Margaret Downs Email & Phone Number

Ridgewood, Nj

Issue Birth CertificatesAssist with Weight Loss ChallengeCoordinate Public Health outreachIssue Death CertificatesAssist with Animal Licensing

Ridgewood, Nj

• Greet and direct visitors • Provide wide-ranging administrative support • Assist residents with Village Services including parking permits and garage sale permits• Support the Village Manager and Village Clerk with various projects and programs

Ridgewood, Nj

Recruit, train and supervise volunteers for seven high profile events, promoting town and local businesses and benefiting local charities.Ladies Night: 10 volunteers, 400+ attendees, benefiting YWCADowntown for the Holidays: annual tree lighting ceremony with 2000+ attendeesWalk in her Shoes: 10 volunteers, set-up, food/beverage service, guest registrationTaste of Ridgewood: secured vendors, recruited volunteers for guest registrationCar Show: volunteer teams registered car owners, directed traffic, 4000 attendees, benefiting Chamber scholarship programFashion Night: volunteers greeted attendees, served food/wineThe Huddle Zone Big Game: 200 attendees each for 2 days, 10 volunteers including people from 2 new organizations, benefitted Family Promise of Bergen County and Social Services Association of Ridgewood and Vicinity.

Ridgewood, Nj

Managed 35 people and a budget of $100,000 for a 2 and ½ hour parade and fireworks celebration attended by 40,000 people. Handled press releases, marketing, fund raising, hiring of entertainment, coordination of municipal departments and planning parade line-up.

Ridgewood, Nj

Coordinate member activities including auditions, contracts, communications and rehearsalsReceive donations and send acknowledgment lettersWork with Music Director regarding ordering music, scheduling rehearsals and contracting soloistsWork with the Board of Directors regarding special performances, marketing and booking venues

Paramus, Nj

Recruited 16 volunteers for Community Thrift Shop project.Collected “Back-to-School” supplies from corporate partners including 1 new partner and 2 lapsed partners for 75 children; saved organization $13K.Assisted in coordination of volunteer support including introductions, screening and placement, support of group volunteer projects, especially community drives.Coordinated friend-raiser program and assisted with other events.Conducted monthly agency tours with prospective donors and volunteers.Updated database; generated reports and mailings.Assist with donor relations, fundraising, volunteer and communications outreach.

Ridgewood, Nj

Lead meetings and coordinate events for a free peer volunteer support group for people who are actively looking for work and would like to re-invigorate their job search. This includes anyone in career transition, recent college grads, laid-off workers, unemployed or underemployed professional, persons re-entering the job market or struggling small business owners and retirees looking for part time work. For information contact John R. Fugazzie @ johnrfugazzie@aol.com

Westwood, Nj

•Provide comprehensive administrative support to law office staff.•Compile information re: services and prepare billing statements. Resolve backlog of unbilled services. •Prepare correspondence to clients, courts and opposing attorneys as directed.•Introduced filing system for easy retrieval of case information.Praised for tremendous efforts to help the firm.

• Winner of SOAR award, which recognized outstanding customer service.• Supported development efforts for two theatres and extensive Arts Education program.• Exceeded expectations of corporate sponsors to ensure continued support of organization.• Managed logistics for events, including guest seating, catering, special accommodations.• Maintained donor database using Raisers Edge; prepared mailing lists for solicitation.• Prepared donor letters acknowledging gifts.

Ridgewood, Nj

Wrote and distributed all press releases announcing grant recipients and their projects. Liaison to Super Science Saturday; a day long, community-wide science fair that attracts and educates hundreds of student presenters and guests. Worked to create an alumni association.

Demarest, Nj

• Supported Development Office activities for 550-student girls’ high school.• Maintained donor database, processing gifts and acknowledgement letters.• Collaborated with Alumnae Office to improve alumnae giving.• Assisted with planning of class reunions and reunion giving programs.• Revamped phone-a-thon procedures; trained staff, student and alumnae volunteers, leading to increase in revenue.• Generated management reports for annual fund and capital campaigns.• Improved accuracy and completeness of alumnae information resulting in high percentage of alumnae giving.

Montvale, Nj

• Coordinated all aspects of customer service for publisher of nine magazines.• Managed subscription renewals and billing.• Maintained subscriber database, improving accuracy through staff training.• Prepared label runs for magazine distributions.

Bergenfield, Nj

• Worked in headquarters of parent company for The Cadets Drum Corps and US Scholastic Band Association.• Managed donor and alumni relations, including events, newsletters and phone contacts.• Organized fundraising efforts: phone-a-thons and direct mail campaigns.• Handled marketing for food donations.• Coordinated volunteer involvement for fundraising activities and events.

Ho Ho Kus, Nj

• Worked in US headquarters of quarterly magazine covering Irish and Irish-American culture.• Coordinated general office activities; hired temporary help as needed.• Managed contact with subscribers: renewals, billing and problem resolution.• Maintained subscriber database and inventory of archived magazine issues.• Handled direct mail campaigns and developed ideas for increasing circulation.• Assisted editor-in-chief and publisher with story research, budgeting and public relations.• Communicated with third-party suppliers; ordered equipment and supplies.

Education record

Bergen LEADS is a year-long learning and leadership experience. Bergen LEADS was developed to help people with some leadership experience.

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Education