- Managing a portfolio of corporate, foundation, and government grants meeting the majority of Achieve Twin Cities' $6M organizational operating budget. Highlights: -- Renewing a three-year grant totaling $4,000,000 from the Cargill Foundation three times -- Securing a three-year grant totaling $750,000 from the Bush Foundation for core program expansion -- First-time funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for pilot programming -- Contract renewal with the City of Minneapolis to deliver Step Up youth internship program -- First-time state funding from the Minnesota Departments of Employment & Economic Development and Higher Education- Creating institutional relationship management procedures and standards - Collaborating with internal subject expert staff to craft persuasive content for new and existing programs- Conducting prospect research and managing relationship information for stewardship purposes- Serving on the executive committee leading Achieve Twin Cities’ five-year strategic planning- Leading professional development on grant writing for colleagues- Serving on the Internal Committee responsible for managing all staff meetings, retreats, professional development, equity, and morale

- Drafting successful LOIs, proposals, reports, and other persuasive content- Conducting prospect research and managing relationship information- Drafting and editing emails, promotional materials, and website copy

- Writing LOIs and proposals for the McKnight, Carolyn, Energy, Bush, and BlueGreen Alliance Foundations, and LCV & Audubon Society to support organizational budget of $1.8 million.- Managing all reporting requirements to institutional funders.- Conducting prospect research on potential donors, foundations, and corporations and managing this information in the company’s SalesForce database.- Creating comprehensive research documents for internal use, including a survey of all grantors with an interest in the environment and Minnesota and a style guide boilerplate document.- Drafting and editing emails, promotional materials, and website copy

- Providing administrative support to the executive director. - Facilitating communications with and initiatives by the MACS' board of directors. - Maintaining and updating contact information on school directors, associate members, and corporate sponsors. - Designing and editing print and electronic communications.

- Developing and writing 24 grant proposals and solicitations.- Developing and writing marketing and engagement copy for print and web, including organization’s holiday campaign letter that raised more than $100,000.- Creating and managing organization’s first consolidated grant database to catalog and track funding opportunities and grant compliance using data management software SalesForce.- Facilitating relationship building with foundations and grant makers.

Created fine espresso beverages and made witty conversation.

Served customers, cashiered, introduced people to good books. Providing customers with technical and account support for nook devices.

Explored, organized, and created navigable, electronic databases for manuscript collections donated to the University of Iowa. Processed and catalogued rare and delicate materials.