As member of the Health System Philanthropy team, lead fundraising efforts for UW Medical Center (Northwest and Montlake campuses), Airlift Northwest, the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Division of Pulmonary Medicine. Coordinate major gift fundraising programs, building and maintaining relationships with donors who invest in UW Medicine’s mission and programs.

Responsible for all fundraising and communications for the organization including appeals, special events (luncheon, virtual fundraiser, donor stewardship, open house, parade participation), and donor engagement. Cultivate relationships with major donors, building a portfolio and developing plans to steward and lift major donors. Monitor, measure, analyze and report on effectiveness of each development campaign. Responsible for fundraising and communications for the organization including appeals, special events, and donor engagement (print/web/social media).

Executed part-time temporary leadership and guidance while the permanent Executive Director role was vacant during recruiting. Provided bridge leadership internally and a point of contact for representing EGH with funders, supporters, board, and stakeholders. Provided grants management, financial stewardship and acted as liaison to the Board of Directors.

Manage a donor portfolio to qualify, cultivate, steward and lift major donors. Create and execute individual fundraising plans. Work with program staff and creative department to secure appropriate project information, including budgets to create offers and proposals that fulfill the donors interests and passion and report back on how their giving is making a difference.

Responsible for procuring organization's philanthropic support. Oversaw all WACAP development, fundraising, and grant application activities, providing leadership to evaluate and determine department direction and goals; Created, implemented, managed, and evaluated an annual development plan including budget, staffing, and supervision of outside contractors or vendors; Worked with the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer to provide leadership, guidance, encouragement and support for fund development efforts. Managed all details of events (gala auction; luncheon; 5k fun run; donor stewardship events). Worked with businesses, foundations, and the public to enlist partners for the organization; Ensured coordination of fund development, marketing, and public relations efforts. Worked with WACAP volunteers to recognize fund development opportunities in cities throughout the United States. Identified opportunities to engage adoptive parent alumni in the organization. Served as a spokesperson for fund development efforts on behalf of WACAP, making presentations to the public and internal audiences. Provided oversight and monitoring of the WACAP database in order to recognize and follow through on fund development opportunities and to communicate appropriately with all constituents. Part of WACAP's Executive Team who stewarded the organization through the process to become recognized as a “Leader in Supporting and Serving LGBTQ Youth and Families” by the Human Rights Campaign through the All Children All Families Project.

Developed new international programs including hiring foreign staff, meeting with foreign governmental officials, completing appropriate foreign licensing, and choosing in-country social welfare partners; Created and implemented international memorandums of understanding between WACAP and foreign counterparts; Responsible for the supervision of WACAP’s Russia adoption program, providing support, consultation, direction and problem-solving to case managers. Identified training needs and facilitated weekly meetings and trainings. Responsible for developing implementing and monitoring budgets; Worked as part of WACAP’s Administrative team to create policy and maintain accreditations.

Managed WACAP’s Child Assistance activities and implemented WACAP’s philanthropic mission in King County and nine international countries; represented WACAP to prospective funding partners including foundations, corporate sponsors and private donors; developed new programs and partnerships locally and internationally with other NGO’s and/or governments. Managed sponsorship programs, in-kind donations and project funding. Analyzed procedures and implemented change to improve efficiency of programs. Communicated with local and foreign counterparts; developed marketing and public relations plans to recruit new sponsors and donors; participated in fundraising strategic planning.; evaluated funding/grant requests and allocated funds as appropriate. Participated in WACAP’s administrative team that reviews overall WACAP policies and procedures for quality improvement. Provided vision and leadership to Child Assistance staff and volunteers.

Created a new grant-funded department for the recruitment of families for children waiting for adoption in the U.S. and abroad; implemented step by step plan to successfully meet recruitment goals; created and implemented specific family recruitment campaigns; networked with diagnosis-specific and adoption-related organizations. Hired and supervised Family Finders Staff.

Supervised WACAP’s China, Korea, India, Romania, Thailand, and Waiting Child adoption programs provided support, consultation, direction and problem solving to case managers; identified training needs and facilitated weekly program meetings and trainings; acted as a liaison with social services department to provide appropriate support and intervention to all families in the adoption process, as well as families with difficult or unusual situations; assisted with developing, implementing and monitoring the budgets of supervised programs. Hired new staff. Communicated with foreign counterparts Facilitated the adoption process of families adopting children including reviewing and processing documentation, corresponding with foreign counterparts, corresponding with U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; provided education to prospective adoptive parents regarding the adoption process and regulations; spoke at public information meetings regarding adoption and the adoption process.