Experience

Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

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

• Grants Administrator

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Manage grant application process to secure funding that will sustain and expand DCAC's programs and administrative needs Manage grant application process to secure funding that will sustain and expand DCAC's programs and administrative needs



Wise Resource Development

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

• Strategy Partner

  • Dec 2021 - Mar 2023

  - Secured more than $5.3 million in funding for clients in less than one year - Provided fundraising support and strategic guidance for roster of clients with operating budgets ranging from roughly $350,000 to $35,000,000 - Managed and executed grant plans for clients including writing, editing, and updating case statements and boilerplate language for each agency - Secured more than $5.3 million in funding for clients in less than one year - Provided fundraising support and strategic guidance for roster of clients with operating budgets ranging from roughly $350,000 to $35,000,000 - Managed and executed grant plans for clients including writing, editing, and updating case statements and boilerplate language for each agency



Fine Arts Chamber Players

• United States
• Music
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Oct 2018 - Nov 2021

  - Led daily operations of 40-year-old arts institution in Dallas- Successfully pivoted company to virtual events during pandemic- Hosted 12 public concerts annually, welcoming nearly 5,000 attendees- Managed and executed all fundraising efforts, including grant writing, annual fund, corporate sponsorship packages, and major gifts from individuals- Created and tracked operational budget and programmatic budgets- Coordinated all marketing and communications; wrote, designed, and edited all promotional material: concert program books, printed brochures, collateral material, email marketing pieces via MailChimp- Oversaw music education programs at four Dallas public school campuses- Recruited and coordinated volunteers, employees, and interns- Partnered with board of directors to work on development, expectations, and programming initiatives- Managed scores of contract musicians and teaching artists- Oversaw seamless transition from retiring co-founder to new artistic director Show less

• Interim Executive Director

  • Jun 2018 - Oct 2018

• Communications Manager

  • Nov 2015 - Jun 2018

  Marketing- Maintained marketing timeline- Wrote and submitted press releases- Designed print materials, including concert programs- Coordinated social media campaigns- Oversaw website content- Updated social mediaEducation- Processed teaching artist payments- Coordinated teaching artist needs



Second Thought Theatre

• Dallas, Texas

• Board Member

  • Nov 2012 - Nov 2015

  - Built and managed STT fundraising efforts including grants program, fundraising event, and individual appeals - Wrote, edited, and prepared grant applications for organization - Oversaw company’s most successful year-end letter-writing campaigns - Built and managed STT fundraising efforts including grants program, fundraising event, and individual appeals - Wrote, edited, and prepared grant applications for organization - Oversaw company’s most successful year-end letter-writing campaigns



IMPACT Group

• United States
• Human Resources
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Resume Writer, adjunct

  • Nov 2014 - Jul 2015

  As a contract employee, I used my editing and writing skills to help relocating clients enter the job market in their new communities. As a contract employee, I used my editing and writing skills to help relocating clients enter the job market in their new communities.



Kitchen Dog Theater

• Dallas, Texas

• Development Manager

  • Aug 2006 - Dec 2009

  - Managed grant application process for company - Submitted involved applications to city, state, and national government entities annually - Completed grant reports to KDT funders, including government agencies - Produced fundraising letter-writing campaigns - Managed grant application process for company - Submitted involved applications to city, state, and national government entities annually - Completed grant reports to KDT funders, including government agencies - Produced fundraising letter-writing campaigns



Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

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

• Director of Corporate & Foundation Giving

  • Mar 2002 - Sep 2005

  - Managed grant application process for Development Office - Served as primary contact for many corporations, private foundations and government offices - Submitted Center’s United Way grant applications and prepared agency’s annual stewardship reports - Completed one-third of the Center’s United Way public speaking engagements - Launched the Center’s first formal corporate giving system: designed, wrote, edited and produced solicitation packets outlining DCAC history, facts, programs, events and giving opportunities - Considerable special event experience: including produced all major aspects of the Wells Fargo Great Adventure Hunt 2003, the second most successful Hunt in event’s 16-year history; also worked on smaller events, focusing on auctions of luxury items - Created funding matrix to track all secured and pending funding for Center; improved internal office protocols, systems, documents; increased accuracy of documents - Conducted donor site visits and tours of DCAC Show less



Paciugo Gelato & Caffè

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Marketing & Communcations

  • Jul 2000 - Jan 2002

  - First non-family corporate hire - Created all retail policies; wrote employee policy and procedure manuals; hired and trained retail staff - Designed all promotional materials, menu boards and other retail signage - Built catering program: determined pricing; wrote policy and procedure manual; constructed reservation process; staffed jobs; trained employees -Engaged with press; represented company at events - First non-family corporate hire - Created all retail policies; wrote employee policy and procedure manuals; hired and trained retail staff - Designed all promotional materials, menu boards and other retail signage - Built catering program: determined pricing; wrote policy and procedure manual; constructed reservation process; staffed jobs; trained employees -Engaged with press; represented company at events



Altermann Galleries

• Dallas, Texas

• Events Coordinator

  • Jan 1999 - Jul 2000

  - Produced company’s largest, most prestigious and most successful annual auction, a two-day sales event - Wrote and edited copy for national advertisements, press releases, collateral material and auction catalog - Orchestrated commercial shows at gallery - Maintained company’s database of over 16,000 clients - Produced company’s largest, most prestigious and most successful annual auction, a two-day sales event - Wrote and edited copy for national advertisements, press releases, collateral material and auction catalog - Orchestrated commercial shows at gallery - Maintained company’s database of over 16,000 clients



National Gallery of Art

• Museums
• 700 & Above Employee

• Curatorial Intern, Sculpture and Decorative Arts

  • Jun 1998 - Aug 1998

  - Worked exclusively with department curator on systematic catalog of Renaissance plaquettes, locating images for comparative illustrations, editing, managing and updating files - Assisted curator with research for various publications - Worked exclusively with department curator on systematic catalog of Renaissance plaquettes, locating images for comparative illustrations, editing, managing and updating files - Assisted curator with research for various publications



The Daily Campus

• Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

• various Editorial positions

  • Jan 1996 - Mar 1998

  - Planned complete coverage for sections by generating ideas and assigning stories - Designed and created complete graphic layout of pages; aided in production of entire newspaper - Edited articles for publication; trained and assisted teams of reporters - Awarded feature page design honorable mention by Texas Intercollegiate Press Association - Planned complete coverage for sections by generating ideas and assigning stories - Designed and created complete graphic layout of pages; aided in production of entire newspaper - Edited articles for publication; trained and assisted teams of reporters - Awarded feature page design honorable mention by Texas Intercollegiate Press Association