Fund raising including events and major gift campaignsFund raising auditsStrategic PlanningBoard DevelopmentCients include: ReBuilding Together, Albie Aware Breast Cancer Foundation, Closing the Gap, HomeAid

•Broad administrative and leadership experience: a) Budget development and oversight, b) Management of staff and volunteers utilizing coaching, motivation and team building and c) Implementation of local and national policies and strategic initiatives.•Excellent public speaking, interpersonal and communication skills. Extensive experience as the “voice” of an organization and its mission.•Accomplished in business, strategic and long-range planning•Extensive experience in fund development: a) Major Gifts, b) Grant writing, c) Event planning and d) Long-term donor cultivation and stewardship•Broad marketing skills: a) Direct mail, b) Event advertising and c) Newsletter publication/writing/editing•Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office products and Raiser’s Edge Professional ExperienceMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SACRAMENTO & NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIAExecutive Director – 1999-2010•Grew revenue 68% •Raised $3 million in an endowment campaign and $4 million in a capital campaign (Gifts from $250-$750,000)•Increased the number of children served by 60%•Led a team of 20+ to raise $2 million+ annually and achieve strategic plan initiatives using goal setting, coaching and bi-annual performance appraisal/review•Successfully worked with a 20 person Board of Directors: a) Board development/recruitment, b) Monthly meeting planning and implementation, c) Collaborative strategic plan development and d) Completion of fund raising goals. •Created three volunteer councils to expand awareness, mission delivery and revenue in communities outside of the greater Sacramento area (Stockton, Modesto and Redding) •Graduated from leadership courses: a) Sierra Health Leadership Program, b) Bank of America Neighborhood Builders Nationwide Leadership Program and c) Center for Creative Leadership-North Carolina (one of 17 Make-A-Wish executives chosen)•Created and coordinated the building of “The Wishing Place.” (One of three nationwide)