Experience

Comfort Zone Camp

• United States
• Philanthropy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• NY/NJ Director of Development

  • Jul 2022 - Present



Montclair Kimberley Academy

• United States
• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Of Annual Giving

  • Jul 2019 - Jul 2022

  Directly responsible for the creation and implementation of MKA's annual giving program. Identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward leadership annual giving donors with a goal of motivating them to become major gift prospects. Manage and oversee all communications for solicitation and stewardship of annual giving donors and prospective donors. Welcome new parents to the MKA community while engaging and educating them on the importance of philanthropy as a part of our business model. Collaborate with Alumni Relations, Communications, Board of Trustees, and MKA's Administration.

• Director of Family Giving

  • Jul 2012 - Jun 2019

  Manage current family, parents of alumni and grandparent Annual Giving Program with a focus on maximizing participation and developing a pipeline of leadership annual giving and major gift prospects. Recruit, train and manage parent volunteer solicitors.



Prudential Real Estate Investors

• Portfolio Management Analyst

  • Aug 2011 - Jul 2012



Ambac Assurance Corporation

• First Vice President

  • Feb 1998 - Feb 2009

  Managed and trained a team of analysts in the risk management efforts on the Commercial Asset-Backed portfolio, Consumer Asset-Backed portfolio, and Asset Backed Commercial Paper portfolio totaling approximately $40 billion.Minimized potential losses through remediation and restructuring of equipment leasing, health care factoring, pharmaceutical royalty, and private student loan transactions.Instrumental in changing Portfolio Risk Management Group from a cost center to a profit center through negotiation of restructuring and amendment fees. Generated on average 35%+ of total revenue when my portfolio only accounted for approximately 15% of the total book of business.Developed and implemented analyst training and mentoring programs.Represented Ambac as a speaker and participant at industry conferences and seminars.; Risk Management responsibilities include ensuring compliance with collateral, financial, and reporting covenants; creating and maintaining collateral and cashflow models; assessing financial viability of corporate counterparties; reviewing and negotiating all amendment and waiver requests; performing diligence or creating scope for 3rd party diligence; managing remediation and work-out of non-performing transactions.Specific asset experience includes QSR franchise, royalty, micro to mid ticket leasing, venture lending, subprime auto, credit cards, and student loans.Analyze and present portfolio and transaction level information internally to senior management and externally to rating agencies, reinsurers, and investors.Collaborate with new issue underwriting through the review of covenants, reporting, cashflow models, and priority of payments in waterfall prior to closing transactions.



Financial Security Assurance

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AVP

  • Jan 1995 - Feb 1998

  Responsible for the risk management efforts on FSA's subprime auto portfolio.Initially worked as the business liaison in FSA's MIS department. Responsible for ensuring transactions are accounted for in systems correctly and creating user manuals for all new systems. Responsible for the risk management efforts on FSA's subprime auto portfolio.Initially worked as the business liaison in FSA's MIS department. Responsible for ensuring transactions are accounted for in systems correctly and creating user manuals for all new systems.



O'Brien Partners

• Analyst

  • Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  Prepare RFP's as Financial Advisor on public finance transactions.Create and participate in competitive bid presentations.Review legal documentation and run cashflow analysis for mandated transactions. Prepare RFP's as Financial Advisor on public finance transactions.Create and participate in competitive bid presentations.Review legal documentation and run cashflow analysis for mandated transactions.