C3 Board of Advisors member

Primarily responsible for prospecting funding opportunities and writing grant proposals for the Development Department to compellingly communicate the Workforce Development, Youth Initiatives, Multicultural Center/Immigration Legal Team and Child Placement programs at NVFS to current and potential funders.

Single-person development team performing fundraising duties for three sister organizations. Managed grantmaking, reporting, grassroots fundraising and special events with high turnover for a $5.9 million budget. Responsible for soliciting new donors and sponsors by communicating the needs of up to 10 programs while maintaining current donors. Worked in conjunction with Communications team to unroll a sustainer donation program

On-staff reporter for four weekly community newspapers, covering Reston, Herndon, Great Falls and McLean. Turned over a high volume of stories covering a town council, local citizens associations, localized trending stories and two elections for state delegate and U.S. Congress. Exclusively covered the 10th largest school board in the country and the evolution of the Silver Line Metro. All work supplemented with personal photography.

I write monthly feature stories based on the magazine's needs. All work supplemented with personal photography.

Led regional education stories for 32 school districts in three counties. Beat included close coverage of a local community college, four school districts, and area libraries. Supplemental coverage included weather and feature stories.

Localized trending stories and covered town council and village meetings for the weekly paper. Also covered minor stories for Carthage Central School District, Carthage Area Hospital and new businesses.

Covered Page County Schools, the town council and localized trending stories. All work supplemented with personal photography

Duties included managing the day-­to-­day running of the college paper as well as advocating for The Sundial’s continued autonomy during a time of dramatic administrative changes as Randolph­-Macon Woman’s College transitioned to the co­-educational Randolph College. Navigated several controversies, including the administration’s forcible removal of college paintings to be sold at Christie's Auctions. Also served as news editor and staff reporter, 2006-­08.