*Developed & managed Community Outreach Program for Almost Home Kids at Naperville & Chicago locations. Identified networking opportunities and delivered outreach presentations to audiences increasing agency mission awareness and donations.*Designed Volunteer Program for Almost Home Kids locations by recruiting, screening, orientating and managing over 500+ volunteers to work with children who are medically complex resulting in 4000+ volunteer hours annually. Developed volunteer manuals and new volunteer orientations which I delivered monthly using Power-Point presentations. *Increased percentage of volunteers by 70% across multiple locations with strong relationship building skills.*Recruited and coordinated corporate volunteers and civic groups for pro-bono service projects saving the agency costs for building improvement projects and landscaping needs.*Responsible for networking for In-Kind donations resulting in $40,000 value annually.*Partnered with local college Service Learning Programs engaging & mentoring student volunteers.*Essential member of the Marketing team assisting with event planning and fundraising events resulting in $2,000,000 for the agency annually. Events included but not limited to Gala's, golf outings, wine tasting events, Natl Nurses Week for 85 nurses and holiday parties.*Created daily social media posts significantly increasing awareness and engagement.*Contributed to writing and editing of agency newsletters reaching 1000 community members.

*Established, recruited and managed over 150 volunteers to support foster children by cultivating positive relationships within the community.*Solicited donations from community to support the needs of foster care programs.*Collaborative member of the Marketing Team assisting with coordination of various fundraising events raising funds for the agency.*Implemented training academy for staff & agency foster parents by researching relevant topics and building a Speakers Bureau for staff trainings.*Coordinated all logistics for Board of Director meetings.

*Managed daily operations for DCFS Parent Training Program for 8 northern Illinois counties. This mandated training prepared prospective foster parents as they prepared for a child placement.*Identified, interviewed and supervised Training Program instructors for Northern Illinois.*Coordinated class registration & facility set-up.*Processed data and analyzed parent evaluations from training classes allowing for improvements to be implemented. *Liaison between Social Service agencies and prospective foster parents.