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Reading, Pa, Us

Reading, Pennsylvania Area

• Serve as member of Senior Management team. Provide input to assist with organizational management and strategic planning.• Oversee annual investment process that evaluates 50 programs delivered by 35 agencies. For 2021, UWBC will invest over $6.7M in programs. To ensure dollars are invested in high-priority, high-performing programs, annually coordinate agency reporting and program review by community volunteers. • Coordinate efforts of Oakbrook Collective Impact Council (OCIC), comprised of representatives from various nonprofits, education partners, corporate sector and Oakbrook residents. Organize communications and presentations for OCIC meetings. Facilitate internal planning. Organized food sampling event for residents with Helping Harvest, July 2019. Implemented resident survey, summer 2019. Using Collective Impact model, OCIC's goal is to prioritize what Oakbrook residents have identified as critical issues and coordinate collaborative efforts to respond to the needs.• Manage UWBC’s various grant programs. Streamlined process for all applications to occur in grant management software. Created process to ensure every grant recipient completes a report demonstrating impact of investment. • Foster positive relationships with agency leaders and staff via regular communication, visits and coordination of events; facilitate professional development opportunities.• Manage community outreach.• Planned and implemented process to develop shared outcomes reporting to better demonstrate UWBC’s impact of investments. Process included focus groups and surveys to incorporate input from agencies and volunteers; 170 different program outcomes streamlined to 98 Program Level Outcomes using consistent language.• Attended Collective Impact workshops and conferences; provided skills to implement Collective Impact framework, a mechanism for community change.• Provide data and assist with writing grant applications to support UWBC initiatives.

Reading, Pennsylvania Area

• Served as a member of Cabinet, Wilson’s executive leadership team. Responsible for assisting Superintendent in leadership decisions affecting the entire district. • Provided regular communication about District news and student/faculty accomplishments to the community via social media, weekly E-newsletter, quarterly print newsletter and media outreach. Managed crisis communications. Kept District website up-to-date and served as District event planner. • Oversaw Wilson Education Foundation (WEF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that raises non-tax dollars to support Wilson excellence by funding academic programs, grants, scholarships and facility upgrades. Managed and engaged various committees and volunteers to support WEF efforts. • Planned, facilitated and promoted fundraising events and activities throughout the year including the Wilson Iron Chef Competition & Benefit Auction. The inaugural community-wide fundraiser was attended by 800+, brought together students, parents, faculty, administration and the business community and exceeded its fundraising goal. The 2015 event sold out at 1,100+. The 2016 event was also a sellout. Dollars raised increased each year.• Created Student Scholars Program to support academic excellence of Wilson students K-12 by rewarding outstanding applicants who exhibit some level of financial need. • Managed the Venture Grant Program, which enhances and expands educational experiences and opportunities for Wilson students by providing grants to teachers that support innovative programs that would not normally be funded through the school budget.• Charged with creating, planning and promoting a series of academic summer camps in 2015. Worked with Wilson staff to ensure a variety of subjects were offered related to core curriculum. Planned, organized and ran camps again in 2016. Camps provide continuity to school year by incorporating technology to enhance students’ learning experiences and offer Wilson teachers summer employment.

• Planned and managed marketing for GoggleWorks, the country’s largest, most comprehensive interactive arts center, which includes the community arts center as a whole, as well as for programs, workshops, event rentals, gallery exhibitions, studios, special events, GoggleWorks Store and memberships; managed marketing budget, staff and volunteers.• Oversaw the design of all GoggleWorks marketing and advertising content including print and digital ads, catalogs, E-Newsletters and E-Blasts, social media, website, postcards, posters, invitations and flyers.• Worked collaboratively with area businesses and organizations to create promotional opportunities for the arts center and for GoggleWorks’ studio artists.• Wrote and distributed press releases announcing newsworthy GoggleWorks events and programs.• Researched funding opportunities and wrote grant proposals for various programs including the After School Arts Program (ASAP), which provides free art education for Reading School District students.• Assisted with planning and management of special events.• Supported Executive Director with internal communication efforts to the GoggleWorks community comprised of staff, 34 studio artists and 30+ arts and cultural organizations.

• Managed major business events, 13 in the first quarter of 2009 (Sovereign’s annual Economic Outlook Breakfast series); oversaw and planned all logistics and budget for the programs attended by hundreds of community and business leaders throughout Sovereign’s northeast footprint including Greater Reading, Philadelphia, Boston, Providence, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island. • Wrote, edited and coordinated layout and design of Sovereign Today as managing editor of this monthly employee publication; assisted transition from print to online publication.• Contributed to and edited additional Sovereign and Santander print and web publications.• Served as communications liaison to various business lines and project teams.• Wrote and distributed press releases highlighting bank accomplishments.

• Managed all editorial responsibilities for a monthly regional lifestyle magazine. Responsibilities included planning editorial content for each issue, assigning projects to freelance writers and photographers, editing publication content, working with art director to determine layout and managing budget. Regularly contributed articles.• Worked with Christopher Hercik, Art Director, Sports Illustrated, on publication redesign, spring/summer 2006. • Worked on redesign and transition of taking the publication from a bi-monthly magazine to a monthly magazine, summer/fall 2005.• Marketed the magazine through events and promotions to increase awareness of the publication.• Coordinated efforts with sales-team to determine annual editorial calendar and to develop content for marketing materials.

(formerly Bishoff Solomon Communications)• Provided complete public relations counsel to health care, nonprofit, consumer, and government clients including the Boston Bruins, Boston IVF, Emerson Hospital, Shaw’s Supermarkets, Inc., and WORK Inc.• Led the public relations and advertising efforts for The Boston Heart Party 2002, an annual award-winning, marketing campaign sponsored by Pfizer Inc. and several of Boston’s leading health care providers. During the 2002 campaign, generated over 26 million impressions, placed multiple feature stories including coverage in The Boston Globe, and secured coverage on several Boston-area TV and radio stations. Handled ad buy with multiple publications. Managed the 2003 campaign.• Developed strategic communications plans and media materials for clients. Organized logistics and publicized client events.

• Wrote press releases on university programs and events, which were distributed to both local and national media. • Coordinated “Hometown Story” project.• Managed student writers and interns and edited stories and press releases. • Contributed articles on university events for Lehigh Week, a weekly publication for Lehigh University faculty and staff.

Master'S Degree, Organizational Leadership, 4.0 Gpa

The MOL is a selective program that prepares professionals to meet the unique leadership challenges of the 21st Century.

Core Program

Activities and Societies: • Graduated from the Core Program, a board governance and issues-based community orientation that develops.

Ba, Journalism

Activities and Societies: • Order of Omega, Lehigh University’s Greek Honor Society • Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority • Brown and White.

Semester Abroad Program In London, Uk