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Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, California, United States

Promoted to Director in December 2022Philanthropy Advisor, April 2021 - December 2022

Greater Philadelphia Area

ECS empowers individuals and families to take control of their futures. Prior: Chief of External Relations; Director of Institutional & External Relations• Initiated and led a comprehensive institutional rebranding, launching a new communications strategy. The new brand was built to align with and support a significant strategic mission shift. Particulars included: content and message development; interconnected brand promise, attributes, narratives, channels, and design; and secondary and tertiary brand properties.• Secures $6 million in individual, foundation, corporate, and government support annually with demonstrated outcomes in capital projects and driving program growth: over four years, increased funding and participation in one youth program by 500%.• Launched a subbrand and corresponding communications plan to resonate with a previously untapped population, after collaborating to develop a cutting edge, research-based program that facilitates upward economic mobility for under and unemployed Philadelphians. • Built thought-leadership conference drawing influencers and changemakers.• Strategy planner and facilitator, serving as a member of the Executive Staff. Led internal leadership development initiatives establishing consistency in management and leadership practices.• Manage a team of fifteen professionals and oversee of all fundraising, marketing, communications, event, volunteer, institutional relations, and board management functions. • Co-lead consulting on strategic plan development for community and education organizations.• Promoted to current role due to the ability to drive change, motivate staff, and achieve goals.

Greater Philadelphia Area

The Career Wardrobe is the nation’s largest community-based non-profit organization serving women transitioning into the workforce by providing professional attire and innovative educational programs. Since 1995, The Career Wardrobe has assisted over 70,000 women by inspiring the confidence necessary to achieve independence.• Established annual development plan for the organization. • Directed all corporate and foundation related fundraising, raising over $250,000 annually. • Advisory capacity for individual giving and young professionals networking initiatives.• Work with the Director to establish and achieve annual fundraising and long-term partnership goals.• Design and implementation of B2B partnerships that support mission-driven projects and bridge fiscal years. • Provided supervision and mentorship for a grant writer.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Founded in 2004 by choreographer Nichole Canuso, Nichole Canuso Dance Company (NCDC) is dedicated to creating performance experiences that embrace the complexity and absurdity of humanity while sitting at the crossroads of movement, visual art, and theater. Projects are developed through collaboration across disciplines with dancers, designers, musicians, writers, and software designers and range from small-scale movement explorations to large-scale immersive installations. NCDC often brings dance out of conventional spaces to engage audiences in adventurous ways.• Worked in collaboration with the Artistic Director of the company, facilitating its administration and program development, including budgeting, marketing, fundraising, and board development.• Designed and lead a capacity-building project establishing an innovative scalable fundraising structure.

Greater Philadelphia Area

ECS makes a difference by helping individuals and families with multiple needs overcome the impact of poverty. ECS keeps families together, helps children and youth thrive, and makes communities stronger.The agency serves about 2000 individuals annually, sheltering homeless families, educating adults, protecting at-risk children and helping seniors live safely in their homes.• Planned, implemented, and reported on all aspects of the individual giving program, raising over $1 million annually. • Supervision of two full-time development staff, and provide management assistance to staff of eight.• Instituted innovative projects to develop meaningful relationships with the community.• Worked with director and major/planned gifts officer to implement fundraising and communication strategy.• Managed all donor-related events including follow up and third-party events, and revitalized individual giving to the Annual Fund through personalized donor contact.• Planned the organization’s 140th Anniversary Gala, a one-time event, which far surpassed fundraising goals, and initiated a cultivation strategy designed to increase individual donations by 20% in the next fiscal year.• Revitalized the women’s group of the agency emphasizing community outreach and hands-on involvement.

Greater Philadelphia Area

WOMEN’S WAY is in a unique position to tackle the region’s most pressing problems by leveraging grantmaking, public education, and advocacy initiatives to respond directly to community needs. Each year, WOMEN’S WAY supports vital agencies through strategic grantmaking while also advocating for policies that positively impact the lives of more than 200,000 women and their families. In addition, we conduct public education campaigns to promote better understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing women and their families.• Raised $600,000 annually, resulting in over half of the federation’s annually allocated funds by directing large-scale, high-end event productions.• Oversaw the creation and development of annual marketing and event publications.• Established two sub-committees of the Young Women’s Initiative, which organized community outreach initiatives to raise awareness and cultivate volunteers and donors.• Supervised and managed up to 150 active volunteers annually.

Since the Avenue of the Arts was created in 1993, this organization's goal has been to coordinate, oversee, and encourage the development of Philadelphia's rich art district.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Makers of Fine Artisanal Gelato and Sorbetto• Wholesale account development in Philadelphia and New York City restaurant and gourmet grocery markets.• Provided marketing and public relations assistance as it related to sales responsibilities.

Masters Of Education, Dance

Dance/Movement Therapy

Ba, Media Studies, Dance