Experience

HomeFree-USA

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Officer

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Department Leader, responsible for the overall strategic development and execution of all revenue-generating opportunities.- Responsible for fostering a culture of philanthropy and ensuring that fund development is executed in keeping with the organization's values, vision, and mission.- Participate with the CEO and senior management to plan the organization's fund development course and programs.- Manage the operations development function efficiently, and oversee development activities in coordination with staff.- Establish performance measures, monitor results, and evaluate the efficacy of development staff and the fund development program.- Write, edit, and distribute content, press releases, website content, annual reports, and other material that communicates the organization's activities, products and/or services.



Dream Center of Forsyth County

• Fund Development Consultant

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  • Worked with Dream Center of Forsyth County to establish tools, processes and systems and provided leadership for sustainable mission advancement and fund development• Also worked with organization leadership and volunteer leadership to develop strategy on top prospects while meeting and exceeding fundraising goals/objectives• Coordinated campaign communications, including print and visual collateral materials. Produced much needed fundraising mailer and sent to 1,000 qualified leads via data points selected from RFM model.• Developed cultivation and solicitation strategies for key donor prospects, including potential government grants from newly released ARPA funding.• Created and maintained a self-developed CRM tool for Dream Center to manage donor relationships. Manually imported over 100 contacts from the accounting system to start the foundation of their CRM.



Bethesda Center for the Homeless

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Philanthropy & Operations

  • Mar 2021 - Nov 2021

  Responsible for the strategic planning and management of Bethesda Center’s (BCH) fundraising, marketing, public & media relations, and all branding strategies. Researched and prepared government, corporate, and foundation grants, and managed all aspects of the agency fundraisers. Provided direct leadership for the entire organization operations. • Created and implemented an annual community relations and development business plan with specific strategies to accomplish BCH’s overall development efforts defined by the annual budget. • Cultivated and nurtured relationships with current and potential businesses, foundations, and individual donors to increase BCH’s support base. • Maximized the effectiveness of Bethesda’s donor strategy by assisting and leading staff & the Board of Directors and volunteers in identifying, cultivating, and soliciting major donor prospects. • Forecast and evaluated the potential of fund-raising campaigns and activities. Developed master grant writing, reporting and research calendar annually. • Developed and implemented long term comprehensive marketing and public relations plans and strategies. • Served as the primary ambassador of the organization and managed high-profile engagements on at the local level, including influencing agendas to raise awareness about the importance of effective community programs.• Established and cultivated relationships with the local media. Kept media informed about BCH through press releases and by encouraging media coverage. • Produced BCH newsletters, annual reports, brochures, and similar publications. • Led the technology integration and innovation throughout the organization, implemented and improved financial and operating strategy, and provided database management and inventory management.



Coca-Cola Consolidated

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Giving Project Specialist

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2021

  • Served as the primary contact between the company, local and national non-profits, and all other charitable organizations in the community by developing and executing grants, policies and programs that directly related to our purpose statement and CSR plan • Led internal fundraising efforts for support to local nonprofits. Organized multiple fundraising events every year, developed payroll charitable giving solutions for employees to donate to non-profits from their paychecks. • Fundraised, managed, and implemented a $100,000 to $500,000 annual budget for community outreach projects for 18,000 employees nationwide • Responsible for implementing and executing data driven decision making in the form of quarterly report cards from non-profits we supported financially. We went from zero data in year one, to about 52% of the workforce actively donating or volunteering in their local community in year two, and in year three almost 60% total engagement • Developed and managed multiple CRM tools that allowed signups, data tracking, and efficiency for community and teammate events. Examples include Benevity, Cybergrants, Salesforce, Constant Contact, Mailchimp, and Sharepoint. • Created marketing and social media campaigns and strategies, including content ideation, graphic design, website maintenance and implementation schedules while ensuring brand consistency. Also created and distributed engaging written and graphic content in the form of e-newsletters, web pages and social media messages

• Information Technology Support Specialist Tier 1 – Tier 4

  • May 2009 - Jan 2017

  Joined Coca Cola as an intern in 2009 and rapidly got promoted to JR IT Tech and then IT Support Specialist and later IT Site Director.• Supported C-Suite executives for 3 years. Worked with the IT Specialists (Solution Designers, Configuration, Data Modelers) to translate user and/or systems requirements into functional technical specifications. • Daily interactions with over 1000 users in order to assist with technology related questions and problems while also supporting an entire branch in all aspects of IT services.• Responsible for a quarterly budget of $25,000 – $40,000 depending on need and focus. • Provided leadership to a team of 10 Junior Techs and Tier 1 and Tier II support specialists. • Handled the acquisition, distribution, and storage of more than 500 pieces of equipment and supplies at any given time. Trained users on how to operate new technical equipment• Responsible for creating, leading and organizing major IT events such as Refresh Rally (over 200 devices replaced), CCC Photo Day (300 employees involved), and more. • Critically evaluated information gathered from multiple sources, reconciled conflicting information when it was necessary.• Able to decompose high-level information into details at the same time, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and was able to distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.



Forward NC

• Government Relations Services

• Field Organizer (Political Campaign Director)

  • Jun 2014 - Nov 2014

  - Was in charge of making sure the campaign got its message out through direct voter contact. Contacted over 5000 total voters. - Identified, recruited and managed volunteers to help with various campaign activities. Began with a staff of 5 volunteers and grew it to over 50 by the time I departed. - Coordinated the work of the volunteers, utilized their skills and talents efficiently and provided motivation- Event planning with local communities and business partners. Had close to 200 different business/ organizations I supported- maintained accurate, current, and detailed data relating to individual community engagements and entered the collected information into our databases online.