Experience

Simantel

• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Account Planner

  • Dec 2022 - Present



Confessions of a Farm Wife

• Farmington, IL

• Head Writer, Blogger, Speaker

  • Jan 2010 - Present

  Writer, advocate for agriculture, speaker of truth about the good, bad and dusty truth on the gravel road. Writer, advocate for agriculture, speaker of truth about the good, bad and dusty truth on the gravel road.



Curious Plot

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Account Executive

  • Dec 2021 - Dec 2022



Carl Sandburg College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Executive Director Of Advancement

  • May 2019 - Dec 2021

  Managing a multi-million dollar endowment, I worked to facilitate conversations throughout the Sandburg district and across campus to improve the student experience at Carl Sandburg College. Under my leadership, I managed the scholarship and alumni relations coordinators, oversaw historic major gifts and new community partners as well as facilitated the offering of crisis grants and other partnership opportunities that addressed the emerging needs of students. This opened the door for the Sandburg Foundation to operate as a more nimble arm of the college. Show less



Peoria County Regional Office of Education

• Peoria, Illinois Area

• Consultant

  • Dec 2018 - May 2019

  Leveraging my educational experience and passion for healthy communities, I facilitated conversations and trainings for teachers and staff in the Peoria County area designed to improve teacher mental health and workplace morale while also employing trauma-informed care strategies to promote and model student success. Leveraging my educational experience and passion for healthy communities, I facilitated conversations and trainings for teachers and staff in the Peoria County area designed to improve teacher mental health and workplace morale while also employing trauma-informed care strategies to promote and model student success.



Clinton Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Regional Director

  • Jul 2016 - Mar 2019

  Managed a public health initiative designed to empower communities to leverage community resources and stakeholders to improve overall community health. By utilizing the nine social determinants of health, I facilitated hundreds of stakeholders, community, education, faith, and public health leaders to craft a community blueprint for health with actionable items that were designed by the community, for the community. Managed a public health initiative designed to empower communities to leverage community resources and stakeholders to improve overall community health. By utilizing the nine social determinants of health, I facilitated hundreds of stakeholders, community, education, faith, and public health leaders to craft a community blueprint for health with actionable items that were designed by the community, for the community.



Heart of Illinois United Way

• Success By 6 Program Manager

  • Nov 2012 - Oct 2014

  Managed the Heart of Illinois United Way's Success By 6 PreK literacy program. Selected and dispersed over 3000 books and resources for PreK students. Collected and reported assessment data while also designing literacy awareness projects and opportunities for parents and children. Managed the Heart of Illinois United Way's Success By 6 PreK literacy program. Selected and dispersed over 3000 books and resources for PreK students. Collected and reported assessment data while also designing literacy awareness projects and opportunities for parents and children.



Monticello Middle School

• Sixth Grade Teacher

  • Aug 2000 - May 2005

  Taught sixth grade language arts and social studies. Worked collaboratively in a middle school concept team. Coached high school girls track. Taught sixth grade language arts and social studies. Worked collaboratively in a middle school concept team. Coached high school girls track.