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Provide support in preparation for the organization’s annual flagship fundraising event, The 2011 Gala for the Health and Dignity of Women. Assisting with follow-up phone calls and e-mails to targeted lists, mailed to by the Gala leadership, including executives of major corporations, elected officials, philanthropists and Americans for UNFPA donors. Maintaining records of interactions resulting from Gala follow-up phone calls and e-mails and managing the required next level of communication.Assisting with Gala invitation mailing and managing other Gala-related assignments as required.

Responsible for all aspects of event management including: reports, vendor procurement, registration, database entry, volunteer recruitment, budget, email marketing campaigns, and on‐site management.Collaborated with President, Director of Development, and Board to execute event logistics. Created event materials, secured graphic designers, and printers to produce materials.Liasion between various departments related to events. Conducted site visits and managed vendors to ensure smooth execution of events

Trained and managed full-time development assistants in entry of cash, checks, stocks, and credit cards in Rasier’s Edge database and daily operations, including basic reporting, basic querying, and comparative and appeals reports.Managed all aspects of the monthly giving program; worked with the finance department to process monthly gifts, created strategies to steward and upgrade current monthly donors and solicit new donors.

Filled in for absent teachers in emergency and on short and medium term assignments.Integrated lessons into long-term curriculum plan to ensure continuity of education objectives.

Maintained a 1,000 plus subscription library, managed accounts and vendors in relation to the library, in addition to mailing publications, reports and policy papers and processing payments through QuickBooksOrganized and coordinated logistics of policy-specific meetings, seminars and donor events in the New York area, including invitations, rsvps, and site prep, and assisted development team with sponsorship solicitation.