Morgan Gemay Marks [She/Her] Email & Phone Number

Great Falls, Mt, Us

Great Falls, Mt, Us

Great Falls, Montana, United States

• Manage strategic stakeholder outreach plan to cultivate new relations and coordinate outreach, informational and engagement meetings with diverse stakeholders underrepresented in conservation in Western Montana; 83 meetings held since November 2023.• Coordinated the annual staff and board retreats for over 60 staff and board members, to support day-long field trips with partners for them to learn about on-the-ground projects.

Montana, United States

• Offer professional writing services, event management and coordination, volunteer recruitment and management services, poetry focused services for weddings, gatherings, retreats and individualized gifts.• Human interest and travel focused storytelling and blog writing through interviews, poetry and the written word. • Create and implement comprehensive social media campaigns with strategic thoughtful messaging and content creation.• Contract grant writer and have successfully supported nonprofit organizations with receiving federal grant funding totaling $200,000.

Great Falls, Montana, United States

• Manage and create content for the Master Hunter Program social media platforms and engage current Master Hunter graduates.

Great Falls, Montana, United States

• Manage and create content for One Montana and the Master Hunter Program social media platforms and LinkedIn.• Manage, plan, coordinate and implement 20+ stewardship projects for Master Hunter Program graduates with landowner partners.• Support fundraising with making asks and receiving in-kind donations (10+) for the annual auction and ranch to table dinner event.• Focused on cultivating and fostering landowner and hunter relationships across Montana.

Great Falls, Montana, United States

• Coordinate, plan and implement conservation related field events for landowners, federal and state agencies, and community members.• Recruit, coordinate and manage volunteers for volunteer field days.

White Sulphur Springs, Montana

• Support the management and organization of ticketing for a 15,000 person annual music festival held in a cow pasture in rural Montana.

Great Falls, Montana, United States

• Focused on cultivating and fostering relationships across Montana to engage old and new members, affiliates, and supporters in advocacy, stewardship, and policy work.• Create strategic messaging, write content, and blogs about conservation campaigns, education, and fieldwork.• Manage multiple priorities as a dual hire between Montana Wildlife Federation and National Wildlife Federation, inclusive of conservation campaigns, communications and outreach, and engaging with coalitions.• Coordinate event planning and volunteer participation, and field project planning and implementation focused on outreach, fundraising, and building relations.

Helena, Montana

• Manage all aspects of the Programs and Family Services departments inclusive of outreach and marketing.• Manage and oversee a committee of 10 volunteers that support direct family service work.• Serve as the Host Site Manager for AmeriCorps members and manage administrative, onboarding and training.• Manage all aspects of group coordination and provide accountability to meet program requirements.• Originate USDA DIRECT loans for applicants and gather materials to support applicants in becoming eligible to participate in the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Mutual Self-Help Rural Development program.• Wrote and received a grant to support the implementation and creation of a new partnership and pilot project to support applicants with one-on-one personalized financial education with a local financial coach.

London, Ontario

• Researched community-based participatory approaches to support diverse projects with First Nations peoples.• Supported economic development projects which consisted of creating and conducting 300 household surveys, community outreach and marketing via social media, and multiple events for 7 First Nations communities.• Copywrote and copyedited over 10 literature reviews and contributed to 1 report.• Facilitated 1 training session and 5 workshops for First Nations youth and community members to gather feedback.• Managed 7 First Nations co-researchers working on project implementation, marketing surveys and outreach support.• Supported emergent design processes for community engagement and project development.

Brisbane, Australia

• Wrote and edited a business proposal to create an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student-run university magazine to promote student engagement and belonging.

Brisbane, Australia

• Liaised with over 175 Australia Awards short-course students and staff from Australia, South Pacific, Asian, and African countries.• Provided administrative support including inputting data, printing, binding, and content creation.

Brisbane, Australia

• Awarded 1 of 50 Rotary International Peace Fellowships totaling $100,000+ for excellence in leadership and service.• Managed the expectations and requirements of multiple stakeholders to fulfill my fellowship responsibilities.• Coordinated logistics and planned the annual cohort Canberra visit for 10 Peace Fellows.• Spoke and publicly presented at over 10 engagements at Rotary Clubs across contexts.

Brisbane, Australia

• Co-created a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation quantitative and qualitative framework to evaluate student engagement, programming, events and activities.

