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- Manage $14 million foundation and oversee all aspects of operations including investments, finances, grant applications, grant evaluations, and data management.- Lead board through strategic development and execution of policies, planning, grantmaking, and board education

Columbia, South Carolina Area

- Facilitated volunteer committees and partner with foundation leadership to further philanthropic education in South Carolina.- Coordinated communications and programming for the network of 40 South Carolina foundations.

- Developing marketing plans for independent authors and coaching clients on marketing strategies, tactics, and plan execution. (Outskirts Press, Inc.)- Building an in-depth marketing model to analyze national and regional trends in the alcoholic beverage market and to determine where private label and control brand opportunities exist for national mass retailers. (PL360)- Analyzed state-wide data from North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles to determine customer segmentation and strategies to drive increased organ donor designations on drivers’ licenses. (Donate Life North Carolina)

- Conducted defensive merchandizing research and analyzed profitability of product marking.- Designed pilot program for product marking.- Created model for pilot expansion.

- Served as member of Foundation management team to create overall Foundation strategies, policies, and procedures. - Created and developed marketing and development plan resulting in foundation asset growth from $180 million in 2002 to $280 million in 2006.- Maintained the alignment of foundation scope through initiating and leading staff-wide discussions on policies resulting in cohesive approach to marketing and consistent philanthropic relations.- Identified public relations risks and created crisis management plans to mitigate potential damages related foundation operations and public relations.- Redesigned and executed community awards processes resulting in increased diversity and quantity of nominations and more accurately reflected the community in the applicant pools and selection committees.- Coached president and executive staff on media relations which developed the foundation’s reputation as a leading North Carolina foundation.- Positioned the foundation as the regional expert on social capital and worked with local community members towards creating community-wide marketing strategy.

- Defined activities and their sequence, duration, budget, and resources for all communications supporting foundation strategy through award-winning annual report, newsletters, and website. - Planned and executed multiple events for diverse audiences including an annual luncheon which grew in one year from 600 to 950 participants and doubled corporate sponsorship.- Built strategic relationships with media resulting in consistent story placement.

- Developed and managed relationships with vendors and clients resulting in retained and increased business.- Planned and executed media strategies for large and small organizations that met client goals.- Wrote, edited, and coordinated design, production, and delivery of client brochures, newsletters, press releases, and all other collateral material.- Researched and proposed community relations opportunities for BMW Manufacturing Corp. and coordinated the execution of their sponsorship of the South Carolina Teacher of the Year Award resulting in increased corporate goodwill.

Masters Of Business Administration

- Created rebranding and marketing strategy for adventure travel company which included analysis of profitability, pricing.

Masters Of Mass Communications, Public Relations/Image Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History