RENEW Center Director

• Mar 2021 - Present

Center Director for the Renew program, a Montessori Dementia Day program which provides services and support to adults who have a diagnosis of memory or cognitive impairment. Renew is a thoughtfully designed day program for adults with early cognitive delays. Our programming utilizes a Montessori-style curriculum, empowering members to engage in self-directed, curiosity-led activities that honor agency and individual choice in a highly supportive environment. Responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of the Montessori programs through quality assurance procedures and develops new program concepts, continuously updating content to satisfy the client's ever-changing and widely diverse needs. Show less

Director of Resource Development and Administration

• Mar 2020 - Mar 2021

Development Associate

• Jun 2015 - Present

Related Skills: Relationship Building, Network, Fundraising, Administrative Oversight, Team Leadership, Strategic & Tactical Planning, Event Planning, Database Management As a frontline fundraiser, build and maintain relationships with a network of benefactors, corporate donors, volunteers, and both public and private organizations. Personally responsible for the planning and execution of a new nonprofit philanthropic entity connected to the organization (coordinate donors, develop new legal documentation, and more). Key Contributions: • Oversee development support personnel, focused on managing donor relationships while pursuing new potential prospects and opportunities to expand the organization’s network. • Write grant applications to corporate and foundation funding sources, overseeing process from selection through to final submission of grant proposal. • Defined new standard operating procedures for data management, measurably increasing efficiency and accuracy. Show less

Adjunct Faculty

• Aug 2015 - Mar 2020

YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE – Rock Hill, South Carolina Adjunct Faculty, 8/2013 to Present Related Skills: Curriculum Planning, Classroom Instruction, Mentorship, Diversity, Assessment Design, Gamification, Undergraduate Students, Adult Students, Competency Based Education Engage a diverse population of students, including at-risk student populations and adult learners, to promote student success and reduce student attrition rates, aligning key support services to provide critical financial, academic, personal, and career counseling and advising. Teach Freshman First Year Experience coursework, develop and implement a curriculum focused on improving student fluency in a higher-education setting. Assist a diverse student population in the development of metacognitive skills, soft skills, academic planning to improve student retention and positive educational outcomes (certificate or degree completions and/or successful transfers to four-year institutions). Work one-on-one with students from a wide variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, ensuring sensitivity to each student’s unique history and educational needs. Develop strategic instructional tools in conjunction with subject matter experts to meet learning objectives and communicate key educational objectives. Introduce and assess new technologies to engage learners in the learned experience. Create experiential learning as well as educational materials and tools that enhance the learning processes for students. Create lesson plans, developed course materials, instructional guidelines, evaluated student progress and, when necessary, added additional intervention materials to assist students to meet learning goals. Develop assessment materials as well as measuring effectiveness and impact of existing assessment materials, resources or services as an outcomes based assessment. Show less

Prospect Research Manager

• Nov 2005 - Dec 2010

Prospect Research Manager, 11/2005 to 12/2010 Related Skills: Academic Program Management, Stewardship, Alumni Engagement, Student & Parent Relations, Community Relations, Campus Event Planning, Budget Administration, Office Management, Program Communication & Correspondence Drove prospecting and engagement in support of college fundraising objectives, leading prospective donor research efforts. Forged promotional campaigns, engaged donors, and fostered a culture of participation among students, faculty, staff, alumni, and supporters. Collaborated with Alumni Department to plan and develop alumni research and targeting strategies, as well as new / annual alumni events. Provided key prospect and donor research and support for Lycoming Annual Fund, planned giving, major giving, foundation, and corporate giving campaigns. Developed scholarship materials for donor approval. Held accountability for program budget and office expenses; managed vendor contract negotiations. Key Contributions: • Launched multiple new events, programs, and activities, including: — Progressive Dinner Tour to introduce students, parents, and alumni to community restaurant offerings during the annual Parents’ Weekend event. — Student Scholarship Lunch with the college President. — “Thank You” letter program for student scholarship recipients to thank scholarship founders. • Leveraged Blackbaud Target Analytics to produced research analyses and program reports for the President, Alumni Executive Board, Advancement Team, and Lycoming Volunteers Group. • Recruited, hired, trained, and oversaw team of work study students. Show less