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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 of.

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