Experience

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Major Giving - Central Virginia

  • Sep 2021 - Present



University of Mary Washington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Development Officer

  • Aug 2019 - Sep 2021

  Cultivate relationships with alumni, parents, friends, and foundations to advance the University's mission through private support. Align donors' passions and philanthropic interests with University's critical needs to secure major gift commitments.

• Director of Annual Giving

  • May 2015 - Aug 2019

  Directed all aspects of UMW's Annual Giving program, managing a team to implement innovative and industry-proven fundraising tactics. Developed strategies to increase alumni giving participation and donor retention. Launched Mary Wash Giving Day in 2017.



Fredericksburg Academy

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Communications and Marketing & Advancement Team Lead

  • Aug 2004 - May 2015

  Designed and implemented a strategic communications plan to increase enrollment, retention, and fundraising for Fredericksburg Academy, a prekindergarten-12th grade independent school. Designed and implemented a strategic communications plan to increase enrollment, retention, and fundraising for Fredericksburg Academy, a prekindergarten-12th grade independent school.



The Free Lance-Star

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Staff Reporter

  • May 2001 - Nov 2003

  Reported and wrote stories on government, education, environment, and business for Fredericksburg's daily newspaper under bylines of Elizabeth Waters and Beth Waters Hunley. Reported and wrote stories on government, education, environment, and business for Fredericksburg's daily newspaper under bylines of Elizabeth Waters and Beth Waters Hunley.