- Create and manage the Foundation’s annual $35M budget.- Generate revenue and expense projections, working with development and program teams to ensure nothing is overlooked. Flag problem areas and suggest solutions.- Manage grant budgets and compliance for 20+ private and corporate foundation grants at any given time. - Authorize spending and payments to vendors.- Draft contracts and see them through to execution.- Serve as primary point of contact with the Chamber's shared services (finance, HR, legal, IT, building operations.- In partnership with HR, improve employee engagement, administer performance reviews and annual compensation increases, initiate recruitment/hiring process, onboard new employees.

• Created, scheduled, and sent marketing emails to targeted lists and maintain subscriber database• Managed the registration site for events and kept updated attendee lists• Oversaw on-site registration during events• Maintained and updated event website pages with photos and text• Worked with the graphics team to produce print and digital marketing collateral• Performed foundation research for fundraising purposes

-Researched issues that will become important in the business world in the next ten years-Wrote blogs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Website-Contributed to the creation of the Business Horizon Quarterly publication-Event planning and management-Increased the social media presence of the Foundation by editing website content, writing tweets, and drafting Facebook updates

• Assisted the Finance and Development managers with general fundraising activities• Wrote grant proposals and performed foundation research• Planned and managed various events• Carried out legislative and political research, drafted policy briefs and blog posts