Libby Bennett

Director of Development & Communications at Groundworks Collaborative
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Bemba Elementary proficiency
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency

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Erin Peot

I had the pleasure of working with Libby as mutual Peer Consultants as we presented our graduate research during our Summer Capstone Seminar at SIT Graduate Institute. Libby provided me with creative and insightful feedback that enhanced my presentation and my experience. It was a privilege to work with Libby- she is a compassionate, dedicated, and thoughtful community leader.

Robert Szpila

I recommend Libby Bennett for your serious consideration. Libby was highly successful in her role at Big Big Brothers Big Sisters. Her professionalism, strong work ethic, attention to detail, and joy for life made her an ideal employee.

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Credentials

  • Certificate in Nonprofit Management
    Marlboro College Graduate & Professional Studies

Experience

  • Groundworks Collaborative
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Development & Communications
      • May 2012 - Present

      Fundraising ■ Major Gifts Solicitations ■ Grant Writing ■ Donor Stewardship ■ Marketing & Communications ■ Community Relations ■ Event Planning ■ Website Management ■ Social Media ■ Public Relations ■ Capital Campaign Management ■ Supervision of Development Staff and Contractors Fundraising ■ Major Gifts Solicitations ■ Grant Writing ■ Donor Stewardship ■ Marketing & Communications ■ Community Relations ■ Event Planning ■ Website Management ■ Social Media ■ Public Relations ■ Capital Campaign Management ■ Supervision of Development Staff and Contractors

  • SIT Graduate Institute
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Masters Degree Candidate - MA in Intercultural Service Leadership & Management
      • Aug 2010 - Jul 2012

      Completed July 2012Masters in Intercultural Service Leadership and ManagementConcentration: Social Justice & Policy Advocacy Coursework (completed May 2011) Included: Fundraising & Grant Writing ■ Training Design for Experiential Learning ■ Cross-Cultural Counseling ■ Mediation ■ Non-Profit & NGO Management ■ Social Identity ■ Organizational Behavior ■ Policy Advocacy ■ Health Rights Issues in Social Justice ■ NGO Leadership & Social Change ■ Inter-Cultural Communication Completed July 2012Masters in Intercultural Service Leadership and ManagementConcentration: Social Justice & Policy Advocacy Coursework (completed May 2011) Included: Fundraising & Grant Writing ■ Training Design for Experiential Learning ■ Cross-Cultural Counseling ■ Mediation ■ Non-Profit & NGO Management ■ Social Identity ■ Organizational Behavior ■ Policy Advocacy ■ Health Rights Issues in Social Justice ■ NGO Leadership & Social Change ■ Inter-Cultural Communication

  • Southeastern Vermont Community Action (CAP)
    • Family Services Outreach Worker
      • Oct 2011 - May 2012

      Provided resources and referrals to clients in financial crisis ■ Administered emergency programs for housing and home heating fuel Provided resources and referrals to clients in financial crisis ■ Administered emergency programs for housing and home heating fuel

  • Groundworks Collaborative dba Morningside Shelter
    • Development Resource Coordinator
      • Aug 2011 - Oct 2011

      Fundraising ■ Grant Writing ■ Event Planning All to support programs that work to create individualized solutions to homelessness ■ Organized Morningside's first annual Hike for the Homeless Fundraising ■ Grant Writing ■ Event Planning All to support programs that work to create individualized solutions to homelessness ■ Organized Morningside's first annual Hike for the Homeless

  • Youth Services
    • Government Administration
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Big Brothers Big Sisters School Based Case Manager
      • Aug 2009 - Aug 2010

      Coordinated, implemented, structured and supervised the BBBS School Based Program ■ Solicited and received referrals of children ■ Screened adult and high school volunteer mentors ■ Matched children with appropriate adult or high school volunteer mentors ■ Monitored matches—providing support and guidance ■ Assisted in public relations and volunteer recruitment ■ Conducted volunteer trainings ■ Assisted with fundraising events ■ Served as a liaison to four school districts. Coordinated, implemented, structured and supervised the BBBS School Based Program ■ Solicited and received referrals of children ■ Screened adult and high school volunteer mentors ■ Matched children with appropriate adult or high school volunteer mentors ■ Monitored matches—providing support and guidance ■ Assisted in public relations and volunteer recruitment ■ Conducted volunteer trainings ■ Assisted with fundraising events ■ Served as a liaison to four school districts.

  • International Organization for Migration
    • Colombia
    • Real Estate
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Counter Trafficking Program Assistant
      • Jul 2008 - Jul 2009

      Coordinated the operation of all aspects of the human trafficking victim assistance program for Zambia as a member of the Southern African Counter Trafficking Assistance Program ■ Conducted trafficking screening and assistance interviews with survivors of human trafficking ■ Provided direct case management services for trafficked adults, children, and stranded migrants, particularly youth and young women ■ Facilitated workshops to raise community awareness on human trafficking ■ Enhanced capacity of law enforcement and civil society to prevent and respond to trafficking cases by training police, immigration officers, service providers and other stakeholders to identify, protect and assist victims and prosecute traffickers ■ Provided training for the Zambian national hotline on human trafficking ■ Managed hotline data ■ Provided input to the Zambian Parliament in the drafting of anti-trafficking legislation ■ Completed monitoring and evaluation reports ■ Created localized informational materials ■ Represented IOM on the United Nations Communications Group and United Nations Basic Social Services outcomes group.

  • Peace Corps
    • United States
    • International Affairs
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • HIV and AIDS Extension Agent (Zambian Ministry of Health)
      • Jun 2006 - Jul 2008

      Lived in a rural village (Kanyembo, Luapula) to build capacity with local counterparts in sustainable HIV prevention, nutrition (particularly for people living with HIV and vulnerable children), and sustainable initiatives to care for and support vulnerable children ■ Taught sustainable conservation farming to improve nutrition ■ Planned and implemented workshops on prevention of HIV and other STIs, reproductive health, girls’ empowerment, life skills, etc. ■ Networked with government counterparts and partner NGOs to bring HIV testing to rural areas of Luapula Province ■ Facilitated sessions for provincial-level counterpart trainings ■ Presented health talks on HIV prevention, HIV testing, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, nutrition, prevention of malaria and water-borne illness ■ Monitored and evaluated programs in accordance with PEPFAR guidelines.

  • Planned Parenthood Association of South Africa
    • Project Intern
      • Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

      Training loveLife Y-Centre staff and volunteers about antiretroviral therapy to treat HIV infection — as one approach to inform the program’s social marketing to reduce stigma related to living with HIV Training loveLife Y-Centre staff and volunteers about antiretroviral therapy to treat HIV infection — as one approach to inform the program’s social marketing to reduce stigma related to living with HIV

Education

  • SIT Graduate Institute
    Master of Arts - MA, Program in Intercultural Service Leadership and Management
    2010 - 2012
  • Marlboro College Graduate School
    Certificate in Non-Profit Management, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
    2013 - 2013
  • Smith College
    Anthropology, Studio Art
    2001 - 2005
  • University of Cape Town
    BA, Study Abroad: South Africa
    2003 - 2004
  • Brattleboro Union High School
    1997 - 2001

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