Experience

Housing Action Coalition

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Manager

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  • Plan and execute fundraising events in partnership with high-net worth individuals to secure multi-year commitments to drive growth• Plan and execute all major fundraising campaigns, including annual memberships and two major fundraisers accounting for 50% of total operating budget• Lead the Executive Board Development Committee to leverage board member networks in order to achieve fundraising goals

• East Bay Community Organizer

  • Jul 2020 - Present

• Development Associate

  • Jan 2018 - Jul 2020

  • Actively manage relationships with senior executives and board members to recruit, assess, and produce organizational positions on housing projects throughout the nine-county Bay Area• Improve and streamline organization processes to ensure effectiveness, such as drafting project review scoring to target and influence Planning Commissioners• Write letters of support for housing projects and priority legislation ensuring accurate communication of the organization’s complex positions• Produce and distribute communications utilizing Mailchimp, Facebook, Twitter, Slack, and Hustle to educate and organize housing supporters• Plan and execute two yearly fundraisers attended by 400+ industry leaders, state and local elected officials, and key activists; raised 50% of the yearly budget and consistently achieved over 100% of fundraising and attendance goals• Create and account for a budget of $750,000, including reconciliation of a quarterly cost-sharing agreement between the 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 entities• Compile and present fundraising and budgetary updates at monthly board meetings• Lead internship programming including recruitment, onboarding, and managing interns• Represent the organization at community meetings and local government hearings to promote pro-housing policy changes• Write op-ed pieces utilizing researched data to further pro-housing arguments focusing on regional solutions Show less

• Consultant

  • Oct 2017 - Dec 2017



Office of Councilwoman Wildaliz Bermudez

• Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Policy Analysis Intern

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2017

  Researched and analyzed State policy and its impacts on municipal issues, and prepared supporting documentation for proposed resolutions and ordinances related to criminal justice Researched and analyzed State policy and its impacts on municipal issues, and prepared supporting documentation for proposed resolutions and ordinances related to criminal justice



Connecticut Open Communities Alliance

• Hartford, Connecticut

• Policy Intern

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2017

  Researched the effects of low-income housing programs in the state of Connecticut, and developed reports of potential best practices Researched the effects of low-income housing programs in the state of Connecticut, and developed reports of potential best practices



Zezzo House Corp.

• Hartford, CT

• Operations Intern

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Designed an automated fundraising program to finance a $20,000 need, and responded to day-to-day requests of residents of the housing project for disabled persons and families Designed an automated fundraising program to finance a $20,000 need, and responded to day-to-day requests of residents of the housing project for disabled persons and families



Bulldog Finance Group

• United States
• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Researched the donation patterns of specific constituencies to inform cold calling Researched the donation patterns of specific constituencies to inform cold calling