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Create original quilts and quilt installations for public and private collections, exhibitions, and publications. Lecture to community groups and at academic conferences about processes and theories of how quiltmakers produce objects and communicate in artistic groups.Teach quiltmaking courses in a variety of art and craft settings.Create, produce, and distribute marketing materials about my work.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Supporting Early Childhood Education with an incredible team of teachers and early education professionals.

Asheville, North Carolina Area

Served as part of a great team to inspire philanthropy and fund amazing community programs in the areas of Education, Income and Health.

Waterville, Maine

Managed all resource development initiatives including annual fundraising campaign. Served as an organization spokesperson, clearly and effectively communicating the messages, philosophy, and practices both inside and outside the organization. Created and implemented an innovative year-round communications strategy to develop donor relationships and establish a broad level of understanding for the work of the organization. Suggested updates and refinements to communications strategy using analytics on constituent patterns of behavior and prepared campaign status reports showing year-to-year trends.Wrote, designed, edited and produced reports and campaign materials for various constituent groups.Oversaw PR/Marketing initiatives and developed promotional materials for print and web.Facilitated volunteer committees including annual campaign committee, development committee, and PR/Marketing committee; maintained minutes and project reports.Identified, recruited, and trained volunteers to increase engagement with strategies and messaging.Supervised, motivated, recognized, and thanked interns, volunteers and teams.Planned and implemented all events for the organization and managed campaign budget and events budgets.Provided professional research on fundraising trends and best practices both inside and outside of United Way system.

Served continental educational organization in project management, marketing, messaging, fundraising, and event planning.Coordinated all aspects of daily communications of busy development office for a continental educational organization with 3 regional offices, 8 outreach regions and over 160 schools in North America.Facilitated the creation and distribution of branding/messaging for Waldorf Education.Strategized and wrote text for successful grant appeals and fundraising campaigns. Coordinated management of all information technologies in office, including all data storage. Reorganized and redesigned the AWSNA website and e-commerce store to increase revenue and to ensure the success of mission and message.Planned, conceptualized, and participated in events and conferences across the U.S. Accomplished project management goals while reducing costs by utilizing volunteers and outside vendors.Interviewed and introduced new staff and conceptualized key understandings of constituent base and organization’s mission and goals.Studied and participated in group-work to strengthen the team’s understanding of the organization’s mission.

Ba, Ma Ed, Literature, Secondary English Education

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