R3 Consulting provides advice and assistance in all areas of event planning including formulating event strategies, procuring event venues and vendors, organizing logistics, developing programming, tracking registration, and managing production on-site.• Create annual event plans that further client organizational goals and engage donors—attendance at one client annual fundraising conference increased by more than 25%.• Compose event planning timelines and coordinate client staff, vendors, and host venues to actualize event logistics including room blocks, A/V production, staging, security, and catering; track budgets; and provide staff leadership at several large and more bespoke events annually.• Source event venues and vendors nationwide (with significant efforts in Chicago) drawing from existing professional relationships—successfully negotiated more than 25 venue contracts.• Proficient in event software including Cvent, Social Tables, MailChimp, Monday.com, and Splash.

The Democracy Alliance (DA) is a first-of-its-kind membership network that pioneered an innovative model of collaborative philanthropy bringing together political and philanthropic leaders to invest in the infrastructure of the progressive movement and advance priorities including gender equity, LGBT rights, and racial justice.• Developed and executed national in-person and virtual event strategies that educated and engaged DA’s community of funders and increased membership renewal rates by 22%.• Produced all aspects of more than 60 DA events including 22 fundraising conferences—over 11 years, these events raised nearly $1 billion in support of a variety of progressive causes.• Planned and actualized DA’s presence at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Democratic National Conventions—these events and activities received a 94% rating in post-convention attendee surveys.• Led more than 200 teams (often more than 15 concurrently) of DA staff, donors, and political leaders to conceive of, develop, and manage various DA events and conference sessions. • Generated $175k annually through responsible budgeting and creating new sponsorship opportunities.• Managed portfolio of 30 individual and institutional funders—stewarded relationships, secured membership renewals, and solicited annual donations totaling more than $200k-$2m per funder.

EMILY’s List (EL) is the nation’s largest resource for women in politics and has raised more than $1 billion to support pro-choice Democratic women candidates running for all levels of government.• Planned and produced all aspects of EL’s 2005 and 2006 Majority Council Conferences and Galas which were the best-attended and highest-grossing events in EL history at that time.• Coordinated more than 75 teams of staff, donors, political experts, elected officials, and candidates for office to design and develop conference sessions, fundraising galas, and briefings.• Led cross-departmental effort to ensure event speaker lineups reflected EL’s commitment to inclusion that resulted in a 23% increase in speaker diversity.

In 2004, Gwen Moore became Wisconsin’s first African American and second woman elected to Congress.• Drafted and executed campaign’s fundraising plan including strategies for direct mail, online, events, PAC, surrogates, and personal solicitation—exceeded $1 million fundraising goal by 25%.• Planned and produced more than 35 fundraising events—set goals, built high-profile host committees, drafted event communications, solicited donations, and tracked registration.• Tracked donor and donation data and successfully drafted and filed quarterly FEC reports.

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) creates traveling exhibitions that bring the Smithsonian’s vast collections to host museums in communities nationwide. I was responsible for a variety of fundraising and event production roles. • Assisted fundraising for 4 exhibitions concurrently—identified, researched, and helped solicit individual, foundation, and corporate prospects. Personally identified and built relationship with new prospective donor—led solicitation efforts which resulted in an eight figure gift.• Produced 15 exhibition opening reception events at host museums nationwide.• Stewarded all SITES donors and ensured sponsorship benefit fulfillment at host museums.

• Assisted in the production of several official White House events featuring the President and First Lady including the Easter Egg Roll, the Fourth of July picnic, and several policy forums.