Experience

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  Girl Up, United Nations Foundation

  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Senior Manager, Global Philanthropy

    • Mar 2022 - Present
    • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    Leading individual and family philanthropy globally for Girl Up, the UN Foundation's initiative working to achieve gender equality through leadership development programming to 272,000+ girls in 155 countries and all 50 U.S. states. I am responsible for designing, implementing, and managing Girl Up’s first-ever Individual Giving program on a global scale, building out a portfolio of 100+ clients and working closely with our Advisory Board, high-net-worth individuals, family foundations, and corporate partners. I conduct research, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship and lead on 4-6 special projects and campaigns per year.

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  Positively Living & Choice Health Network

  • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

  • Senior Director, Development & Marketing

    • Feb 2020 - Jan 2022
    • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

    Served as head of development, marketing, and communications and member of the senior leadership team for Choice Health Network, a public health nonprofit serving marginalized populations throughout East Tennessee. I oversaw Phase I of a two-year, $2,000,000 Capital Campaign. Successfully solicited a $100,000 grant from the City of Knoxville two years in a row as well as the organization’s two largest individual gifts to-date. I also developed and implemented the organization’s first marketing strategy and communications plan, including overseeing content creation for social media, website, e-newsletters, and direct mail campaigns and appearing on monthly local news television segments and outreach events.

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  Girl Scouts of Greater New York

  • New York, New York, United States

  • Director of Individual Giving & Major Gifts Officer

    • Jan 2017 - Mar 2019
    • New York, New York, United States

    Working closely with our CEO and board of directors, I managed a portfolio of 100+ individuals and family foundations, and engaged in gift cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. The fundraising I led - raising more than $2M in two years - helped fund our innovative leadership development programs for the 31,000 girls we serve each year, 70% of whom are from low-to-moderate income households. I also served as one of the primary fundraisers supporting the launch of Troop 6000, the Girl Scouts' first-ever program designed to serve girls living in homeless shelters.

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  HomeStart

  • Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Development Manager

    • Nov 2013 - Jan 2017
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Managed the development department at HomeStart, Inc. a nonprofit organization committed to ending and preventing homelessness in the Greater Boston Area. In this role I executed several annual fundraisers, wrote appeals, grants, newsletters, and outreach material, managed volunteers and social media, and worked directly with staff, the President, and Board of Directors on a variety of special projects.

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  Partnership for Civil Justice Fund

  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Researcher

    • Oct 2011 - Apr 2013
    • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    Supported the Executive Director and Legal Director with civil rights litigation, advocacy, and outreach. Responsibilities included legal research, fact-checking case law, drafting case briefs and memos, and managing all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to various federal, state, and local government agencies.

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  Hardee & Hardee LLP

  • Greenville, North Carolina, United States

  • Paralegal

    • Oct 2007 - Jul 2010
    • Greenville, North Carolina, United States

    Worked with attorneys and clients one-on-one to independently construct and manage each case and trust account from start to finish prior to litigation. I met with and signed approximately one new client each week, expanded my own portfolio from 30 to 150 cases within two years, and negotiated case points with insurance companies leading to frequent settlements of up to $150k.