Experience

Girl Scouts of Connecticut

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Donor Relations and Operations Specialist, Girl Scouts of Connecticut

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Managing the daily donor operations of the Fund Development department with regard to ensuring the accuracy of all donor data and gifts in Raiser's Edge and supporting software. Working with the Fund Development staff to create individual and corporate strategic plans, and supporting their work by developing mailing lists and reports in Raiser's Edge and Crystal Reports, and researching donors/prospects. Fund Development lead assigned for reconciliations with the Finance Department and Audit reporting, and overseeing gift entry and acknowledgement functions of the Administrative Assistant.-Promoting effective and efficient use of database systems by developing and documenting standards and policies for data entry and reporting based on new technologies and best practices.-Ensuring accuracy of new and existing donor and gift records through consistent use of protocols including data clean-up, global data appends. adjustments, and write-offs.-Effectively translating between end users' needs and database output, providing guidance on the capacities of our system, data, as well as historical institutional knowledge of processes, constituencies, and past donor outreach to benefit the development of strategies and operations.-The creation in Raiser's Edge and Crystal Reports of Campaigns, Funds, Appeals, Reports, Dashboards, and Exports for each new fiscal year and as needed by GSOFCT staff to generate financial and performance results, develop strategies, and track outstanding pledges.-Cross training Fund Development staff on the use of Raiser's Edge, and GSOFCT's Fund structure.-Month and year end reconciliations with the Finance Department on all fundraising revenue and pledge receivable accounts, and lead assigned for Fund Development Audit reporting reconciliations. Show less

• Database Administrator, Fund Development

  • Apr 2012 - Mar 2019

  - Processed all donations made to GSOFCT through Raiser's Edge and Financial Edge- Processed Credit Cards- Assisted in the writing of thank you letters and annual appeal materials- Created and exported queries to provide data for the department- Data Analysis- Data Clean-up and Process Improvements



The Children's Law Center of Connecticut

• Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Development Associate

  • Jul 2011 - Mar 2012

  - Assisted in event planning - Used Crystal Reports to compile output data for grant reporting and promotional materials - Wrote grant reports and assisted the Director of Development in writing grant requests - Used Photoshop Elements to design the Imagine 2011 event save the date card, 2011 holiday card, 2011 annual report and April 2012 point of entry event invitation - Used ICVerify to process donations made with credit cards - Created subpages, designed layouts and updated the CLC’s website using a content management system - Updated content on the Children’s Law Center’s Facebook page Show less



Mercado Global

• United States
• Apparel & Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Intern

  • Jan 2011 - Jul 2011

  - Researched prospective funders and wrote Letters of Interest - Input and maintained information in Donor Perfect Online, Google Docs and Files Anywhere - Supported the Events Coordinator with fundraising events, including: managing donor acknowledgment letters, RSVP lists and event invitations - Researched prospective funders and wrote Letters of Interest - Input and maintained information in Donor Perfect Online, Google Docs and Files Anywhere - Supported the Events Coordinator with fundraising events, including: managing donor acknowledgment letters, RSVP lists and event invitations