Experience

BEDS Plus Care

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

• Communications and Advocacy Specialist

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  • Advising on messaging and communications strategies for grant development, marketing communications, and other needs • Writing grant applications and reports for BEDS' primary service lines and affinity programs to foundation, corporation, and government funders • Creating templates, style guides, and boilerplate text for grant applications, letters of intent, and marketing collateral • Defining the organization's institutional voice for the website, blog, and social media • Writing articles, blog posts, updates, and a range of other deliverables for BEDS' newsletter, website, and local media outlets • Representing BEDS Plus Care on The Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County's Advocacy Committee and coordinating BEDS advocacy activities Show less



Oak Lawn Community High School

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Speech Coach

  • Aug 2016 - Jun 2019

  • Coaching students in impromptu speaking, extemporaneous speaking, original oratory, informative speaking, special occasion speaking and oratorical declamation • Assisting with strategic decision making, including selecting regional teams and reassigning events • Motivating and inspiring student competitors in one-on-one, small group, and team meetings • Judging weekly invitational tournaments and IHSA State Series tournaments through the State preliminary round level • Coaching students in impromptu speaking, extemporaneous speaking, original oratory, informative speaking, special occasion speaking and oratorical declamation • Assisting with strategic decision making, including selecting regional teams and reassigning events • Motivating and inspiring student competitors in one-on-one, small group, and team meetings • Judging weekly invitational tournaments and IHSA State Series tournaments through the State preliminary round level



Campbell & Company

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

• Associate Consultant/Writer

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2013

  • Writing the majority of the firm’s business proposals to potential clients that clearly articulated the firm’s unique value proposition(s) and proposed processes • Refining proposal templates with an emphasis on linking the firm’s services and value proposition(s) to potential clients’ situations and needs, as well as more clearly delineating planned processes • Developing web design concepts and copy describing the firm’s range of services, knowledge of vertical markets, and presence in different geographic areas • Developing the concept, design, and copy for the firm’s ongoing advertising campaign, which appeared online and in various philanthropy-related publications • Managing and updating firm credentials and case studies describing work with past clients • Proofreading and revising a range of firm deliverables Show less



Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation

• United States
• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer

  • Dec 2010 - Dec 2011

  Working with creative consultant to develop a public service announcement Assisting staff in creating compelling communications material Researching prospective corporate and foundation donors Working with creative consultant to develop a public service announcement Assisting staff in creating compelling communications material Researching prospective corporate and foundation donors



Boys Hope Girls Hope

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

• Residential Counselor

  • Aug 2009 - Dec 2010