising, Midwest Center For Nonprofit Leadership