Chaired the Forest Park Inclusive Playground Committee raising over $162,500 from over 150 donors: co-led Walk-a-thon event for 600 elementary students, executed grants resulting in $74,000 additional funding, managed donor relations, created overall campaign strategy and managed a team of volunteers from idea to execution, created a crowdfunding website implementing storytelling to portray our visionServed as Secretary, Vice President, and President for Title One elementary school PTAChaired three annual School Carnival events managing a team of 60 plus volunteers, serving 400 plus attendees including food service, games, prizes, and ticket salesCoordinated ideas, budget, execution, and marketing of various events and activities: Cultural Awareness Week, Teacher Appreciation Meals, Arts Week, Skating Nights, T-shirts Sales, etc.Led team of adult board leaders in vision casting, budget creating, meetings, delegation, and execution

Developed a product from idea to execution: "party in a box" care packagesLead team of three employees in order fulfillment, product production, inventory management, and marketingManage all aspects of a small business: website creation and development, minor coding, brand vision and development, social media marketing, digital advertising, customer service relationships, email marketing, in-person networking events, inventory control, bookkeeping, finance reports, product procurement and production, corporate client relations, etc.Grew business from basement start-up to four paid employeesFulfilled over 30,000 ordersManaged corporate projects with budgets up to $16,000Received over 800 five star reviews

Directed and managed the process to create a 501(c)3 Community Development CorporationMaintained and complied with all reporting requests to IRS, State of Indiana, and Church ConferenceManaged fundraising efforts including grant writing, direct mail, and donor acquisition/cultivationMaintained financial records for Community Development Corporation

Managed compliance to Food Bank and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) standards for over 100 agenciesDirected Tailgate program providing emergency foods to over 600 families each week in 8 countiesRecruited, trained, and monitored agencies: food pantries, youth programs, soup kitchens, and sheltersInitiated and maintained positive relationships as point person between agency, volunteers, and Food Bank

Recruited, trained, and managed 121 volunteers to tutor 3rd-8th grade students in math and scienceAdvised 5 part-time AmeriCorps members in event planning, goal setting, leadership development, and community serviceDesigned and implemented service projects including Martin Luther King, Jr. Children’s Event, Math and Science Field Day, Earth Day Event, Hunger and Homelessness Awareness WeekImproved math competency in youth served and fought to raise high school graduation rates in the community by tutoring K-12 students and training other volunteers to tutorExpanded program by initiating 3 new community sites and further building existing partnershipsReported and analyzed evaluative program data

Monitored and implemented Behavior Modification with 5-15 youth in shelter settingWrote daily reports with relevant information about interactions and observations of youthActively participated in weekly staff meetings, board and planning meetings, and training sessions

Directed 7-10 children in daily program, including games, meals, chapel services, campfire, etc.Planned daily activities and nightly devotions for children ages 8-12Mentored and led younger counselors to better serve campers