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Sacramento, California, United States

I am charged with building several new revenue streams for the organization to increase wildfire resiliency for communities across the state.

Martinez, California, United States

Martinez, California, United States

Since starting at John Muir Land Trust I have successfully increased contributed revenue generation five-fold ($1M to $5M), built an effective fundraising team to support scaling the organization, and personally cultivated, solicited, and stewarded new five- and six-figure major gifts.

Martinez, Ca

I was responsible for managing a portfolio of major donors and prospects through a series of cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts. This includes the creation, implementation, and ongoing management of John Muir Land Trust's Leadership Circle launched in 2019. In my role, I additionally provided support for other development functions including crafting our annual development plan, budgeting, cash flow management, staffing the board of directors' development committee, and direct mail campaigns. In all, my team is responsible for raising $7M a year including funds raised for special campaigns.

Berkeley Ca

I led the organization's fundraising activities including developing and implementing three new membership categories to help build the organization's capacity. I also increased revenue from corporate sponsors for the annual Open Space Conference that convenes over 75 membership organizations working towards conservation efforts in the Bay Area. I strengthened relationships with foundation partners and brought in new foundation funders to increase institutional giving.

Oakland, Ca

I managed a portfolio of over 50 foundations, raising $1.4 million a year. I produced As You Sow's 20th Anniversary event, the organization's first fundraiser, and strengthened communications to donors via on-line and print materials. I additionally oversaw the development of the organization's donor database (Salseforce.com) for better contact management and overall fundraising efforts through the management of the donor database associate.

Clients included C.E.O. Women, Youth Yoga Dharma, Center of Movement, and Out of Site Youth Center. I provided institutional funder research, grant proposal writing, and grants calendar development and management. In addition, I provided annual fund planning and production of appeals and on-line fundraising efforts.

San Francisco, Ca

- Managed the mid- to high- level annual giving program (gifts of $1,000 or more, 800 in portfolio, responsible for raising $1.3M annually) including cultivation, written and in person coordinated solicitations and stewardship working closely with the Development Director, President, board and consultant - Managed a direct mail fundraising campaign (gifts of $999 and below, 23,000 donors, raised $1M) working with a consultant; developed and implemented e-appeal solicitation plan - Managed the foundation and corporate grants programs (80 in portfolio, responsible for raising over $1M annually); researched and solicited new prospects that resulted in a 30% increase in foundation giving over two years - Managed the Fund’s 20th Anniversary Gala working with volunteer committee; corporate sponsorship program development; (500 attendees, netting over $300k) - Managed Development Associate responsible for assisting me in fundraising and events - Oversaw the day-to-day operations of data entry and gift acknowledgments; developed systems for planning, tracking and reporting fundraising efforts

Freelance grant writer and institutional giving consultant for Zen Hospice Project, City Slicker Farms, and Pacific Institute. Oversaw the organizations grants fundraising programs and worked closely with their program departments in program design and evaluation.

Oakland, Ca

- Managed foundation, corporate and government grants program (150 in portfolio, raising $1.8M annually) - Assisted in producing a five year strategic plan for the agency - Processed institutional gifts and acknowledgements; managed Raisers Edge data entry

San Francisco, Ca

- Assistant to the VP of Development and Communications- Researched potential funders, trends in philanthropy, and foundation constituent issues to serve as background information for grant proposals and other written material - Planned development related events

Bachelor'S Degree, Anthropology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Anthropology