• Oversaw all fundraising activities in collaboration with Producing Artistic Director (PAD) and key staff. FY16 fundraising activities are expected to generate $1.15M, a 52% increase over FY14.• Set and coordinated overall strategy for Individual Giving, including direct mail and email solicitations, donor stewardship and reporting, prospecting, social media communications, and events.• Created and executed personalized solicitation and stewardship strategies for Major Donors ($1,000+) in cooperation with the PAD; Ensured all steps were thoroughly documented.• Lead planning and execution of two annual fundraising events and several donor stewardship events.• Organized and implemented special fundraising campaigns, as needed.• Supervised Grantwriter; provided guidance on Institutional Giving priorities, research, proposals, and reporting. • Supervised Development Associate; provided guidance on data maintenance, gift entry, donor communications, and other responsibilities, as assigned.• Assisted in fundraising training for the Board of Directors.• Provided regular revenue and expense forecasts and assisted in the annual budgeting process, including revenue goals and expenses. • Worked collaboratively with other key staff to accomplish projects and goals (i.e. Marketing staff, Production staff, etc.)• Guided donor data collection and analysis.• Attended performances and community events to meet/greet/thank donors.• Researched for future needs and funding sources on a regular basis.

Maintained all Individual Giving Manager duties, while gaining the following additional responsibilities:• Managed a relationship portfolio of 185 donors and prospects, moving each relationships toward a more invested personal and financial commitment to Seattle Opera.• FY14 cultivation and solicitation strategies resulted in a 31% increase in total contributions from managed relationships.• Managed The Sowing Circle, an affiliate group comprised of current donors heavily engaged in Seattle’s nonprofit and political communities.• Gathered research on large pools of donor prospects through various investigatory and screening methods; compile findings for colleagues, trustees, and leadership staff.• Coordinated the department's three-year strategic plan, working with senior staff members to ensure uniformity and accuracy.

• Managed a relationship portfolio of approximately 100-150 major gift donors/prospects.• Developed cultivation and solicitation strategies for the portfolio of major gift prospects, collaborating as appropriate with trustee and non-trustee volunteers and leadership staff.• Actively cultivated relationships with potential major gift prospects through regular personal contact, moving them in a timely fashion toward solicitation.• Solicited prospects for major gifts; provided strategic support to company leadership and volunteers in their solicitation activities.• Provided effective stewardship to major gift individual donors; reported on results of their support, and developed and documented plans for continued engagement. Performance metrics included, but not limited to: face-to-face prospect visits, documented call reports, and major gift proposals submitted and filed. • Collaborated with trustee and non-trustee volunteer solicitors by engaging them in all stages of the individual giving cycle, including face-to-face visits.• Monitored and recorded all meaningful contacts with major gift prospects in Tessitura.• Worked Development events (e.g. donor lounge, in the theatre itself, galas, dinners and receptions) to cultivate prospects and steward donor relationships as required.• Conducted Prospect Research to support personal work and the work of Development colleagues, Executive staff and Board of Trustees as needed.

Maintained all Office Manager duties, while gaining the following additional responsibilities:• Designed and implemented creative and innovative marketing strategies.• Cultivated and oversaw all volunteer activities.• Organized and facilitated an annual year-­‐end auction event.• Managed the organization’s Annual Fund campaign.• Prepared written proposals for public, private, and corporate funding support.

• Organized and coordinated procedures to meet the needs of both the organization and its constituency base in the following areas: auditions, rehearsals, billing, contracted and self-­‐produced performances, concert tours, concert attire, parent orientation, merchandise sales, and ticket sales.• Provided administrative support to the Board of Directors and Artistic Director, as needed.

• Provided milieu therapy and direct supervision for adolescents in a residential treatment program.• Implemented treatment plans in cooperation with Master’s level therapists.• Participated in a multi-­‐disciplinary team.

• Oversaw programming for a YoungLife program in a local middle school.• Planned and lead weekly youth events in cooperation with parents and school administration.• Directed the work of six volunteer leaders.