Rebecca Blessing Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Providing onsite and remote non-profit consultant specializing in strategic programmatic and organizational management, evaluation and development. Expertise in global child welfare issues. Clients include Lutheran Family Services of the Rocky Mountains, Agape Adoptions, Lifesong for Orphans and The Road to Hope.

Greater Denver Area

University College, Masters of Strategic of Human Resources

Denver, Colorado, United States

Family Support: Assisted families in determining if birthright travel was appropriate for their children and worked with families to develop the trip to fit their needs.Logistics and Coordination: Worked with in-country teams to plan details for travel of fifty to one hundred individuals including transportation, accommodation, and airlines.Organization and record keeping: Maintained client information, financial records, and collected payments.Marketing: Created and delivered marketing emails utilizing Constant Contact.

Alexandria, Va

Manage all aspects of the organization’s operations including program development, implementation, strategic planning, staffing, and budgeting. Work closely with the Board of Directors to develop strategic priorities for the long-term governance, financial resource development and strategic planning of the organization. Along with the President prepare agendas, materials, budgets and reports for quarterly board meetings. Advise the President and Board on financial planning, budgeting, cash flow and human resource policy.Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement by guiding, supporting, and empowering staff, interns and volunteers. Hired, trained and managed over 60 full and part time staff, interns and volunteers. Develop and oversee staff training. Establish performance priorities, goals and evaluations, and determine salary adjustments.Lead a team of staff, Board members, volunteers and meeting facilitators in the execution of the Annual Child Welfare Symposium. The Symposium is a yearly three-day gathering of over 200 global child welfare experts, professionals and advocates. Consistently exceeded attendee and revenue projections.

Directed the development, implementation and management of all programs and services for this international children’s rights advocacy coalition including Education & Research, International Relations Initiative, Government Relations, and Global Awareness. More than tripled the organization's financial resource development through increased individual donors, foundation and corporate grants, and strategic partnerships. Led the design and execution of updated website, which doubled activity to website, and the development and implementation of a social media strategy including community involvement through the organization’s Facebook, Twitter and blog and the tripling of the organizations constituent base. Hired, trained and managed seven part-time staff/interns and over 50 volunteers. International travel to Haiti, Ethiopia, and South Africa. Promoted from Government Relations and Communications Manager in May 2009.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Developed and managed international adoption program for this federally accredited non-profit permanency organization. Executed government, NGO and client relations including U.S. and foreign government agencies, consulates and embassies. Directed all crisis management.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Developed and directed all U.S.-based development and fundraising for TLC, a residential facility for orphans and vulnerable children. Instituted a five-year strategic development plan including direct mail/email, recurring giving, fundraising events, membership and community awareness Managed donor base and developed new donors. Completed over 600 volunteer hours at TLC, a residential facility for orphans, in South Africa. Provided direct care to 30 HIV positive and other special needs children.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Advised 67 South African veterans in the educational, psychological and economic aspects of reintegration into society and employment. Prepared grantee evaluation and interfaced with United States Department of Labor. Designed and established reporting process for program graduate tracking and volunteer mentoring. Directed material procurement and allocation of human resources.

Master Nonprofit Management, 3.94

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Peace Studies And Conflict Resolution