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Leading client relationships, managing internal teams, and driving operational excellence. Collaborating strategically with the Principal, I head a global team of Client Experience Leaders (CELs). Serving as the primary liaison, I bridge client services with sales, marketing, and the Veritus Group Academy.

I partner with nonprofit clients, supporting them in major gift, mid-level and planned giving strategies while implementing The Veritus Way. I foster and nurture relationships with clients and their leadership teams, all while ensuring fundraisers are effectively executing their strategic communication plans

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

As a member of the executive team, orchestrated comprehensive plans for communications, marketing, volunteer initiatives, community involvement, special events, advocacy and public policy through strategic planning, employee mentoring, supervision and retention of 12 staff members.• Enhanced employee satisfaction, engagement and equality pay practices through process optimization.• Collaborated on a long-overdue strategic plan for the organization.• Created a distinct and robust external relations division consisting of Advocacy & Public Policy, Marketing & Communications and Community Engagement departments.• Led 40th Anniversary rebrand, including website build and media relations launch.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Initiated community involvement work to reduce hunger. Managed the organization's PR, social media, website, newsletter, special events, advocacy, and public policy initiatives.• Led organization-wide work, which quickly led to a promotion to the Executive team.• Assisted in a team reorganization.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Achieved strategic goals by performing routine and continuous reviews of plans and teams.• Managed and mentored four Development Officers and one Grants Manager to raise private individual, corporate and foundation support.

Raised multi-million dollar budget support of private donations by means of extensive preparation and management of the three-person Individual Giving team.

Developed a prospect management system with the goal of finding new major donors and re-engaging lapsed donor pipelines.•Efficiently managed the caseload of 125 major donors, including high-profile stakeholders in collaboration with the CEO through the use of prospect cultivation and stewardship strategies.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Designed and implemented a recurring monthly giving program, with the goal of soliciting contributions from contributors at the mid-level to build a more sustainable donor base.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Developed statewide development team approach for donor cultivation, engagement and retention. Successfully recruited engaged board members, staff and wish family volunteers. Managed citywide special event planning and implementation.•Achieved a major challenge match, at that time, the largest grant in the organization's history.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Appointed as the organization's first Major Gifts Officer (MGO), with the charge of formulating a strategy for attracting and cultivating significant donors and keeping track of their progress as potential contributors. Secured continued support for the organization's goals and kept staff engagement stable by cultivating effective business and donor partnerships despite a turbulent leadership turnover and chapter probation status. •Established in-kind collaborations that resulted in an organizational strategic communications plan, pro bono marketing assistance, and four full-page front-page features in Oklahoma's sole statewide newspaper.•Streamlined and standardized financial accounting by collaborating with the national office and chapter leaders.

Bethany, Oklahoma

All things digital.

B.S., Mass Communications/Journalism

Activities and Societies: Resident Advisor, Yearbook Editor, Student Government Association, Youth In Mission, Life Savers, Saturdays.

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