Sally W. Gregory Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Coordinate Operations for local foundation, including management of donor database, financial preparation and reporting, and special event planning.--Manage annual appeal strategy and development of communications for same, achieving 222% of donation goal for 2023 Annual Appeal.--Devised and documented formal process for dispersion of foundation grants, including application and impact reporting standards, resulting in grant approvals of $168,000+ for FY 2023.--Support events committee effort to engage new donors for foundation, including “After Hours”-branded event which generated 27 first-time donors in Q1 2024, an increase of 1350% over Q1 2023.--Manage technology subscriptions for successful operation of the foundation, including donor database, accounting, and marketing software.

Greater Chicago

Committed yoga Instructor with over 4 years of teaching experience, specializing in Yin, Gentle, and Restorative practices. Passionate about helping students find comfort in slowing down and feeling sensation in the body, using breath and meditation to experience ease.

Greater Chicago Area

For a startup urban garden center, managed Hard Good Buying and Customer Service functions for two brick and mortar locations.--Sourced hard good vendors, managing legal review and negotiations of contracts and credit terms. --Liaised with store managers to plan hard good needs based on product trends and popularity. Acted as vendor contact for hard goods purchasing and receiving.--Managed input into inventory database including images, copy, pricing, and categories.--Coordinated hiring/training of and supervised two Customer Service employees responsible for all customer interactions. Delivered weekly analytics to management.

Benton Harbor, Michigan Area

Led effort to achieve Full Accreditation status for local school through American Montessori Society.--Engaged 31 school employees, 36 parents, 13 Board members and 57 students, leveraging brainstorming sessions, surveys, and direct interviews for content creation.--Contributed to 156-page accreditation self-study deliverable, requiring zero revisions.--Visiting Accreditation team validated school’s adherence to 101 out of 102 standards.

Greater Chicago Area

Firm-wide exchange and market data manager, acting as single point of contact for global market data concerns.--Led contract management and vendor negotiations for 30+ global market data suppliers. After conducting initial contract assessments and redlining, liaised with Legal for final review.--Performed competitor pricing analysis and proposed revised pricing structure for market data customers. Increased annual revenue by $1.2 million with lower-than-expected customer attrition.--Realized business value by facilitating consolidation of market data vendors from 30+ to one (1). Managed extensive, months-long contract negotiations with vendor, while coordinating existing contract cancellations according to schedule.

Greater Chicago Area

Aligned with Pharmaceutical & Medical Products market unit, specializing in M&A technology deployment efforts.--Created product launch process documentation for manufacturing and trade sales teams in preparation for post-FDA approval of pharmaceutical drug.--Devised and documented technology deployment process for use by vendor during initial roll-out to 3,000 end users. Modified and validated process for ongoing deployment by client support personnel.--Established project management office (PMO) to manage M&A activities across multiple technology projects, resulting in decreased deployment time and four-month contract extension. --Developed and executed delivery release plans for complex year-long technology deployment to 17,000 PCs across 16 global manufacturing sites.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

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Yin Yoga Certification