Rachel Holmes Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington, Dc

Chevy Chase, Md

- Develop and lead the special events fundraising programs to generate sustainable income, marketing and giving among key constituencies of 4-H while increasing the 4-H brand value. - Create and implement revenue generation strategies for the two largest unrestricted fundraising events, the annual Legacy Awards Gala and National Youth Science Day as well as various cultivation events to raise a total of $1.2 million.- Identify event volunteer leadership and organizing committee members, solicit underwriting support, create and implement an event management plan and execute events within event budgets and achieve fundraising goals.- Support Board of Trustees alongside Chief of Staff and administer all aspects of in-person board meetings. - Restored the Youth in Action scholarship program and continue to work to increase the number of scholarships and applications, build media awareness and develop on-going opportunities for finalists.

- Managed all aspects of fundraising events in growth markets throughout the United States and supported various aspects of fundraising events in major markets in order to help reach the shared fundraising goal of $1.6 million through No Kid Hungry seated dinners and cultivation events within the Major gifts team.- Worked collaboratively with the Major Gifts team and other internal departments to strengthen and achieve greater synergy between fundraising dinners and donors, leverage culinary event assets more strategically, increase programmatic messaging at events and raise additional revenue to support the mission.- Cultivated and strengthened new and existing relationships with restaurants/chefs, major donors, in-kind donors and external vendors and well as internally across various departments within the organization. - Assessed viability and fundraising potential of new events and had a solid understanding of competitive events in various markets. - Served as Chair of the Leadership Awards Dinner at Share Our Strength’s National Conference of Leaders, a conference of 500 of the organization’s greatest supporters.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Actively participated in the execution and management of 14 fundraising programs, specifically high dollar seated dinners and tasting events with total revenue of $1.7 million. - Tracked financial and event data accurately and in real time in order to support existing work plans and strategies to meet event fundraising goals. - Strengthened and developed new relationships with external contacts for events (local donors, chefs, mixologists, auction and in-kind donors) while maintaining and growing existing relationships by ensuring proactive and effective communication.- Developed and researched new market plans for fundraising events and sources by assessing viability, potential and market competition.- Managed timely acknowledgement process for donors, sponsors and chefs.- Solicited items for and managed live and silent auctions at events.

- Collected and tracked all pre and post-event information for over 70 events and analyze information to plan for future event seasons.- Served as point of contact for all questions from the public regarding culinary events, ticket sales, sponsorships and general interest. - Prepared for Conference of Leaders, a national conference serving volunteers and advocates and hosted roundtable discussions on various topics.- Created and oversaw intern program, including cohort and interdepartmental projects and out of office activities. - Responsible for data management of all events in Raiser’s Edge database, Convio online database, websites and social media outlets for all remote and local field staff.

- Coordinated annual workplace giving campaigns by determining the best strategic approach for each organization and acquired new accounts while utilizing ANDAR fundraising software.- Maximized fundraising results from existing and new accounts, as well as through the Combined Federal Campaign and the Florida State Employees’ Charitable Campaign. - Built community partnerships and established support for United Way of North Central Florida among businesses and community leaders through volunteer development.- Provided support to the fundraising committee of the Board of Directors.

-Served as point of contact for the 2009-2011 Community Investment grant process which allocated funds raised by campaign.-Prepared materials and presentations for multiple volunteer orientations and compiled semiannual grant reports and outcomes.-Developed the Volunteer Solutions online database for volunteer opportunities with community agencies.

-Updated UWW 2-1-1 database of active call centers (236) by creating sharing pages designed to access information.-Conducted interviews with 100 call centers regarding special campaigns and reported information on internal website.-Reviewed personnel applications with Talent Management team and conducted phone interviews for incoming fall interns.

Masters, Public Administration

- Concentration: Non-profit Organizations and Student Affairs - Capstone: Created a revenue diversification and event fundraising strategy.

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology And Criminology

Activities and Societies: Campus Recruitment Assistant Director (Aug 2007 - Nov 2007) March of Dimes GatorWalk, Gainesville, FL Teaching.