National Co-Chair, BOG EngagementCo-Chair, 18th and 19th annual Greater Philadelphia HRC Gala Dinner

• Raised over $500,000 to date by building profitable relationships with over 65 companies in greater Philadelphia. • Strategically aligned input from multiple lines of business to offer multifaceted corporate partnerships including components of sponsorship, traditional philanthropy, grants, cause marketing, employee engagement, and volunteerism• Solicited landmark $25,000+ sponsorship of Fare & Square, the nation’s first non-profit grocery store where activation includes in-store marketing installations, customer engagement, community engagement and PR opportunities• Manage three direct reports and provide leadership and best practices to an inexperienced team

My husband and I took an eight-month trip around the world. We visited 26 countries in 219 days beginning in Singapore and working our way West before ending the trip in Morocco.Highlights include:Snorkeling with sea turtles on Gili Air (Indonesia)Watching the sun set over a field of temples in Bagan (Myanmar)Haggling for bargains at Chatuchak Market in Bangkok (Thailand)Spotting a geisha in Kyoto (Japan)A seafood lunch in Busan where we realized our raw seafood was still alive (South Korea)

Actively identified, cultivated, and solicited annual major donor gifts of $5,000+ through targeted events and direct solicitations while providing ongoing fundraising support to the HRC Board of Directors and local volunteer leaders• Traveled extensively to annually raise over $1 million dollars across 12 states and manage donor relationships with over 150 active households. • Coached and collaborated with 16 volunteer leaders on HRC Boards on major donor gift fundraising by sharing best practices for cultivation and solicitation to help meet and exceed their local major donor fundraising goals • Developed and shared multiple comprehensive market-specific tools to enable each chapter area achieve budget, including prospect research, prospect moves, tailored individual donor strategy, upgraded giving levels and cultivation events. • Planned and executed over 60 major donor events throughout the year across territory ranging from smaller, targeted “ask “ events to the three-day 2012 HRC Major Donor Leadership Summit conference, as well as VIP major donor components to compliment wider HRC events and gala dinners.

• Negotiated over $1.5M+ in corporate gifts, cause marketing, affinity marketing and turn-key customer and employee engagement tactics.• Led all communications to Corporate Partners in times of national and international crisis in disaster. Liaised with program staff, wrote and edited all collateral and shared crucial information to partners up to three times daily in quick turnaround to support impact investing.• Negotiated business terms of over 75 affinity and cause marketing contracts and then worked cross-functionally for legal and program team approval. • Drafted materials for targeted campaigns, including the Annual Disaster Giving Program and the Call to Action Campaign “Be Red Cross Ready”.•Re-kindled relationship with Curel lotion and collaborated on strategy with brand managers for the promotion: Curel Shares the Gift of Caring, which included an online campaign, print advertising, and a social media component which netted $260,000 in financial support and over $600,000 worth of advertising.•Effectively conducted audit of stagnating annual giving program and spearheaded revitalization of recognition benefits, materials, strategy and prospects which generated growth in membership by 20%. •Directed corporate fundraising strategy during the Red Cross response to the California Wildfires of 2007, which reached our goal of $10M in just three weeks.

• Virtually planned and executed three week-long customized group donor stewardship experiences—in some instances globally— for all $1M+ donors to showcase with the impact of donation and envision the comprehensive Red Cross client experience. • Created and managed tailored quarterly newsletter for key Foundation supporters.• Collected and synthesized weekly team performance metrics for senior leadership.

Organized sponsorship for annual event, which raised nearly $1M while balancing drafting all donor communications, media outreach and prospect research•Led team in annual special event production, including strategically identifying and engaging law firms, unions, corporate and individual supporters, recruiting and training volunteers, and designing all presentations and A/V. In the Fall of 2005, then-Senator Barack Obama was the keynote speaker. •Drafted all donor correspondence, averaging 15 – 50 leadership acknowledgement letters per week as well as coordinating targeted stewardship mailings 4 times per year•Wrote and pitched press releases to targeted media in both English and Spanish