Experience

The Family Center of Grosse Pointe & Harper Woods

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Mar 2021 - Present

• Communications and Program Coordinator

  • Jul 2020 - Feb 2021



Grosse Pointe Library Foundation

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2018

  Developed and implemented giving campaign raising $100,000 annually through investment strategies, special events, and the cultivation of individuals, foundations, and community partners for financial support. Annual audit exceeded best practice standards for non-profits. Supported library initiatives including leadership roles in creating a strategic plan, developing a new website, establishing an endowment, and facilitating a merger with the Friends of the Library. Developed orientation program and led 16-member Board of Directors. Recruited, trained and supervised staff. Maintained comprehensive Giftworks database of 1200+ donors.



Executive Director - Grosse Pointe Library Foundation

• Breuer Preservation Fund

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2018

  Established to preserve and maintain the art and architectural integrity of the Central Library, the only Marcel Breuer-designed building in the Detroit area. Worked with the World Monument Fund and the Knoll Corporation to secure a $50,000 grant, and raised an additional $50,000 in individual contributions and community partnerships. The success of the Fund was instrumental in the restoration of the Library’s four major mid-century works of art valued at over $10M: a tapestry designed by Breuer based Wassily Kandinsky’s “Sur Fon Noir” series of paintings and woven in Aubusson, a towering Lyman Kipp sculpture titled “Salute to Knowledge,” Herbert Matter’s photomural “History of Writing” featuring photo examples of various stages of human communication through writing from around the world that cover several thousand years of history, and a stunning mobile by Alexander Calder. The preservation of the mobile brought local and national attention to the Library. Worked directly with Calder’s grandson at the Calder Foundation in New York City, and was interviewed by several newspapers, Fox 2 Detroit, and ABC’s World News Tonight. Authored a book with forward by legendary designer Ruth Adler Schnee entitled “Central Library, A Mid-Century Modern Gem: Its Art, Architecture and Significance in the Modernist Movement”.