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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Tutoring Chicago is the largest one-to-one after school tutoring program offering consistent long-term pairing of students and volunteers in the Chicagoland area.

Nationally

Executive-level consultant with expertise leveraging a unique blend of marketing, sales, fundraising, and strategic and corporate partnerships to create profitable joint ventures for leading nonprofits and brands over the last 20 years.

Wichita, Kansas Area

• Responsible for building new Business Development/Strategic Partnership Capability for a fast growing, ever changing organization. Proactively build strong, collaborative relationships with community stakeholders to.
• Executive Leadership Team member responsible for the organization’s long-term financial stability and strategic growth across multiple revenue streams, including a holistic approach to business and strategic alliance.
• Cultivate and oversee contributed multi-million dollar revenue portfolios from corporate sponsorship, major gifts and individual donors, philanthropic giving, cause marketing, and in-kind support.
• Amplified national program growth through rapid expansion into thirty eight states reaching 4,500 new students and 1000 Educators in two years.

Chicago, Illinois

Greater Chicago Area

Lead strategic fundraising and marketing partnership initiatives for one of Chicago’s most well known organizations and the largest indoor aquarium in the world with over 2 million visitors per year.STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP:Lead cross-team collaboration to drive and grow fundraising. Work with the President/CEO and Board Development Chairman on strategic.

Greater Chicago Area

Led efforts to identify and develop potential and new corporate partnerships throughout the community.LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT:Managed a team of four employees including all phases of the employee lifecycle. Identified company objectives and created strategies accordingly. Worked closely with Marketing/PR and development teams to meet annual goals-revenue.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed promotional and sales programs with a dual reporting relationship to the marketing and development teams. Promoted rapidly due to creating synergy by leveraging marketing assets to increase promotions.SYNERGY & COLLABORATION:Tapped by CEO to develop and enhance synergy across sales, marketing, and promotional programs. Sat on the executive team.

Greater Chicago Area

Hired to start-up a new promotions department from the ground-up. Created promotional programs with zero budget. Designed promotions to increase traffic to the ‘Amazon Rising’ exhibit. Recruited and managed volunteers for promotional and cross-city tour programs. Organized all events and associated logistics with partner organizations, volunteers, and.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed advanced and large-scale logistics for this charitable event consisting of 1,800 riders and 500 crew members. Oversaw camp set-up implementing necessary adjustments to site layout. Served as the direct liaison with municipal authorities: Police Chiefs, Directors of Parks and Forestry. Worked with authorities to arrange for public activity permits.

Managed accounts: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Disney Interactive, American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Movies, VSDA, Republic Pictures, and comedians Louie Anderson, Steven Wright, and Smothers Brothers. Established and implemented targeted media strategies. Coordinated media activities at major trade shows. Developed press kit materials.

Worked in marketing and sales to promote the organization as it transitioned to time-share units.