• Streamlined online giving appeals and processes, tripling the number of donors within a year and raising $350,000 • Prudently managed annual budget, trimming $10,000 from 2008 expenditures• Collaborated with national corporations for successful online and on-site raffle and auction campaigns• Created multimedia giving campaigns incorporating high-profile spokespeople and interactive giving sites• Managed month-long Phonathon, including training of nine 30-volunteer teams of… Show more • Streamlined online giving appeals and processes, tripling the number of donors within a year and raising $350,000 • Prudently managed annual budget, trimming $10,000 from 2008 expenditures• Collaborated with national corporations for successful online and on-site raffle and auction campaigns• Created multimedia giving campaigns incorporating high-profile spokespeople and interactive giving sites• Managed month-long Phonathon, including training of nine 30-volunteer teams of student callers Show less

Office of Institutional Advancement, Baltimore, MD•Orchestrated outsourced telemarketing program by specifically targeting Alumni, Athletes, and Parents •Exceeded Campaign goals by raising $400,000, and reached a five-year Alumni participation high for FY07 •Oversaw planning and production of multiple highly personalized direct mail appeals •Refined data analysis skills by ordering, running, manipulating, and scrutinizing prospect data•Managed Faculty/Staff… Show more Office of Institutional Advancement, Baltimore, MD•Orchestrated outsourced telemarketing program by specifically targeting Alumni, Athletes, and Parents •Exceeded Campaign goals by raising $400,000, and reached a five-year Alumni participation high for FY07 •Oversaw planning and production of multiple highly personalized direct mail appeals •Refined data analysis skills by ordering, running, manipulating, and scrutinizing prospect data•Managed Faculty/Staff Campaign•Planned and implemented Presidential On Campus Alumni Reception event•Increased pledge fulfillment and donor retention through innovative ‘Thank-a-Thon’ Calling Nights•Trained and managed groups of alumni and student volunteers•Interviewed, photographed, and crafted unique alumni profiles for sophisticated e-mail appeals encouraging online giving•Collaborated with Student Activities Board, Student Government Association to customize giving message for proposed Senior Gift program Show less

Instructor and Residential Advisor, Explorations Summer Program, New Haven, CT •Acted in loco parentis for forty young high school men for six weeks at Yale University dormitories •Created and taught two comprehensive courses (Modern Terrorism and World Religions)

HWS Connect Student Ambassador, HWS, Alumni Office, Geneva, NY (Fall 2003-2006)•Personally fundraised over $75,000 for HWS•Enhanced interpersonal and communication skills by contacting alumni of all ages•Developed comprehensive understanding of both the personal solicitation process and philanthropic philosophy •Experienced first hand how certain population segments respond to specific fundraising messages•Built an array of conversational… Show more HWS Connect Student Ambassador, HWS, Alumni Office, Geneva, NY (Fall 2003-2006)•Personally fundraised over $75,000 for HWS•Enhanced interpersonal and communication skills by contacting alumni of all ages•Developed comprehensive understanding of both the personal solicitation process and philanthropic philosophy •Experienced first hand how certain population segments respond to specific fundraising messages•Built an array of conversational techniques to respond to rebuttals Show less

Grassroots Organizer, Clean Water Action, Boston, MA (Summer 2005)•Organized communities through education and fundraising to protect water resources•Sharpened my interpersonal communication skills through door-to-door organizing •Maintained a competitive $150 a night quota which strengthened my resolve and dedication to fundraising •Broadened my experience by adapting to an environmental ‘ask’, as opposed to higher education ‘ask’