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• Inaugural Executive Director for 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2018.• Grow foundation by expanding program offerings, funding of research, and international network of families and researchers.• Recruit, retain and lead highly qualified staff and volunteers by providing professional and personal growth in a team-oriented environment.• Maintain and nurture positive relationships with stakeholders and stakeholder groups including the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative as part of their Rare as One Network.• Drive a donor-centric, mission-driven culture, build relationships and implement fundraising and corporate giving campaigns to accomplish financial goals.• Identify and plan for infrastructure and financial growth to parallel growth of programs, policies and procedures.• Manage all Foundation marketing, branding, communications, and social media campaigns and efforts.• Manage and determine annual budget for overseeing financial planning, allocation of funds, and strategic budgeting initiatives to ensure efficient resource utilization and alignment with organizational goals.

National Office

• Effectively manage top national and regional corporate partnerships, including the Publix account, the organization’s largest partner with expected annual revenue of over $6 million• Collaborate with senior executives to maximize development and activation of partners including but not limited to Macy’s, Philips Healthcare, and CooperSurgical• Strategize and implement marketing, communications, and trainings for internal staff to successfully execute corporate partner deliverables and campaign goals• Assume responsibilities of all partnership campaign contract deliverables, working cross-functionally with different lines of business (fiance, legal, marketing, logistics, purchasing, IT, etc.) to move efficiently through objectives and negotiate annual contract renewal• Analyze, develop, and implement new marketing strategies, ideas, and processes to improve department procedures, grow business, and partnerships• Successfully handle ad hoc complex account and legal issues by finding resolutions that best fit needs of each business

Northeast Florida

• Oversaw and managed administration, staff, programs, operating budget and strategic plan of organization in a seven-county region• Developed a responsive and more market-driven organization by identifying new fundraising opportunities including grants, foundations, sponsorships and recruiting new staff and high-impact executive volunteers• Embraced best practices, critical thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit with a focus to improve bottom-line of $960,000+• Communicated community awareness initiatives in a timely manner via social media, e-newsletter, website and marketing collateral

• Led the marketing, development, public relations and strategic planning of the Go Red For Women, National Wear Red Day and “Red Dress” campaign in Central Florida • Identify, cultivate, and solicit high-level corporate sponsors and donors by developing year-round strategy ensuring superior customer relations toward accomplishment of $300,000 in revenue

• Identified, cultivated, and solicited corporate sponsors, executives, and participants toward accomplishment of team’s annual goal of $1.5 million• Personally managed a portfolio of 300+ constituents: executives and top donors to drive fundraising efforts within top companies of Central Florida for largest walk and third largest one-day fundraiser in Central Florida• Self-recruited companies to participate in company fundraising and sponsorship resulting in $70,000 in new revenue (Publix, Truly Nolen, PNCBank, Ferrari Maserati, Avant Healthcare, Conway Lakes)

• Developed annual marketing and business strategy for three major special events and five programs throughout ten-county region of Central Florida• Spearheaded and managed development department by overseeing major special events: Fight for Air Climb, Cars for the Cure, & Fight for Air Run/Walk grossing a total of $300,000 and recruitment of 20,000 attendees• Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, acknowledge, steward and renew corporate sponsors, foundation support, grants, major gifts and endowment donors across 10 counties toward the accomplishment of specific annual fundraising target of $500,000

• Established a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to public relations for crisis victims with an emphasis of engaging social and digital tactics• Identified, cultivated, and maintained Board of Directors, volunteers, and a donor base• Developed and maintained all aspects of the organization including media planning, development, marketing, fund raising, management, and social networkingSpearheaded and executed digital social media campaign to raise more than $10,000 for victims of Hurricane Katrina• Organized silent auction and launch event for 200 guests and targeted media; coordinate concert to raise $3,000 for the International Rescue Committee

• Pioneer and manage all communication by implementing client intake protocol, client screening process, and internal communication procedures• Create and implement strategic marketing and public relations plan for firm• Perform public relations, marketing, and social media duties to promote law firm with direct mailings, and Web 2.0 tools• Design, create, write, and manage all graphic design and media materials including logo creation, flyers, and business cards

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