Youth services, outreach and more.

Fiction, non-fiction. History, social issues, pop culture. Working on my second novel.

Achievements: started fundraising, community outreach, and partnerships with corporate and individual donors. Obtained over 20 key community and corporate sponsorships, including local media. Conceived and hosted sold-out fundraising events in the community, both one-time and multi-day events. Obtained a variety of grants from state, federal, individual and foundation sources. Investigated grants, submitted statistics and narratives, reported on progress to grantees. Experience: Multiple CRMs, eGrants and other application/management systems, donor relations/appreciation, community engagement and outreach.Manage relationships with political stakeholders, patron and community stakeholders, staff, board.Conceived and implemented new technology initiatives, started outreach program and other opportunities for community engagement.Overseeing capital expenditure projects including funding via multiple grants obtained (Keystone, Block, etc.).Navigated restructuring of branch finances, obtained significant pay increases for staff, and increases in fundingAdministrative duties: personnel management, building management, financial duties, budgeting, reporting.

Reference librarian, instruction, outreach and coordination, purchasing, cataloging, etc.

Instructor: information literacy, online library and database usage, research skills, veracity of information, quality sources, hierarchy of sources.

Instructor: information literacy, online library and database usage, research skills and research paper writing.