• Ensure the Chamber’s success in meeting its business advocacy, community development, financial, membership and program goals and objectives. • Cultivate effective relationships with city officials, city staff, Visit Laguna Beach, local organizations and the community as an advocate for local business.• Listen and understand the issues which confront members and develop new programs to address our member’s needs.• Grow and retain membership by offering valuable membership benefits.• Successfully run multiple events throughout the year including: Taste of Laguna, Golf Tournament and State of the City. • Manage staff, volunteers and other administrative duties strategically and efficiently while being fiscally responsible.

• Provide gala fundraising event consultation, organization and software support • Ask the right questions to focus on needs and expectations• Guide and train volunteers to work more efficiently • Answer questions by staff or volunteers and resolve guest-related issues • Efficiently and accurately enter data on successful bids for auction items • Ensure a smooth cashiering process by checking printed guest statements for errors and posting payments for fast check-out with a smile

Sell memberships, sponsorships, and advertising.Plan, coordinate, market and promote Chamber programs, events and activities, including but not limited to:• Board Installation Dinner• Leadership Luncheon• State of The City Luncheon• Chamber Golf Tournament• Chamber Night at The Pageant• Taste of Laguna Food & Music Festival• Hospitality Night• Quarterly Think Laguna First Events• Quarterly Chamber After Hours Mixers• Workforce Seminars• Tuesday Tip Off Weekly Marketing Sales• Small Business Saturday

General Business, Publicity, marketing, and technical assistance plus coordination of special projects.• Maintain and update website• Build and oversee email list • Design and review email templates and posts for Facebook and Instagram• Produce and market video products• Create YouTube Channel, publish and promote videos• Technical support with hardware and software• Coordinate Financial reports and oversee accounting in Quicken• Coordinate special events, create budget, recruit and supervise volunteers, purchase supplies: materials and refreshments.• Contribute to Special projects as needed for Art Branch: Whitacre Studio: including assisting with set up, breakdown and transport of art.

• Public speaking at retail locations such as Williams Sonoma and • Increase sales by initiating communication and educating customers on the proficiency of the product• Products I have represented over the years include Soda Stream, Nespresso coffee, Coravin wine tool, Saeco Coffee, Elan Veda skin care and Bialette coffee.

Further the museum's efforts to secure funding from corporations and foundations for grants, Major and Planned Giving Programs, as well as all individual giving, membership, and Gala sponsorship support. Coordinate events, meetings, and programs to enhance donor relations. Liaison and work directly with donors and potential donors to develop ongoing and lasting donor relationships.

•Provide project management leadership for all Development events including the annual Jazz Festival Gala and fundraising walk •Attend networking opportunities to cultivate and maintain strong personal relationships with the philanthropic community, individual and corporate donors, sponsors, board members and volunteers •Offer marketing opportunities to community partners at events by requesting auction donations or vendor contributions•Recruit and organize volunteers for events, as well as offer other corporate volunteer opportunities to strengthen relationships with current and potential sponsors•Solicit Sponsorships for events and provide stewardship for these large contributors•Maintain and update Event Fundraising software•Work with graphic designer to create sponsorship packets, year end annual letter, event programs, as well as marketing emails and postcards

• Manage all telephone calls, greet callers and create personal relationships, answer questions, schedule appointments, and take messages • Maintain office calendar of Board and committee meetings, workshops, fundraising events, and personal appointments for the CEO• Create professional binders for specific projects such as Grants Program • Maintain official Board documents and records including agendas, minutes, and resolutions• Data entry of donor and volunteer contact information, prepare thank you correspondence and prepare and send e-blasts to various donor and professional groups• Research nonprofit organizations utilizing the GuideStar website, IRS Publication 78 data and the IRS Exempt Organizations Master Listing• Research potential donors

Provide care for babies to 3 year olds during church service Sunday mornings.

• Increased renewal participation in areas with low numbers by creating three low cost incentive awards that increased renewal by two percent from the previous year.• Aligned with an elementary school staff to employ all the methods of marketing available to invite parents to my sales presentation. Increased membership by 23% at the school.• Designed two Excel spreadsheets to improve work flow: one to efficiently track membership numbers and present them in an easily readable format and another to track customer inquires and follow-up placement. • Executed an “in kind” service instead of payment agreement/contract between a school district and the Girl Scout Council in order to use school facilities for Girl Scout Program.• Presented to a room filled with about 60 people. Elicited 97% participation in membership by using dramatic performance presentation skills. • Coordinated volunteer help to rally membership at a school that the volunteers had given up on. My energy level and passion raised the volunteer’s expectations of themselves and they later initiated a rally. • Utilized initial excitement of new members to ask for donations from parents.

Science Adventures 2006-2007 Maintained students interest even though they have learned most of the lesson in a previous class. Researched additional new and exciting detailed information to make the experience special.Negotiated with school to be able to use a classroom during bad weather rather than the outdoor lunch tables for no additional cost.Promoted future upcoming classes to students and parents so efficiently that repeat students kept the class full and additional students requesting to add helped fill other teacher’s classes.

Create instant positive relationship with people over the phone in order to pitch product, make sales, and request donations.