Wendy Kalman Email & Phone Number

Responsible for creating and overseeing the development of interdivisional educational and advocacy resources. Providing both staff and volunteers with resources and training while also working with them to find ways to utilize resources. Facilitating connections for those using the same resources.

• Draw on strong writing and editing skills and the ability to frame logical and reasonable arguments to blog about anti-Semitism, Israel, current events, BDS, politics and bias at blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/wendy-kalman, resulting in engaged readership and raised awareness of issues concerning the Jewish community. • Leverage social media platforms to promote blog and drive readership, resulting in being named a Times of Israel “Popular Blogger” three times in 2019, considered a significant achievement for self-promoted blogs.* Unpaid position for which I wrote weekly from August 2017 through April 2022 before moving to an occasional basis.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Conducted research and produce content • Project management • Interaction and outreach with different audiences

Atlanta, Ga

• Manage and develop strategic plans and map out how to share, access and find information as the company transitions from existing platforms. Use persuasive skills, presentation abilities and a thorough and logical approach to achieve buy in from senior management.• Establish and maintain relationships with the internal businesses, IT and the knowledge management team to exchange information about present and future plans. Open lines of communication, resulting in clearer expectations and closing information gaps.• Launched regular meetings; use high-level strategic thinking and planning to bring different stakeholder groups together to thoughtfully build the businesses’ migration to the cloud and minimize disruption.Promoted from Willis Re to its parent company

Greater Atlanta Area

• Simultaneously managed multiple diverse and remote national and international teams to craft responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), resulting in over $20 million dollar in revenue.• Demonstrated initiative, resourcefulness and management skills while collaborating with Marketing and Communications Department to promote the company internally and externally and ensure brand identity was uniformly adopted, resulting in a consistent look-and-feel, a coherent vision and increased visibility.• Developed and implemented weekly proposal report tracking, which produced instant status statistics and insight into useful metrics. This ultimately resulted in improved analysis of weaknesses and strengths among RFP teams.• Documented the proposal process, creating clarity and an improved experience for brokers and analysts new to RFPs.• Conducted surveys and research to measure client satisfaction and improve internal processes, resulting in data-driven insights, better proposals and significant win rates.• Earned the Chairman’s Willis Cause Medallion for excellence in working with international teams on proposals.Willis Re is a business within the Investment, Risk and Reinsurance segment of Willis Towers Watson.

Greater Atlanta Area

Vice President Education, June 2009-June 2010; Vice President Communications, June 2007-June 2009Volunteer organization

Greater Atlanta Area

• Maintained focus on organization’s mission, vision, purpose and branding by debuting outdoor advertising and overhauling marketing collateral, resulting in renewed and increased visibility and engagement.• Maximized limited advertising budget to grow co-sponsorships by utilizing my own network in the Jewish community and by generating promotional coverage for the premiere of Anne Frank: Within and Without. • Served as liaison to the Board, skillfully conveying the organization’s vision along with marketing updates and generated enthusiasm for the 2006 season and their fundraising commitments. • Relied on strong managerial skills to shape a dynamic and cohesive team. Conducted weekly meetings with direct reports and oversaw their scheduling, creating a productive work environment.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Strategically established and maintained relationships with the media, effectively represented the school and leveraged relationships to achieve valuable newspaper, magazine and television coverage.• Prepared and executed advertising budget. Grew ad buy in publications while staying within budget.• Engaged with administration, faculty, alumni, donors, parents and students through a variety of regular communications, resulting in more informed stakeholders who acted as brand ambassadors.• Conceptualized and led the Board in mission- and message-related exercise, resulting in useful input for marketing.• Documented procedures for all communications functions and for the day-to-day operations of the department, drawing on ability to analyze and clearly describe the role’s demands to pave the way for seamless succession. Greenfield Hebrew Academy became Atlanta Jewish Academy in 2014.

Jerusalem, Israel

• Used critical thinking and analytical skills to evaluate and edit manuscripts. Oversaw pre-press and production, culminating in meeting goals for books featured in each season’s promotional catalog.• Supervised freelance staff, created effective marketing strategies, conducted fiscal analyses of books and author royalties. Used business and managerial skills to create transparency and a well-oiled machine.Simcha Publishing became Zmanma Marketing in 2009, and later folded in 2012

Jerusalem, Israel

• Drew on a skill set of research, creative thinking and network building skills to develop cooperative project proposals with other magazine publishers. • Cultivated contacts for media and public relations. Used relation-building skills that resulted in increased exposure.• Executed process for company’s first governmental grant application, publishing arm folded in 2002

Jerusalem, Israel

• Oversaw e-book production for major university textbook publishers, resulting in a positive client experience.• Used communication and organizational skills to successfully work with remote teams from Pune, India. (Swapped)• Developed intelligently detailed plan for improvements in pre-production to save time and money.folded in 2001

Jerusalem, Israel

• Prepared informative budget and sales reports and supervised sales staff for the think tank’s publications.• Executed strategic marketing campaign, resulting in growing circulation of journal and increased book sales. Shalem Center later became Shalem College

Jerusalem, Israel

• Conducted searches for unrelated donors, resulting in open communication lines with global donor registries.• Tracked payments from health funds to registries, systematically ensuring fiscal responsibility.• Assembled and analyzed data for first of its kind report on success rates for all Israeli patients to date. This self-driven initiative enabled doctors to better understand surgical impact and patient outcomes.

Greater New York City Area

* Launched system to track advertising materials for Teleconnect and Inbound/Outbound magazines* Coordinated ad placement with different departments of our two trade magazines* Checked clients’ ad materials for compliance with specifications * Organized speakers for first annual Open Application Platforms Conferencecompany later purchased by United News & Media

Jerusalem, Israel

* Taught English to injured soldiers and remedial elementary students in small groups and individually

Greater New York City Area

Mpa/Maigc, Public Administration And Integrated Global Communications, 4.0

Activities and Societies: 2020-2021 Janet and David Hankerson & 2019-2020 Juanelle Edwards Master of Public Administration Endowed.

Ba, English (With Honors), Art Minor

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Who's Who Among American College and University Students, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Pep Band.

Regents Diploma

N. Bellmore, NY