Lead fundraising, marketing and communications in the housing and shelter space.

At Aeon, I am part of the fundraising and marketing team that creates and fosters supporters of our mission in the community.

As the Director of Resource Development, I oversee the fundraising team. We create and foster supporters of our mission in the community.

I provided in-house marketing support to IGNITE's roster of natural and organic food clients and also managed our internal marketing and major trade show participation.

As a member of Carleton College's fundraising division, I worked on fostering lasting relationships between Carleton College and its benefactors, promoting positive attitudes toward giving among current and prospective major and planned gift donors.

Oversaw program that involves 1600 volunteers per year in 120,000 hours of work. Supervised team of six across five sites.

Managed a portfolio of 100+ major donors. Build and nurture relationships for membership renewals, special fundraising projects, and acquisitions.

Vantage Point inspires and builds leadership in the voluntary sector. They focus our energy on four key areas in order to achieve this mission:1) How not-for-profit organizations govern effectively2) Building leadership at not-for-profit organizations3) Working with organizations to plan well4) Focusing energy on the true competitive advantage of the voluntary sector - people.My role at Vantage Point was multifaceted, but focused on building organizations' capacity to work with all their people, both paid and unpaid, to fulfill mission.

United Arts of Central Florida (www.unitedarts.cc) is a dynamic collaboration of businesses, governments, foundations, arts and culture organizations, school districts, artists and individuals. This partnership works to enhance the quality and variety of cultural experiences available throughout Central Florida. Since its inception in 1989, United Arts has invested over $91 million in local cultural organizations and cultural education as of 2008.My role at United Arts was to foster community support of our annual fundraising campaign - increasing the general operating support we could filter back into the arts and cultural community.

Marketing and communications intern at the Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Center.

Major gifts intern, working in fundraising, donor recognition, and events.

My role at General Mills was in traditional brand management in consumer product goods. I primarily worked on alternative channels snack food business for Wal-Mart, Costco, Sam's Club and drug stores. I also worked on new cereal and snack food development teams.