Conceptualized, raised capital for, and executed the opening of New York City’s famed Two Boots Pizza concept in Middle Tennessee. Oversee the daily operations of the restaurant which exceeds more than $1 million in annual sales.• Prospected, cultivated, solicited, and secured investments, negotiated investor and licensor agreements, identified viable real estate, and managed opening construction buildout• Lead a team of 20-25 people in a high-pressure, high-volume environment while maintaining outstanding quality of product and excellent customer and public service standards• Exceptional problem-solving skills from large company concerns to daily operational issues while maintaining a positive attitude and keeping staff morale high• Maintain yearly profitability through careful fiscal management including weekly p & l review, staff time management, attention to operational costs, and excellent customer service• Local partnerships with community non-profit organizations, universities, and businesses including Project Return, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, SmileDirect, and beyond• Two Boots Nashville has been featured in Garden & Gun Magazine, Nashville Scene, The Tennessean among others• Carefully navigated and pivoted service models and staffing issues through the Covid 19 pandemic to emerge with 2022 being our strongest sales year to date• Two Boots Nashville celebrates its nine-year anniversary in 2022

Worked closely with the Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs and other members of the SIPA faculty to strategically identify, cultivate, and solicit Major Gifts from SIPA alumni as well as influential industry leaders in the fields of business and policy.• Researched, solicited, and closed multiple six-figure gifts responsible for the funding of new programs, scholarship packages and professorships• Cultivated and stewarded relationships with SIPA alumni resulting in the addition of 6 new members to the SIPA Alumni Board each resulting in first time gifts of $10,000 or more• Strategized, solicited, and secured campaign funding from both corporations and individuals to support the founding of SIPA’s Center on Global Energy Policy• Worked closely with the Associate Dean for Development on all phases of the donor engagement experience focusing on the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of major gift prospects and donors• Identified, recruited, and traveled nationally to solicit and secure in-person meetings with top SIPA alumni and other major gift prospects

Identified, cultivated and solicited Annual Fund leadership gifts of $1,500 or above from Columbia College donors who graduated from 1975-1983, with an emphasis on face-to-face interaction with the donors. Recruited new alumni volunteers for the College Fund and coordinated solicitations for existing volunteers.• Promoted to Associate Director in June 2010• Led the College Fund staff in appointments for FY2010, meeting with more than 50 prospects• Booked 690 contact reports from 2008-2010• Closed $150,000 multi-year pledge• Closed 13 annual fund gifts over $20,000, all 13 gifts were increases of at least $10k from previous year• Increased giving in my assigned classes by 9.5% from FY2009-FY2010• Increased giving for reunion classes by 79%• Managed and provided support for 40 Class Agents and coordinate their solicitation efforts through quarterly conference calls and meetings• Created automated system for fund officers to communicate with volunteers and revamped the volunteer website• Served on various committees including co-head of Class Agent program, co-head of leadership giving task force, and university-wide communications committee to plan marketing strategy for Columbia Campaign extension

Cultivate and solicit Annual Fund gifts from alumni, parents and friends of Trinity-Pawling School.• Increased participation and giving by organizing and hosting events in major domestic markets, face-to-face visits and cold calls• Organized and hosted annual Miles Hubbard Golf Outing to benefiting the Hubbard Fund• Scholarship with contributions exceeding $40k across both years• Wrote e-newsletters, solicitation brochures and letters for the headmaster• Established and maintained Trinity-Pawling’s alumni blog