Tori Binelli Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Coordinated volunteer support for daily tasks including: animal transport, socialization, and care. Trained and onboarded 85% of all new individual animal care volunteers. Managed daily volunteers by addressing concerns, mediating conflict, providing programmatic guidance, maintaining protocol compliance, and building and nurturing relationships between staff and volunteers. Supervised the Family Service Volunteer Program, including: onboarding over 150 new family service volunteers, writing and distributing a quarterly newsletter to program participants, and leading the monthly Family Service New Volunteer Orientation Zoom presentation.Coordinated travel and organization of long distance rescue trips including: recruiting and communicating with location-specific volunteers and coordinating flights, hotels, car rentals, and schedules to ensure animal safety. Coordinated the volunteers for our 2022 Hurricane Ian Rescue Trip and our 2023 Tennessee Tornado Rescue Trip, as well as other smaller trips to pick up animals across the country. Led donors and corporate volunteer groups through a presentation, tour, and guided volunteer tasks.Managed facility and operational concerns including: laundry and dish facility maintenance, managing repairs and repair schedules, and applying quick fixes when needed.

Chesterton In

Conducted genealogical and historical research on Westchester Township region families and events as part of the museum’s developing collection.Managed research requests from community members, news affiliates, and educational institutionsDeveloped exhibit content by identifying collections items, researching historical documents for interpretation, and creating a cohesive narrative. Contributed substantially toward the development of the October 2018 exhibit “The Cold War in Duneland” Individually developed, researched, and designed the February 2020 exhibit “Women of Duneland”Created an online Facebook series on notable local women, local Swedish immigrants, and artifacts from the Museum’s collection. Helped grow our audience from 2,500 to over 3,000 followers.Researched, edited, and produced educational videos for Youtube including: “Ghost Towns of Westchester Township,” “Becoming Westchester Township,” and “Duneland’s Swedish Immigrants” video series. Cross-promoted educational content on both Facebook and Youtube pages. Accepted and processed artifact donations by writing the legal Deed of Gift documents, itemizing donations, and labeling artifacts according to best practices.

Porter County Museum

Researcher, Beverly Shores Stories Project Completed in depth historical research including interviewing 20 residents for collection of oral histories, identifying photographs, and artifacts culminating in two exhibits developed for both the Porter County Museum and the Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery.Created two separate presentations for the exhibit openings for both the Porter County Museum and the Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery, presented to groups ranging from 20 to 80 people.Volunteer Coordinator, AmeriCorps Member June 2015 – August 2017Coordinated volunteer support and outreach, including recruiting 30 volunteers to support individual programs and 10 volunteers to support the day to day tasks of the Museum. Developed a program series, including research, content creation, and presentation for the Beverly Shores Stories Project and the exhibit and programming for the exhibit on Camp Goodfellow in coordination with The National Lakeshore. Initiated a new photo digitization process for summer interns and future employees.Enhanced the Museum’s photo archive through the scanning and cataloguing of documents and photos. into the Past Perfect Database, and instituting new organization systems for both. Assisted in planning, advertising, and executing museum exhibits.Lead tours of the museum, created educational materials and programs for school groups of visitors.

Porter County Museum

Americorps Member serving at the Porter County Museum, with the primary responsibilities of volunteer outreach, content mapping, exhibit planning, scanning and cataloging historical documents in a database, as well as handling artifacts, aiding in the planning, advertisement, and execution of museum events.

Valparaiso University

Integrated highly-specific coffee knowledge of over 50 menu items with customer requests to ensure properly brewed beverages, sandwiches, and pastries.Provided high quality customer service while remaining calm during periods of high volume, often from 80 to 200 customers per shift. Accounted for all cash and student currency by ensuring proper security of all monetary assets within the cafe.

Valparaiso, Indiana

Primary responsibilities include content mapping, exhibit planning, scanning and cataloging historical documents, handling artifacts, and aiding in the production of events.

Orland Park, Illinois

Supervised 16-20 children, provided a safe environment, planned activities, practiced first aid, enforced safety regulations and disciplinary guidelines.