Brisbane, Australia

• Served as a mentee through the new student-mentor initiative.

Helena, Montana

• Facilitated the distribution of $270,000 in funding to support the expansion of apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship partnership programs with tribal colleges.• Fostered relations with tribal communities and statewide partners internal and external to government.• Created department-wide equity specific resources for staff and employers.• Promoted partnerships with organizations and community leaders statewide to strengthen and create inclusive and equitable apprenticeship pathways.• Facilitated the partnership of multiple community organizations to receive grant funding.

Helena, Montana

• Managed volunteers and directly managed 30 field staff who gathered over 42,000 signatures to qualify for the November ballot: the initiative passed at the November ballot with a vote of 58% to 42%.• Drove voter engagement through communication across multiple channels.

Helena, Montana

• Supported and managed 11 Career Specialists working in middle and high schools with programming.• Created a strategic plan that increased partnerships through targeted marketing and outreach.• Planned, coordinated and supported the execution of 3 annual events for over 130 participants.• Served as a mentor for students and supported their education, growth and leadership development.

Lundazi, Zambia

• Fund-raised over $3000 to support the renovation of the local community school.• Wrote and received a grant that supported 11 farmers in receiving training about sustainable agriculture.• Directly supported 10 community groups in expanding and creating income generating activities; served as an advisor, educator, and resource to provide technical assistance to community members about rural fish farming.• Facilitated the connection between community members and community groups with outside resources such as non-governmental organizations, government officials and grant opportunities.• Planned and delivered a health focused workshop about nutrition, HIV/AIDS, alcoholism, and gender violence, with over 200 attendees.• Coordinated and organized a training about rice production with over 130 attendees in which 200 kilograms of rice were distributed for planting.• Served as co-chair of the Peer Support Diversity Network (PSDN) and was responsible for the recruitment, training, and selection of incoming members, coordinating and leading meetings, and serving as a peer supporter.

Helena, Montana

• Planned and coordinated over 20 fundraising events with businesses and community members.• Managed donor and volunteer acknowledgment and database and coordinated volunteer support and outreach.

Missoula, Montana

• Organized, recruited, trained, and managed over 100 volunteers who participated in phone banks.

Boulder, Colorado

• Created content for e-mail communications, newsletters, and announcements directed to potential donors.• Researched prospect funders and sourced new grant opportunities.

Boulder, Colorado

• Researched prospect funders and sourced new grant opportunities.• Supported the creation of marketing materials through copywriting and copyediting.• Represented the organization at community events and spoke publicly to community members.

Denver, Colorado

• Managed the annual online auction to promote fundraising and raised more than 150% of the revenue goal.• Provided logistical support for the Forum conference event in Washington, DC as part of the programs team.• Researched various fundraising strategies and topics, such as gift acceptance policies, in preparation for new development reports and initiatives for the Board. • Coordinated the end of year appeal mailing and donor acknowledgment letters.

Denver, Colorado

• Managed, organized, and coordinated logistics for a new fundraising event designed to attract a new constituency and donor base.• Raised more than $1,000 for education and nutrition programs in Kenya from the sale of 66 participant tickets and from the sale of raffle tickets.• Generated 38 in-kind donations from local businesses.

Kalispell, Montana

• Co-led and managed a crew of 5 adults that performed trail work, fostered a positive service ethic, and facilitated individual performance meetings with each crew member.• Maintained sponsor and partner relations and insured that projects were accomplished efficiently and safely.• Taught educational lessons inclusive of Leave No Trace principles, tool maintenance and usage, fire starting and navigational skills.• Assisted in facilitating trainings for members, participated in skills trainings.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• 1 of 5 selected Corps Members out of 200 as the recipient of the Greatness Award for outstanding service.• Fundraised over $8,000 to cover all expenses for over 100 high-school students to attend a week-long summer camp free of charge.• Tutored and provided in-class, direct support for 5 high-school classrooms.• Mentored and directly supported 3 students through a newly created teacher initiative focused on raising students’ grades.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Peace Studies And Conflict Resolution

Rotary International Peace Fellow, The University of Queensland Rotary Peace Centre.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Human Rights, Certificate Of Humanitarian Assistance

Activities and Societies: Co-led the Students for Africa student-run club.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology And Government

Activities and Societies: Student Government; Varsity Softball.Relevant Coursework: Human Rights/Human Wrongs: Worked on an asylum.