Experience

Voice of the People in Uptown

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Development

  • Jun 2023 - 7 months

  Chicago, Illinois, United States



Juvenile Protective Association (JPA)

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Manager, Grants

  • Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

  Chicago, Illinois, United States



All Chicago Making Homelessness History

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Grants Manager

  • Feb 2019 - Oct 2021

  Chicago



As If They Were My Own (Sole Proprietor)

• Dog Walker / Pet Sitter

  • Aug 2016 - Jan 2019

  Chicago - Lakeview & Lincoln Park



Feeding America

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Manager of Foundation Relationships

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2016

  Chicago, IL * Manage a significant portfolio of organizational relationships for long-term growth, including all appropriate stewardship activities; * Collaborate and strategize to increase funding/revenue from foundations for specific programs; * Write foundation grant proposals and applications to support diverse programs within Feeding America; • Create proposals, reports, and letters for use in foundation solicitation, including those relating to the development of new program concepts.



Life Span Center for Legal Services & Advocacy

• Director of Development

  • May 2008 - Sep 2013

  • Write foundation, corporate, and government grant proposals and applications to support diverse programs within one agency; • Create proposals, reports, and letters for use in foundation and corporate solicitation, including those relating to the development of new program concepts; • Design and implement program budgets, annual direct mail appeals; supervise gift processing, record keeping, and financial reports; • Integrate board members in fundraising strategy, cultivation and… Show more • Write foundation, corporate, and government grant proposals and applications to support diverse programs within one agency; • Create proposals, reports, and letters for use in foundation and corporate solicitation, including those relating to the development of new program concepts; • Design and implement program budgets, annual direct mail appeals; supervise gift processing, record keeping, and financial reports; • Integrate board members in fundraising strategy, cultivation and solicitation work; serve as staff contact and support for chairs of the board committee; assist in the recruitment and orientation of new board members; • Plan and implement special events; develop a planned giving program for the agency; • Create and write communication materials, including newsletters and brochures; • Supervise maintenance of all agency social media, such as the website, Facebook page, electronic marketing, and annual report creation and publication; • Supervise and guide an Associate Board of Directors with 12 members toward lucrative fundraising and agency outreach activities. Show less



After School Matters

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Grants Manager

  • Aug 2006 - May 2008

  • Supervise the creation of proposals, reports, and letters for use in foundation and corporate solicitation, including those relating to the development of new program concepts. Oversee the preparation of corresponding budgets; • Create and monitor a donor deliverables tracking/reporting process, as well as create time lines for corresponding program implementation. Ensure clarity of, and monitor departmental roles related to donor expectations as well as create and ensure implementation… Show more • Supervise the creation of proposals, reports, and letters for use in foundation and corporate solicitation, including those relating to the development of new program concepts. Oversee the preparation of corresponding budgets; • Create and monitor a donor deliverables tracking/reporting process, as well as create time lines for corresponding program implementation. Ensure clarity of, and monitor departmental roles related to donor expectations as well as create and ensure implementation of Grants Department policies and procedures for organization; • Supervise staff of three grant writers in the external affairs division.

• Grants Manager

  • Aug 2005 - Aug 2006

  • Identify potential funding sources and create tailored grant proposals and reports to donors; • Prepare schedules and calendars of foundation reports and deadlines; • Supervise preparation of proposal submission and income summary reports to board members and other individuals in obtaining proposal support on behalf of the organization.



Institute of Cultural Affairs

• India
• Non-profit Organization Management

• Program Administrator

  • Aug 2003 - Aug 2005

  • Translate Spanish to English data for program evaluations; • Assist in grant writing and fundraising initiatives • Re-design and maintain the Learning Basket Program website; • Design and create Spanish and English PowerPoint presentations for conferences and workshops in the United States, Guatemala, and Ecuador.



Schiff Hardin LLP

• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Marketing Technology Administrator

  • 1997 - 2002

  • Event planning for seminars and conferences both on and off-site; • Manage marketing contact management system with 30,000 contacts; devise strategies for knowledge management implementation firm-wide; • Write and edit the annual alumni directory; • Design and create announcements, brochures, newsletters, and PowerPoint presentations for both attorneys and clients of the firm.