Executive Director

• Jun 2019 - Present

Leadership & Management: -Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals. -Actively engage and energize Awakenings volunteers, board members, event committees, alumni, partnering organizations, and funders. -Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for ongoing operations -Lead, coach, develop, and retain Awakenings’ high-performance team -Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents. Finance & Fundraising -Maintain the fiscal integrity of Awakenings through a proposed annual budget -Maintain fiscal management that generally anticipates operating within the approved budget, ensures maximum resource utilization, and maintenance of the organization in a positive financial position. -Expand local revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and regional expansion while simultaneously retiring building debt. -Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand. -Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities. Communications & Operations -Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand. -Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities. -Manage the administration of Awakenings operations.-Hire competent, qualified staff. -Sign all notes, agreements, and other instruments made and entered into and on behalf of the organization.

Acting Executive Director

• Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

Associate Director

• Jul 2017 - Oct 2018

Provide leadership for staff, interns, volunteers, associate board, and board of directors. Oversee planning and execution of fundraising events. Oversee resource development, including corporate, city, state, and family foundation grants. Oversee budget, fundraising, and donation reporting. Execute all administrative tasks including payroll, occupancy costs, insurance, IT, outsourced professional services, and bookkeeping. Coordinate all marketing and public relations initiatives.

Marketing and Development Coordinator

• Jan 2016 - Jul 2017

Coordinated and executed all marketing campaigns and initiatives. Managed all community outreach and audience building. Planned and executed all gallery events and their evaluation. Began fundraising through events and campaigns.

Marketing Assistant

• Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

Created and managed social media accounts, mailing list and newsletter. Began cultivating an audience through grassroots community outreach. Created and maintained a media list, wrote and sent out press releases. Created and established more diverse programming and partnered events. Took the lead on planning, promotion, and evaluation of events.

Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2022 - Present

Teaching Assistant for Social Sector Strategy and Structure, taught by Christina Hachikian Teaching Assistant for Social Sector Strategy and Structure, taught by Christina Hachikian

Preparator's Assistant

• Aug 2009 - May 2013

As the preparator's assistant, my duties included Installing/un-installing exhibits, shelving and frame construction and deconstruction, general gallery construction, assisting curator, and digital archiving. As the preparator's assistant, my duties included Installing/un-installing exhibits, shelving and frame construction and deconstruction, general gallery construction, assisting curator, and digital archiving.