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• Develop strategies to promote IDignity’s mission and impact to funders, volunteers and community.• Manage grant applications including researching funders, writing or editing proposals, developing project budgets and ensuring timely submissions. Secured more than $1 million in government, corporate and foundation funds over the past two years. • Steward relationships with funders, monitor grants for compliance, collect data regarding program impact and prepare periodic progress reports.

• Contract employee hired to support comprehensive public relations and community outreach program for regional metropolitan planning organization.• Wrote newsletter articles, white papers, online/print communications and technical planning documents.• Planned promotion and logistics for a transportation summit attended by more than 50 community leaders to discuss the future of transportation in the tri-county region.

• Managed the development, production and execution of various marketing and communication projects, including sales collateral, employee newsletters, customer and internal communication, web blogs and public relations initiatives.• Coordinated corporate events such as the annual holiday party, and assisted in the production of annual awards banquet and mid-year leadership conference.• Developed themes and collateral for biannual sales blitz events and other sales initiatives, including writing copy, supervising graphic design and overseeing production. 2016 Spring Blitz broke all previous sales records with a 53 percent increase in units sold over the prior year.• Wrote and edited press releases, media pitches and nominations that resulted in national and local recognition, including PCT Magazine’s Crown Leadership Award, Orlando Business Journal’s Corporate Philanthropist of the Year Award and Orlando Sentinel’s Top 100 Companies Award.

• Helped build brand awareness through more than 200 media placements. Pitched stories that resulted in front-page coverage in the Orlando Sentinel. Secured multiple op-ed opportunities for faculty and staff and pitched faculty members to serve as expert resources for news stories. • Implemented and helped develop public relations strategies for presidential transition and other campus events, responded to media inquiries and wrote and distributed press releases. Compiled weekly media reports for senior staff and managed online newsfeed.• More than doubled the number of Rollins volunteers in the Foundation for Orange County Public Schools’ annual Teach-In, and promoted community engagement through events such as SummerSERVE and Halloween Howl.• Managed college’s online calendar of events and assisted in managing Rollins’ social media.

• Assisted in the management of marketing, communication, alumni relations and fundraising programs for Rollins’ evening degree programs.• Planned and executed advertising campaigns for approximately 22 information sessions per year, helping school meet or exceed enrollment projections.• Used qualitative research to develop marketing messages that helped position the Rollins Evening brand in a highly competitive marketplace. Coordinated photo shoots and oversaw the design and production of various marketing publications, newsletters and recruitment videos. • Collaborated with Web Strategy team to improve user experience for external website and managed social media outlets. Supervised staff writer and team of nine student bloggers.• Assisted with event planning, communication and logistics for board, alumni, student and donor initiatives. Coached student speakers for selected events.• Served as co-advisor for student chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association.

• Planned, organized and managed alumni relations and development strategies and events.• Provided input, edited and helped write proposal that resulted in $5 million gift.• Part of project team responsible for increasing fundraising proceeds of annual Starry, Starry Night scholarship benefit by 32% to net a record-breaking $200,000. Developed a detailed master plan, assisted in theme and collateral development, managed event databases and solicited media sponsors.• Researched alumni relations and development “best practices” throughout the college and wrote a comprehensive report outlining strategies that resulted in improved alumni engagement.

• Provided professional support and project management for Hamilton Holt School alumni relations and development initiatives, programs and events.• Wrote/edited magazine and newsletter articles, campaign letters, reports, news releases, event programs and brochure copy. • Managed publicity and promotional efforts for board and alumni events, helping establish annual Starry, Starry Night gala as one of Central Florida’s premier fundraising events. • Served as Class News editor for the Rollins Alumni Record, created an alumni volunteer database, managed alumni volunteers for Reunion and fulfilled a six-month assignment as a staff writer in the Public Relations Department.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor’S Degree, Journalism/Public Relations & Advertising