• Establish and coordinate the artistic, strategic, and philosophical direction of the Ogle Center by defining its role and making recommendations on policy• Manage a team of five full-time staff presenting 100+ professional events annually• Build and maintain cooperative relationships between the Ogle Center, the community, and the University by serving as liaison with professional arts groups, educational departments, and individuals who contribute to the success of the Ogle Center’s operation• Build and maintain network of artists’ agencies and agents; negotiate, draft, and execute contracts• Develop and implement a partnership with IU Southeast Theatre Department to produce community children’s theatre productions, providing IU Southeast students with skills and experiences in children’s theatre and reinvesting $28,500 in five years into the campus• Assure compliance with university, state, and federal regulations and codes governing safety• Analyze and orchestrate ticket pricing strategies and house configuration policies to encourage increased sales and revenue; increased average sales revenue per show by 69% in four seasons• Cultivate and steward donors to build endowment and support operations; write grant proposals to support children and family programming, successfully generating grant support totaling $297,000• Established Director’s Circle (an annual giving program to increase patrons’ financial support)

• Identified, cultivated, solicited, and stewarded external relationships on behalf of IU Southeast• In conjunction with the Development team, successfully concluded $11 million comprehensive campaign Shaping Powerful Futures two and one-half years early; Closed a $655,000 gift to support the Ogle Center Endowment Fund and name the Ogle Center Recital Hall• Worked with donors to establish a permanent collection of art, the James L. Russell Wonderland Way Collection, and received approval from Indiana University to officially name the collection

• Served as campus point-of-contact for medical, retirement, and other fringe benefit questions• Led annual open enrollment process at IU Southeast; conducted open enrollment sessions; achieved 90% employee participation rate for second year of online open enrollment process• Liaison with retirement plan vendors; communicated details of 403(b) and 457(b) supplemental retirement plans to employees

• Designed and implemented new process for depositing gifts to IU Southeast to create audit trails• Wrote gift agreements to create new IU Foundation accounts and scholarships• Managed IU Southeast Foundation Accounts Payable• Served on scholarship committee and designed scoring rubric to score and rank applicants

• Streamlined process for reserving venues and made forms available online• Worked front- and back-of-house; assisted in ticket office and in tech booth• Wrote grant proposals and sponsorship proposals for Ogle Center

• Primary grant writer for Orchestra; wrote more than 200 grant proposals• Developed and maintained Raiser’s Edge donor database; produced weekly analytical reports• Designed and implemented MS Excel budget worksheets for finance office• Created audience surveys, wrote press releases, and designed print ads

• Administered the Arts Institute program• Launched and administered the first annual Summer String Clinic

• Instructed concert hall management course as part of the music business curriculum

• Primary grant writer for Orchestra; wrote more than 200 grant proposals• Developed and maintained Raiser’s Edge donor database; produced weekly analytical reports• Designed and implemented MS Excel budget worksheets for finance office• Created audience surveys, wrote press releases, and designed print ads