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Shreveport, Louisiana

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Working as an integral member of a public-private partnership to protect the integrity of the organizations mission to connect the community with nature through wildlife conservation, educational outreach, and membership. • Planning and implementing the comprehensive annual giving programs: Wild Bunch- Young Professionals of Zoo Miami Foundation, Premier Members Donor Circle , Brick Campaign, online giving appeals, animal naming and exhibit sponsorship• Manged all aspects of annual individual giving ($250-$5000), including prospect research, discovery, cultivation, and solicitation• Increased societal membership circle for millennial donors • Collaboratively raised $1.7 million dollars in donations to support Zoo Miami • Co-directed Zoo Miami Foundations most lucrative Give Miami Day campaign • Editor for the Foundations Annual Report • Manage and host fundraising events• Content creation and visual design of collateral marketed through print, digital and social media

Miami, Florida

Responsible for connecting the community to nature through VIP tours. Also, husbandry, operant condition positive reinforcement training, enrichment development, transportation and breeding of Zoo Miami's living collection in accordance with the SSP and Species TAG (Specialization in: great apes, African/Asian carnivore, ungulates and African/Asian pachyderm)

Torquay, United Kingdom

Research Dissertation used in published literature: The Locomotive Behaviours and Frequency of Activity Affected by Substrate Diameter Preferences on Angled Perches of Captive Pygmy Slow Lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus)Volunteer Special Events Committee Member for Great Gorilla Project.

Sardinia, Italy

On board research of 150+ cataloged wild resident and stranger pods of bottlenose dolphins in the Mediterranean. Topics of research included: Anthropogenic influences on resident pods, paternal rearing, breeding relationship between resident pod and stranger pod.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Zoology/Animal Biology

Activities and Societies: Swimming and Water Polo SocietyCompleted Research Dissertation: Locomotion and Perching Preferences of Captive.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biological Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Student Athletic Advisory Board (SAAB); TriBeta Biology Society; Guiding Eyes for the Blind Puppy Raiser (GEB)

Superintendent Diploma Of Distinction, Agriscience

Activities and Societies: Tri-Sport Athlete; Silver Night Recipient for Athletics; National Honor Society; 4 x First Team All-Dade