Experience

Boys & Girls Club of East Providence

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2004 - Present

  • Manages the day-to-day operations of youth development organization with four locations, more than 1,500 members, a staff of sixty, and an annual budget of $2,000,000• Raises more than $250,000 annually in operational funds, including implementing the first formal individual giving campaign in the history of the organization and securing the first major individual gifts in the Clubs history.• Created the first-even comprehensive marketing campaign for the organization, which won a Marketing and Communication Award from Boys & Girls Club of America. • Oversaw substantial changes to the organization’s Board of Directors, including modernizing and streamlining bylaws, creating fundraising-center job descriptions for board and committee members, and recruiting 12 new board members focus on resource development for the Club.• Raised more than $1,200,000 in capital funds for Club improvement.• Oversaw major capital projects including the construction of a 6,000 sq ft expansion to the main Clubhouse and a project to update the Club’s aquatics facilities.• Implemented a comprehensive job readiness program for teenagers, including both workforce skills as well as GED and SAT preparation.• Increased the number of program activities offered monthly by 140%.• Implemented new program accountability standards to measure program efficacy and outcomes.• Established partnerships with other nonprofit and government agencies. Show less

• Director of Development

  • Sep 2000 - Jan 2004

  • Handled all organization’s fundraising and marketing efforts, including securing more than $1,000,000 in grants over a three year period.• Created a marketing campaign that increased agency’s visibility in community, and increased membership more than 22%.



Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies

• Program Assistant

  • May 1996 - Sep 2000

  • Assisted in the implementation of nonprofit training curricula in the areas of fundraising, marketing, strategic planning, grant writing, and inter-sectoral partnership development. • Coordinated conferences and training seminars for more than 250 participants in Bangalore, India; Melbourne, Australia; Stara Lesna, Slovakia; Santiago, Chile; and Baltimore, Maryland. • Assisted in the implementation of nonprofit training curricula in the areas of fundraising, marketing, strategic planning, grant writing, and inter-sectoral partnership development. • Coordinated conferences and training seminars for more than 250 participants in Bangalore, India; Melbourne, Australia; Stara Lesna, Slovakia; Santiago, Chile; and Baltimore, Maryland.