● Hired to drive success during organization’s early stages as one of four original team members; established fundraising and client engagement protocols while supporting hiring efforts to expand event management team.● Serve as key member of training team, coaching staff to exceed fundraising targets via strategic donor engagement.● Leverage event management expertise to ensure successful production for all in-person, virtual, and hybrid auctions; guide production teams to maximize revenue through skillfully written sales scripts.● Advance marketing initiatives by creating promotional content utilized to increase auction sales.● Provide thought leadership, influencing executive team’s decisions to enhance virtual events and training programs.Select Achievements● Played pivotal role in organization’s transition to offer virtual and hybrid events, creating opportunity to expand client base; led efforts to design virtual auction format early in COVID-19 pandemic.● Enhanced company-wide onboarding process by co-creating series of training videos that prepared new hires to assume production and event management responsibilities.● Generated 285% increase in live auction fundraising totals after implementing new sales techniques to raise bids.

● Served in multifaceted program management role dedicated to advancing organization’s mission through community outreach and engagement initiatives.● Served as Staff Lead for Oregon Speaker’s Bureau; coordinated, developed, and trained team of 20 volunteers to give in-person &; virtual presentations to 30+ professional organizations across Oregon each year.● Directed state-wide volunteer recruitment, piloting tailored strategies to build specialized volunteer teams. Coached & mentored ~360 volunteers to ensure each unique position met engagement goals.● Played key role in enabling organization to host 200+ yearly events; individually led 50+ events/meetings each year while coordinating volunteer schedules, marketing plans, &; vendor communication for remainder of events.● Tracked state-wide metrics, leveraging data to design strategies that ensured KPIs were met. ● Developed data-driven workflows that enabled volunteer teams to increase event attendance.● Increased volunteer engagement by implementing training and team-building events such as meet & greets, orientations, and monthly meetings.Select Achievements● Received national recognition for transforming volunteer engagement protocol; developed a five-part plan that addressed best practices for recruitment, onboarding, engagement, retention, & recognition.● Developed engagement practices that were adopted nationwide; led organizational-wide training to prepare offices to effectively utilize best practices.● Exceeded AARP’s national volunteer engagement goal by +15% year over year.● Strengthened organization’s DEI efforts by partnering with non-profits focused on serving people of color and LGBTQ+ community members; adapted recruitment strategies to onboard diverse volunteers from non-profit partnerships.

Lavender at Stonegate LLCFounder and Director5/2003-9/2014● Founded lavender farm & nursery; quickly grew business to become one of the largest U.S. lavender suppliers.● Managed two fields of 5K+ plants with 85+ lavender varieties while overseeing shipping & sales logistics.● Built & operated seven greenhouses with 115K square feet of growing space to propagate lavender plants & plugs.● Directed team of five full-time staff members to increase YOY production & sales.● Oversaw all accounting, conducted COGS assessments & managing yearly budgets of ~$750K.● Established ongoing partnership with Wholefoods & served as company’s featured lavender grower for 18 stores in the Pacific NW.● Hosted yearly lavender festivals for 5K+ guests, 30+ vendors; orchestrated all vendor contracts, festival activities, & off-site transportation.● Launched retail & wholesale booths at several industry trade shows, farmer’s markets, & plant shows.● Provided business coaching to established &; aspiring farmers; created & conducted ongoing 3-day “boot camp” with comprehensive educational sessions on topics including business plan writing & farm applications.Select Achievements● Published “The Lavender Lover’s Handbook, the 100 Most Beautiful and Fragrant Varieties for Growing, Crafting and Cooking” which went on to become one of the highest-selling lavender books on Amazon.● Grew business to maintain caseload of 3.5K+ wholesale &retail customers.● Advanced brand awareness by creating series of educational YouTube videos that generated 700K+ views.● Served as Professional Key-Note Speaker for multiple industry conferences, including International Lavender Conference, Texas Lavender Association, Colorado Lavender Conference, & NW Regional Lavender Conference.● Featured in Country Gardens magazine article highlighting success as wholesale farmer (2009).

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