Experience

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  Catena Connects

  • Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States

  • Connector-in-Chief

    • Feb 2013 - Present
    • Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States

    Integrated fundraising consulting, direct mail and digital copywriting, strategy, and interim staff fulfillment for nonprofit organizations. Former and current clients include:Agencies:—The Allegiance Group—Avalon Consulting Group —Faircom New York—Mal Warwick DonordigitalNonprofit Organizations:...

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  Amnesty International

  • New York, NY

  • Deputy Director, Direct Response

    • Aug 2009 - Jul 2012
    • New York, NY

    Provided strategic oversight as well as day-to-day management of AIUSA's direct response program — including direct mail, digital, telemarketing, monthly donor, and face-to-face fundraising. Managed the three-person member services team — the "voice" of AIUSA for its 500,000+ dono...

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  Community Servings

  • Associate Director of Development

    • Apr 2007 - Jun 2009

    Performed all duties related to direct response fundraising — including copywriting, campaign execution, vendor management, strategy, and analysis; wrote and managed the production of marketing materials; and worked with my director on communications and Board relations.

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  DMW Worldwide

  • Vice President, Fundraising

    • Mar 2006 - Apr 2007

    Managed the direct response fundraising programs of a variety non-profit organizations including the Prevent Cancer Foundation, Pathfinder International, and KERA and other public broadcasting stations.

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  Center for Reproductive Rights

  • Assistant Director of Development

    • Apr 2004 - Feb 2006

    Directed a $3.2 million individual donor annual fund program; managed the organization’s first major gifts campaign; liaised with Communications Department to create donor communication materials; supervised staff; and developed, maintained, and monitored annual and multi-year department budgets

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  Sanky Communications, Inc.

  • Senior Account Executive

    • Dec 1995 - Apr 2004

    This is the company where so much came together. It was where I learned about direct response fundraising — the foundation of the development pyramid — from some of the best people in the industry. I launched and managed programs for some of the most wonderful non-profit organizations that addr...

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  The New York Public Library

  • Friends Associate

    • Jun 1993 - Dec 1995

    At the Library, I managed the Friends program, the membership arm of the organization's fundraising operation. Key responsibilities included: securing the prizes awarded in annual raffle fundraising direct mail appeal; trafficking; managing the telemarketing program; and serving as a frontlin...

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  Guttmacher Institute

  • Membership Coordinator

    • Jun 1991 - May 1993

    With textbooks in hand, DMFA conferences and workshops under my belt, and the support of Beth Fredrick, the best first boss a gal could hope for, I took on the Guttmacher Institute's nascent direct mail program as an independent study project. Clearly, something clicked!