I am the CEO of creating a sense of belonging, making sure everyone is taken care of and has what they need to have the best experience possible with us. I serve as an ombudsman and a “good neighbor” to our team, members, partners, supporters, and the communities we live, work and play in throughout Southeast Michigan. My role includes a bit of HR, lots of relationship building, support, leadership, development, and research.

I am the CEO of creating a sense of belonging, making sure everyone is taken care of and has what they need to have the best experience possible with us. I serve as an ombudsman and a “good neighbor” to our team, members, partners, supporters, and the communities we live, work and play in throughout Southeast Michigan.

Partner and Member Renewal, Impact Documentation & Reporting, Stewardship, Network Communications

My job is to nurture and build relationships with CultureSource stakeholders, constituents, supporters, etc., be a resource to and retain members, obtain, evaluate and record/report data in support of our programs, services, and organization's progress towards its goals, manage donor compliance.

1. Retain and grow existing corporate and faith partners. Cultivate relationships and form new ones with targeted leads and inbound prospects to add to revenue growth. Responsible for the service and support of these partners. 2. Management of Volunteer Relationships and Experience - recruitment, management, communication, and retention of volunteers to support the various needs of the organization, i.e. construction, office and database administration, warehouse maintenance, media, finance. Responsible for communications, database management, reporting, recognition, and the quality of their overall experience. 3. Management of youth engagement and support to include cultivation, retention, education, volunteer management, advocacy, fundraising, and collaboration.4. Contribute to the daily management, annual planning, and long-range strategy for the partnerships team, and the organization.5. Created the Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County Women Build program that engages women to raise the funds needed to build and rehab homes, and provide the majority of the volunteer construction efforts on those homes which will be purchased by female heads of households.

• Event Planning – Planned, coordinated, and managed all aspects of 19 Member benefit events; solicited performers and organized 27 events to stimulate attendance during evening hours; supported 26 additional UMMA programs; partnered with local music venue to create student talent showcase (w/educational bend). Showcase now entering its third season.• Budget Maintenance – Provided budget projections for development events, maintained actual event budgets and post-event reconciliations• Database Management – Managed all invitation lists, rsvps; recorded attendance in university and museum databases• Volunteer Recruitment and Management – Recruited staff and volunteer support for events; recruited and interviewed volunteers for various museum positions• Process Improvement – Created documents and processes to make implementation of events more effective and efficient, i.e. Strategic Event Forms, Event Checklists, Timelines, Run of Show event day schedules, etc.

*Most recent - Sr. Development Manager - Teams - Recruitment, retention of teams, and fundraising support for our mass market events (walk, bike, golf) via marketing, presentations, rallies, account management *Previously - Development Manager - Walk MS (largest fundraising event), Strike Out MS Bowling Spectacular (Mike Maroth) & NMSS Night at Comerica Park - Event planning & management, implementation and coordination of recruitment, fundraising, marketing/pr, logistics, etc.*Development Manager - MS Longest Day of Golf - Recruitment, fundraising, logistics*Volunteer for 13 years before becoming part of the staff. Purchased bike in April 1991, rode 160 miles in the MS Bike Tour in June 1991, and began volunteering for both the MS Walk and MS Bike Tour every year until my employment in 2004.

Local social events planner for Match.com members. Worked with venues to arrange various outings at discounted price or no cost to allow members the opportunity to meet face to face.

* Relationship builder/liaison between Michigan corporations, colleges and the Michigan Colleges Foundation, and administrator of scholarship programs and awards* Cultivated relationships between Michigan corporations, colleges and the Michigan Colleges Foundation * Increased number of scholarship recipients by over 100% over 4 years by gaining better understanding of the needs of both donors and recipients* Doubled attendance at annual receptions by improving quality of the reception, creating more engaging invitations and highlighting benefits of networking for donors and recipients* Standardized solicitation documents, announcements, and distribution charts, which led to more effective and efficient turnaround and communication* Established more efficient method for producing informative and visually pleasing reports on donor recipients by championing purchase of office equipment and requiring more professionally presented information from recipients*Developed quality, mutually rewarding relationships with financial aid officers by making personal visits to each to obtain a better understanding of needs, roles and responsibilities in the respective positions

Litigation support, trademark maintenance, sales/contract support

Reviewed sales contracts, managed trade/service marks, provided administrative support for two attorneys.