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Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Wilton, Ct

Darien, Connecticut

P2P is a front-line social service agency that helps low-income members of our community find a foothold of stability, assisting more than 28,000 individuals in Fairfield County with emergency assistance, camperships and scholarships. With an annual fundraising goal of $5M+.

Stamford, Ct

At Keep America Beautiful, it's our mission to inspire and educate people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment. We envision a country where every community is a clean, green beautiful place to live.Through a variety of national programs and initiatives with our more than 620 community-based affiliates and partner organizations, KAB engages more than 5 million volunteers in our effort to End Littering, Improve Recycling, and Beautify America’s Communities.As a Director of Development, I was responsible for building partnerships and generating revenue from corporations through sponsorships, grant opportunities, events, cause marketing partnerships, gift in kind, and other innovative ways to support our mission.

New York, Ny

Responsible for securing contributed revenue from individuals, foundations, corporations, and special events. • In first ten months, surpassed fundraising goal by $1.1M, raising $4.7M in private contributions. • Developed annual fundraising plan for 2017 with a specific focus on expanding major gifts, mid-level giving, fundraising events and corporate and foundation giving strategies.• Managing a growing in-house direct marketing program, including writing and developing the organization's first mailed newsletter targeted to donors and developing a new plan for 2017. Exceeded direct marketing revenue previous year total by 30%.• Leading database conversion of 450,000 records.

New York, Ny

Support the development and implementation of a comprehensive fundraising strategy designed to increase support by expanding and diversifying corporate giving, individual gifts (major, annual, social media integration, planned giving), events, as well as gifts from the faith and foundation communities.

Bridgeport, Ct

Create the framework for a new position in the organization charged with developing and managing all aspects of fundraising including grants, special events, volunteer coordination, individual and major donors.

Manage government grants for the construction and financing of low income single family homes.

San Francisco Bay Area

Started high-end custom cake boutique, made more than 200 custom cakes and $200,000 in revenue in two years with a goal of outstanding customer service, unmatched creativity, and delicious cakes.• Competed on Food Network Cake Challenge, April 2010.• Developed quality relationships with luxury wedding venue staff and exclusive wedding planners.• Developed booths and tables for bridal shows and marketing events; Created marketing material and website; Wiz at social media, Facebook, Twitter, and blogs.• Strategic planning skills to determine growth potential and business needs.• Managed business with Quickbooks including invoicing, paying vendors, budgeting, debt management.

Coordinated the preparation of an Institutional Master Plan for a new $2 billion acute-care urban hospital. Using lean project management principles (The Toyota Way), provided technical and administrative support to large and diverse project team of consultants and stakeholders to coordinate creation of work plans, timelines, and project budgets.

Manage staff of four (Management Analyst, Rehabilitation and Finance Specialist, Finance Associate, and Housing Technician/Administrative Support);· Develop and manage division and agency budget ($7,000,000 for the BMR Program, $450,000 for the CDBG funded Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program, $30,000 for the Emergency Loan Program, and $17,202,557 for Housing and Redevelopment programs);· Prepare developer agreements, ENRA, DDA, BMR Agreements;· Liaison to the Housing Commission, set commission priorities, prepare agendas and staff reports.

Lead entitlement process for two development projects· Direct and manage consultant work for the all aspects of development, including environmental review, engineering requirements, and conceptual design process, for example site capacity studies;· Conduct feasibility and financial analysis, including due diligence, comps and proformas;· Build new and develop relationships with all stakeholders, including land owners and brokers, to identify new leads for development projects;· Research and evaluate new properties for development, including general plan and zoning status, infrastructure needs, environmental review, and entitlement process; and· Meet with city staff, planning commissioners, city council, and public agencies to identify new projects and resolve issues.

Supervised staff of four, including associate planners, contract planners, and support staff;· Coordinated the development review of small and large development projects;· Oversight of consultants, including scope of work, budget negotiation, contract preparation, execution, and performance review;· Preparation of detailed land use, economic, and transportation studies, including feasibility, fiscal impact analysis, work programs, and project budgets;· Preparation and review of development agreements, General Plan and Zoning Ordinance amendments, inclusionary zoning, and environmental impact analysis in accordance with CEQA;· Managed all aspects of the Planning Commission, including preparation and review of agendas, meeting minutes, legal notices, and news releases;· Researched and prepared responses to legislative initiatives.

Masters, Urban Planning

Master'S Degree, Historic Preservation And Conservation

Bachelor'S Degree, Liberal Arts, Art History