Stacey Starkman Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Provide support for people living below the poverty line and facing food insecurity through collaboration with partnership teams in developing and executing corporate fundraising plans, identifying new revenue streams, and leading the development of donor assets.

• Providing senior-level communications support and advice to the DiverseCon Forum on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, including website and content review, media relations, the use of consistent branding.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Grew UJA’s readership to 50,000+ readers and over 22,000 social media followers through managing internal and external communications and social media postings, media relations and public affairs, including writing.
• Increased donor, industry and government funding to UJA’s Annual Campaign… Show more
• Increased donor, industry and government funding to UJA’s Annual Campaign by $250,000+ through writing sponsorship letters, direct mail campaigns, e-mail solicitations and grant applications
• Significantly expanded support for fundraising efforts to help over 24,000 community members living at or below the poverty line live healthy and socially connected lives through developing, writing and editing.
• Lead content creator in raising $300,000+ for 5,000 elderly and vulnerable community members by researching government / social service materials, analyzing statistics and spreadsheet data, and distilling complex.

Toronto

• Substantially increased the profile of the organization among government officials and elected leaders as chief communications advisor to the President & CEO, Board of Directors and Board of Governors through leading.
• Substantially increased the profile of the organization among government officials and elected leaders as chief communications advisor to the President & CEO, Board of Directors and Board of Governors through leading.
• Improved FSWC’s media presence by 400% through research and writing communications and media relations materials, policy statements, daily news updates, briefing notes, position papers, backgrounders, brochures, video.
• Managed and executed five high-level Telephone Town Halls, and two major human rights conferences featuring well-known speakers attended by 100+ community members, as well as a prominent mission to Washington D.C..
• Expanded FSWC’s outreach to 300+ business leaders, ambassadors, diplomats, politicians and other stakeholders by writing speeches and letters on behalf of the President & CEO and Board Chair
• Achieved an average 32% open rate of a weekly e-newsletter and reached 10,000+ donors through curating content for various media including on-line, web / social media, newsletters, Letters to the Editor and newspaper.

Toronto

• Reached two million members of Foresters branches across North America as lead writer; developed and executed targeted messages about insurance and personal finances through e –newsletters and bulletins, speeches and.
• Liaised with senior management, field staff and 35+ colleagues in Graphic Arts, Marketing, Scholarships and Media Relations in support of Foresters’ efforts to enrich lives and build strong… Show more
• Liaised with senior management, field staff and 35+ colleagues in Graphic Arts, Marketing, Scholarships and Media Relations in support of Foresters’ efforts to enrich lives and build strong communities Show less

Vaughan, Ontario

• Advised President & CEO and Chair of the Board on media relations and communications strategies
• Targeted 11,000+ businesses in the City of Vaughan by creating and writing a new business column in local paper
• Expanded weekly e-bulletin distribution list by 55%; managed website and media relations
• Fostered new partnerships as Chamber representative on three City of Vaughan committees

Downsview, Ontario

• Orchestrated and supervised a major Prime Ministerial media conference attended by 20+ media outlets, 50+ local, provincial and federal politicians, and hundreds of business representatives and community members for.
• Wrote and edited 25+ media releases and advisories, eight… Show more
• Wrote and edited 25+ media releases and advisories, eight newsletters, five brochures, two annual reports and a four-page insert for a local paper to promote the park to media and community members
• Composed an award-winning nomination bid for the 2007 City of Toronto Green Leadership Award for Dr. David Bell, Downsview Park’s Chair of the Board and a leader in Canada’s sustainability movement Show less