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Brisbane City, Qld, Au

Perth Cbd, Western Australia, Au

Canberra, Act, Au

Founded Fundraise For Australia (F4A). F4A is a national fellowship program that tackles the pipeline issues/sector demand around professional fundraisers by identifying, recruiting, training, and empowering new & emerging fundraising talent and connecting them with the tools & opportunities that will help them supercharge their careers & deliver transformative change for their communities. - led program & curriculum development including securing exclusive international partnerships- identification and recruitment of a dynamic advisory board & inaugural cohort- created marketing and communications materials and developed initial roll-out strategy- lead fundraising efforts to ensure program was delivered at no cost to participants and produce a strong ROI for the sector- advocate for fundraisers to be included in government policy of doubling giving by 2030

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Au

The Australian National University (ANU) is one of the world’s foremost research universities. Distinguished by a relentless pursuit of excellence, it attracts leading academics and outstanding students from Australia and around the world. Located in the nation’s capital, ANU is consistently ranked as Australia’s number one university, and is renowned for the quality of its research, the excellence of its teaching, and its ongoing contribution to public life.The Head of Advancement is a critical position within the College of Business and Economics and a senior member of the University’s Development Team. It is responsible for delivering on the College and University’s philanthropy and alumni engagement strategy and meeting ambitious fundraising goals.

Austin, Tx, Us

Part of the UT Computer Science external relations & fundraising team. I identified, cultivated and stewarded individual donors with an interest in making major gifts to Texas Computer Science and met with our national network of alumni and donors to keep them up to date on departmental initiatives and faculty research.

San Diego, California, Us

Key contributor to operations strategy for a $185M philanthropic project across early education and charitable giving which supported over 11 million students across 20 countries. In this role I managed the process for defining and prioritizing strategic initiatives and measurement of success through practical ROI & KPI's working with Senior Management to ensure goals are achieved. I stewarded the reorganization of a 60+ nationwide staff including the establishment of a new shared services model and new standard operating procedures.

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego Grantmakers is a regional association of 115+ grantmaking members (including family foundations, corporate funders, grantmaking public charities, and government funders) that connects and activates funders to learn, lead, and invest in our communities. It also forms part of the broader Philanthropy California alliance. - Led the expansion of SDG’s efforts in membership growth, resource development ($4m revenue), public policy, and communications. - Helped deliver a new strategic framework, stewardship approach, and fundraising plan and expanded the organization's business model. - Led the new branding of Philanthropy California and played a key role in forming a new statewide policy agenda for and on behalf of its 600+ members

San Diego, Ca, Us

Oversaw the planning, coordination, support and execution of Access Youth Academy’s operational, capital and endowment needs. Access Youth Academy is a 12 year transformational education program which helps first generation, college bound students from underserved communities succeed. - Executed fundraising activities and strategy for solicitation of major gifts. Secured over $12m in New Market Tax Credits for a new 40,000 sq/ft education center. - Introduced new planned giving program and accepted first endowment gifts of six figures.- Restructured and negotiated multiple strategic partnerships including banking, corporate and endowment partners. - Prepared appropriate fundraising forecasts and reports for an $850,000 budget including the organization's first ever strategic plan. - Re-introduced annual gala in lieu of 3 other poorly performing events, growing it to over 300 people and a six figure fundraising experience.

San Diego, Ca, Us

The San Diego Foundation is a community foundation that manages $750m in assets and has granted out of $1bn to the local community. - Coordinated annual giving campaigns, which included large scale direct mail and TV/online marketing buys raising awareness of new community impact programs. - Redesigned The Foundation's annual giving fund and doubled the membership base to over 500 donors. - Convened and connected the community and foundation donors in dialogue, education and values-based public programming. - Raised over $250,000 in new and recurring gifts, utilizing different giving vehicles including CGAs. - Planning and management of 10 major donor engagement events from 30 to over 500 people.

- Development of community relations and partnerships- Media and marketing strategy design and implementation

San Diego, Ca, Us

Freelance Journalist reporting on local news in the Uptown area of San Diego

Solana Beach, California, Us

- In charge of designing and implementing the structures and policies for the new advocacy department scheduled to be launched in January 2012- Development of major USGCC projects aligned with the department's strategic goals- Recruitment and training of crucial advocacy personnel- Research, drafting, and distribution of media releases, opinion editorials, and policy briefs/positions at a county, state, and national level.

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Field Organizer for the nationally targeted Red to Blue Congressional seat CA-52. Also worked on the CA-36 Special Election.- Recruited and trained 100+ volunteers for phone bank operations and canvasses, as well as organized and executed mobile phone banks on college campuses- Used Vote Builder and National Field databases to track, store, and scan data to make informed field decisions.- Hitting weekly recruitment and contact goals as set by the DCCC.

I am the founder and immediate past President of Springfield United Football Club.In three short years the club was built from scratch to become affiliated to FFA, Football Queensland and the Football Brisbane zone and had overseen a 450% growth in membership in 2011 alone. SUFC also now runs FIFA affiliated Futsal competitions (both senior men’s and women’s) and has an extensive range of sponsors through local and international businesses, all of which I have negotiated and established.

- Continuous Campaigning Manager: Local campaign strategies, fundraising, directing continuous campaign material such as newsletters, website, and e-campaigns. Including the community campaign that resulted in the $2.5bn upgrade to the Ipswich Motorway.- Policy Advisor: Formulating policy submissions, drafting private members' motions, and questions without notice and support for committee duties including significant inquiries into Financial Services, Franchising, and Managed Investment Schemes.- Media Advisor: drafting releases and opinion pieces, speechwriting, formulating media events and strategy, and liaising with local and national media.- Co-ordination and promotion of major community events and volunteers including the Brisbane 2 Ipswich Challenge which is an annual charity bike ride with close to 1000 participants and has raised over $100,000 for charity.- Office administration duties including managing correspondence, emails, faxes, telephone, filing, and the use and management of constituent/voter databases such as Electrac.

Brisbane, Queensland, Au

- Media Advisor- Branch recruitment & Liaison- Office administration duties included managing correspondence, emails, faxes, telephone, filing, and the use and management of Electrac.- Coordination of community events, fundraising activities, and volunteers.- Assisting the Member with constituents and administrative tasks to enable the smooth and efficient running of a busy electorate office.From September 2006- Administrative support for the Parliamentary Secretary- General office administration duties for the Ministerial office- Co-ordinating events and correspondence between the parliamentary secretary office and the electoral office- Organising briefs for the Minister and Parliamentary Secretary

Brisbane, Queensland, Au

During my University degree I worked full-time for the University’s Student Union in a vast array of positions including senior management roles and was a member of the QUT University Council, the peak decision making body and senior governance board of the University.2004 – December 2006General Secretary- In charge of formulating, implementing, and maintaining the Guild budget of approximately $2m - Responsible to Council for the commercial operations of the Guild- Coordinating the day-to-day administrative operations of the Guild- Responsible to Council for the implementation and advising of Guild policyJuly 03 – July 04Sport & Recreation Director- Planning and setting goals and strategies for the portfolio- Organising regional and national University games teams (approx 500) including travel logistics and accommodation options- Coordinating, encouraging, and promoting the operation of Guild sport, cultural activities, entertainment, and recreation across all campuses of the University- Dissemination of sport and recreation information across all campuses- Formulating and allocating budgets/funds to affiliated clubs and societies (around 60)

Business, Management/Advertising

Certificate In Fundraising Management (Cfrm), Philanthropy