Stephanie Downey Email & Phone Number

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States

Greater Philadelphia Area

Greater Philadelphia Area

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Successful off-premise and on-premise catering events ranging from 15-person bridal showers to 300+ person Galas and family-style weddings.
• Selling, creating and executing events from the initial outreach, to proposals and day-of implementation through constant communication, organization, and creativity.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with team members that include kitchen personal, warehouse staff, operations department, clients, outside vendors, venue coordinators and day-of event staff.
• Manages weekly and on-going tasks to meet strict deadlines. Values the necessity to manage priorities day-to-day, weekly and months ahead to maintain effective timelines with concise details.
• Curated organizational tools to manage and train event staff through event day-of information guides that include layouts, timelines, specific details, equipment and rental breakdown for each event.
• Creativity with design that includes theme development through menus, table and food station décor, marketing materials (social media and in-house promotions), photography, and new resource development.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Provide event support for large corporate engagements and in-home gatherings. Attendance for events ranges from a 10-person intimate occasion to a 3,000 person company event.
• Ensure highly level of guest and host satisfaction by anticipating needs of the party.
• Assist host with event setup, cleaning and breakdown.
• Prepare and serve event food and beverages.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Manage a portfolio of Walk MS events with five sites and approximately 70 teams, and 1,400 participants. Additionally, managed 6 Bike MS events across two sites with over 8,000 participants.
• Prepared event statistics, planning materials and content for event weekend that included timelines, and layouts.
• Manage schedules for event staffing, order pickups and deliveries, and event setup and breakdown.
• Accountable for venue contracts and entertainment.
• Create cost savings by implementing and researching new vendors and negotiating with partnered vendors. Serving as the main point of contact.
• Develop and implement new strategies that directly contributed to the fundraising and awareness initiatives to exceed the team’s goals by 15%.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Led strategic planning efforts to acquire funding for nonprofit programs and research initiatives.
• Managed logistics and coordination efforts for the Walk MS and Bike MS events across the tri-state region.
• Cultivated and fostered key relationships with top sponsors, fundraising teams and leaders amongst the community to ensure donor retention and involvement.
• Actively participated in creative process execution and developed skills necessary to influence volunteerism.
• Cultivated relationships and collaborated with over 50 local key organizations; built partnerships and executed fundraising initiatives and strategic philanthropy that aligned with MS objectives.
• Provided communication and coordination efforts for Walk MS and Bike MS meetings, composed team communications (internal and external) to ensure appropriate execution of event strategy.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Greet and serve guests in a 5-star lounge atmosphere and fast-paced evening service.
• Provide excellent customer service with a friendly, upbeat personality.
• Record accurate transactions and end of the night financials and tip-outs.
• Responsible Alcohol Management Program (RAMP) certified.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• 25th Anniversary Benefit planning and execution, fundraising appeals, donation tracking and acknowledgement, and general administrative support to reach a goal of $250,000
• Assist with preparation of Benefit sponsorship and silent auction solicitation materials
• Prepare gift acknowledgements and correspondence
• Constituent management using DonorPerfect
• Support Development Director is venue layout, ticket tracking and menus
• Prepare marketing materials using online resources, mass email communications and invitations

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Overseeing day-to-day operations of 35 high school and college chapters with successful completion of 90% recruitment of Advisors and Host Site pairings
• Leading the development and implementation of local volunteer trainings, Ambassador trainings, Best Buddies International Leadership Conference, and other programmatic events
• Special events and fundraising to ensure organized logistics, volunteer management, donor and supporter sponsorships and Board Member communication
• Increased awareness of Best Buddies through local marketing, public speaking, and media initiatives that include CBS 3Philadelphia and social media boosts
• Support local chapters through community awareness projects and fundraising events that includes Neiman Marcus fashion show and College Buddy Ball formal dance

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Best Buddies Pennsylvania (BBPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for social inclusion for people with Down syndrome, autism, and other intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by providing.
• Recruiting, selecting, training, motivating, evaluating and mentoring student and faculty/host site volunteers to lead successful school-based chapters
• Overseeing day-to-day operations of 14 school chapters in region and providing ongoing support to all volunteers
• Ensure that all chapters effectively engage individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by providing trainings and resources
• Working with student leaders and faculty members to perform mid-year and annual assessment reviews
• Overseeing timely collection of chapter dues