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Oakland, California, Us

Lead the Bay Area and San Diego fundraising and communications team (including Regional Managers and Development Associates) of a $30-million organization serving children, youth and families. Fundraising responsibilities include major donors, Spring and year-end appeals, corporate and foundation support, fundraising events, donor stewardship. Communication responsibilities include communications strategy and editorial calendar, public speaking, communication with press, social media campaigns, printed and online collateral, monthly newsletter, annual report, and donor communication. Other responsibilities include managing Board of Directors' Resource Development Committee, volunteer recruitment and management, and, as member of the Executive Team, budget development and review, program evaluation, strategic planning, and incident review.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Manage portfolio of institutional donors for KQED's science and education programming areas. Involves creating fundraising strategy for science and education units, developing annual fundraising plan, prospect research and identification, writing proposals and reports, donor stewardship and general external communications. Many projects involve multiple internal and external partners. Required skills include managing complex projects involving several internal and external stakeholders; writing; developing goals, objectives and logic models; program evaluation related to grant deliverables; budget forecasting; strategic planning, and donor stewardship.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Wrote government and foundation grants for nonprofit organizations and government agencies, particularly school districts. Other responsibilities included conducting strategic funding research, designing programs to meet the needs of vulnerable populations, developing comprehensive sustainability plans and facilitating partnership development. I also assisted the evaluation team periodically with program evaluation design and report writing, earning me the office title of "Utility Infielder"! Specific skills included collaboration; communication; diplomacy; writing; managing projects with multiple partners; program design; strategic planning and budget development.

Launched and maintained a profitable consultancy focused primarily on sustainability, strategic planning, and program development in the areas of education, human services, mental health, child abuse prevention and community development. I authored government, foundation, and corporate funding proposals for a diverse collection of non-profit organizations with budgets ranging from $30K/year to $26M/year. Other work included composing direct mail and other fundraising materials along with web and print communications such as annual reports, newsletters, blogs and e-mail blasts. I conducted prospect research to locate potential funders, created fundraising plans and developed goals, objectives and logic models for specific proposals as well as part of larger strategic planning processes. In addition to fundraising and communication materials, I authored agency policy manuals in accordance with Medi-Cal and California Community Care Licensing regulations. Finally, I provided group training and individual coaching to executive directors, development staff and board members.

Sausalito, Ca, Us

Managed team of Grant Relations OfficersConducted prospect research to fund environmental education centers in California and WashingtonWrote 25 proposals in 12 monthsIncreased foundation giving by 25% in a single yearDeveloped and managed corporate giving strategyAuthored web content, brochure copy and “About Us” media materials

Oakland, California, Us

Increased public funding by $5.1 Million over 3 yearsIncreased foundation giving by 19% over three yearsDeveloped and executed successful 125th Anniversary marketing campaign, including launch of new website and direct mail appealsPlanned, marketed and managed 2006 Culinary Stars of the Bay fundraiser, grossing $125,000Managed the entire grant process from prospecting to reporting

Researched public policy and funding trends for children's programming.Authored proposals, grants and program documentation for health and human service agencies.Created training materials and conducted trainings regarding best practices and State regulations for education, social service and mental health organizations.Reviewed child welfare agencies for City of San Francisco to ensure quality and compliance with relevant regulations.

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Reviewed organizational policy; managed compliance; served as liasion to state agencies.

Ph.D., Education, Counseling Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology