Kelly Lehman Email & Phone Number

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

I am a local Atlanta expert that learns about your lifestyle, wants, and needs, and then matches you with the right communities and real estate agents. I am passionate about helping you with your search — providing guidance and insights, and answering questions along the way.

Atlanta, Georgia

Greater Atlanta Area

• Identified and researched prospective funding partners; built relationships and managed all communication with funders. • Created opportunities to pitch new accounts as well as coordinated the presentations/pitch approaches.• Developed fundraising strategies for key prospects with the knowledge and understanding of Atlanta’s corporate giving community.• Supervised the planning and execution of Hands On Atlanta’s signature events including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Hands On Atlanta Day, and Corporate Partner Events.• Evaluated and identified opportunities to drive process improvements that positively impact the volunteer experience and customer satisfaction.• Planned and executed annual event programs to meet fundraising goals and budgeted expenses.• Worked with the Director of Development on planning and organizing a range of cultivation events to position the organization for successful renewal of funding commitments.

Atlanta, Georgia

Project Manager for the Atlanta Ad Club, Event Director for the Atlanta American Advertising Awards (formerly the ADDYs). Project Manager/Event Director for Georgia Center for Nonprofit's annual Nonprofit Summit.

Dunwoody, Ga

Management, professional development, fiscal oversight, volunteer leadership development of the Family Resource Center, Book Festival of the MJCCA Department, Arts and Culture Department, Blonder Department for Developmental Disabilities, and Brill Institute for Jewish Learning.

Dunwoody, Ga

• Management, strategic planning, mission and vision development, professional development, fiscal oversight (more than $1 million), and volunteer leadership development of six key, impact centric departments of the agency: Book Festival, Arts and Culture (including a theater company), Developmental Disabilities, Institute for Jewish Learning, Family Resource Center, and Senior Adults• Lead developer and planner of the 19-day Book Festival in 2011, which included the following: o Hosting 55 authors/celebrities/speakers (such as Regis Philbin, Sen. Joe Lieberman, Chris Matthews) o Engaged more than 10,000 ticket holders o Event raised $175K in grants, sponsors, and private donors (surpassed goal of $150K) o Managed logistics and program staff o Engaged more than 200 volunteers in leadership capacities in 16 different committees• Obtained 19 new community partnerships resulting in an increase of revenue (10%), community exposure and credibility, and agency membership• Re-developed the mission, vision, strategies for implementation, level of impact, and community exposure of 3 departments with successful results, exceeding benchmarks• Lead professional for 4 programmatic and fundraising boards• Supervised 7 direct reports and 5 additional indirect reports

Greater Atlanta Area

Conceptualized and implemented five new year-round programs (from a $130K grant) in first quarter• Increased reach from 1,800 to 7,350 participants within 3 years• Successfully developed 3 new programmatic and fundraising boards• Secured more than $35K in additional grants annually• Instituted all programming benchmarks, evaluation system, and reporting mechanism for grant funded programs• Managed department budgets totaling more than $500K

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Operational Director for over thirty domestic leadership conferences involving more than 2,000 teens• Increased annual net profit of programs from $40K to $375K in one year• Managed $3.2 million budget, one quarter of the agency’s operating budget• Consulted ten targeted regions to improve processes, increase membership, and enhance quality ofprogramming – garnering the most successful results in North America based on revenue, participation, and program evaluation• Supervised staffing of directors, educators, and specialists for all programs; including curriculum development, recruitment, marketing, and training• Advised teen International Board and international programmatic initiatives

As a department manager for the MJCCA, I oversaw all finance, strategic planning, marketing, fundraising, communication and program development for a membership base of over 2000 and an alumni base of over 30,000.