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New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

National nonprofit organization that trains middle and high schools to implement student peer leadership programs and Community School models; $18MM operating budget.Highlights:*Directed CEO and Board of Trustees in a plan to nearly triple unrestricted individual giving within two years; added a total of 330 donors with contributions in excess of $650K.*Advised the Board of Trustees and regional senior leadership in donor cultivation and stewardship.*Built a donor prospects base in 18 months with 30+ salon-style “Mission Tours,” staging first fundraising breakfast, then upgrading to annual fundraising dinners, and yielding annual and major donors.*Secured 5-figure philanthropic gifts and managed the donor life cycle of all individual gifts.*Proposed, priced, and negotiated five-year contract with the NYC Department of Education for delivery of services to NYC schools.*Expanded the annual fundraising campaign to include meaningful board commitments, appeals, events, and a multi-year giving society of major donors.*Produced live and virtual events including scripting and prepping speakers, directing the filming and editing of broadcast segments, securing sponsorships, hiring vendors, and crafting all communications.*Set up and optimized digital fundraising and prospect research tools, and designed data entry and reporting processes for donor data migrated from spreadsheets to Salesforce CRM.

Greater New York City Area

NYC nonprofit that advocates for high-quality K-12 expanded learning time; operating budget of $16MM.Highlights:*Pivoted fundraising strategy from reliance on a single major institution to multiple streams of funding for literacy, social-emotional learning, STEM, and work-based learning; total annual raise of $8-10MM.*Solicited $5MM+ gifts annually for literacy, social-emotional learning, and work-based learning portfolio, and supervised a program officer to secure $5MM in STEM and teacher pipeline grants. *Raised $6.8MM by forming an early elementary literacy initiative consortium, coaching the partners on aligning programmatic strategy, and delivering a joint pitch that secured multi-year funding.*Designed a national social-emotional learning initiative and secured $1MM lead gift from New York Life.

Greater New York City Area

Crowdfunding consumer donation platform for girls’ and women’s human rights; total budget of $8MM.Highlights:*Worked with the founder on strategy, pricing, and client management to ensure successful corporate partner engagements for Gucci, P&G, and Kellogg’s, yielding more than $6MM subgranted to grassroots organizations and global NGOs, for more than 290 projects in 81 countries.*Designed the plan to raise annual operations funding of $2MM through foundation investors, building from initial seed funding.*Capitalized on the momentum generated by Gucci’s “Chime for Change” concert featuring Beyonce and global campaign tapping into the social networks of dozens of high-profile curators, including Beyonce, Salma Hayek-Pinault, and Melinda Gates, to attract new donor prospects.

Greater New York City Area

National nonprofit supporting college access for low-income students; operating budget of $18MM.Highlights:*Launched fundraising efforts during year 3 of NY operations by establishing relationships with NY foundations, building leadership structures, and diversifying funding sources to include government grants and fee-for-service.*Completed fundraising for a $10MM “launch fund,” comprised primarily of individual donors.*Built an Advisory Board and a Junior Board that raised more than $300K annually. Exceeded $1MM+ revenue goals every year, including during the economic downturn of 2008. *Built a cohort of regular donors to fund the training of student peer mentors for the college process, impacting more than 5,000 students annually and improving schools’ college-going rates by 35%.

Greater New York City Area

International nonprofit teaching low-income youth to build businesses; operating budget of $13MM.Highlights:*Tripled the region’s annual fundraising performance with an average annual growth rate of 23%.*Solicited and secured major gifts through an annual Gala.*Created a strategy for diversification of revenue and secured NYC City Council discretionary funding.*Implemented a strategic plan that increased trained students in NYC by 150% and 21K within 6 years.*As Acting Co-Regional Director, managed 1 development and 5 program staffers, legislative affairs consultants, and external PR firms.*Received leadership awards during 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Leading communications firm, currently a Finn Partners company, specializing in nonprofit and government agency education issues.Highlights:*Managed the firm’s largest client the National Science Foundation account including budget and staffing and its multi-year, multi-million dollar contract for the Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) program.*Directed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Oglala Lakota College and Wellesley College accounts, delivering direct marketing, graphic design, content and images, and website updates.*Planned organizations’ annual conferences through messaging, marketing, and onsite operations.

B.A., Psychology, Women'S Studies

Echols Scholars Program; Distinguished Majors Program; Graduated with High Distinction

Leadership Caucus

Women’S Leadership At Points Of Transition

Leadership New York