Partners with CEO & Senior Leadership team to drive organizational strategy including developing key performance indicatorsAdvises the CEO on thought leadership opportunities related to emerging trends, process optimization, policy improvements, and strategic partnerships.Fosters positive and effective relationships and collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, including community groups, politicians, and board

Partners with the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) to build virtual events and educational programming to connect and empower women in the musical product industry. One of 15 participants nationally selected as a 2021 Smart Women in Music Summit award recipient, an annual conference to develop emerging female leaders.

Facilitated the exponential growth of national impact footprint from 30K students served in 2009 to over 500K annually through building sustainable operational processes and systems. Worked directly with music product industry leadership, creating “triple bottom line partnerships” with manufacturers and retailers leading to the distribution of 1M+ worth of instruments to educators annually. Oversaw strategy, vision and operations for the Modern Band Summit, a premier music… Show more Facilitated the exponential growth of national impact footprint from 30K students served in 2009 to over 500K annually through building sustainable operational processes and systems. Worked directly with music product industry leadership, creating “triple bottom line partnerships” with manufacturers and retailers leading to the distribution of 1M+ worth of instruments to educators annually. Oversaw strategy, vision and operations for the Modern Band Summit, a premier music education conference founded 2013 with over 600 educators, arts administrators, and thought leaders attending annually. Managed a team of committees that run logistics, budget, marketing and PR, customer service, artist relations, attendee engagement. Responsible for grant compliance and fulfillment as well as stewarding high-level donors resulting in numerous renewed multi-year commitments ranging from the $10K up to $1M+ level.Built and managed a $4M annual budget including reporting and fiscal oversight across over 30 regional markets.Oversaw all programmatic KPIs, data, and outcomes. Optimized Salesforce, Intacct, and other technology systems for efficiency, effectiveness and transparency to lead the organization in data-driven decision makingManaged a team handling logistics for over 50+ professional development events annually, built training models including a Learning Management System digital platform.Collaborated cross-functionally to manage projects full-cycle, including compiling materials for proposals and reports, developing timelines for the execution of deliverables, establishing benchmark goals for project implementation, monitoring spending, and achieving buy-in from applicable internal stakeholders.Key partner with HR in creating best practices and sustainable processes for organizational culture including org-wide DE&I initiatives. Reviewed and approved policies to improve company culture and employee retention. Show less

Oversaw community strategy, brand voice and communications to a participating teacher network, growing national and regional educator communities to over participating 2,500 teachers.Managed logistics for special events involving students and artist collaborators including assisting in planning the organization’s annual fundraising gala with major recording artists.

Organized special events involving students, funders and artist collaborations including assisting in planning the annual Benefit. Coordinated student performance logistics, provided general event support and stage management.Managed ongoing activities, customer service and communications with teachers, students and participating school districts.Set up and participated in local community building events for teachers including annual social-meet ups and district-wide student Jam… Show more Organized special events involving students, funders and artist collaborations including assisting in planning the annual Benefit. Coordinated student performance logistics, provided general event support and stage management.Managed ongoing activities, customer service and communications with teachers, students and participating school districts.Set up and participated in local community building events for teachers including annual social-meet ups and district-wide student Jam Fests. Show less