Experience

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  ART+FEMINISM

  • Executive Director

    • Oct 2019 - Present

    Art+Feminism builds a community of activists that is committed to closing information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts, beginning with Wikipedia.Since 2014, over 20,000 people at 1,500 events around the world have participated in our edit-a-thons, resulting in the creation and improvement of nearly 100,000 articles and items on Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikicommons.

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  CreativeMornings/Baltimore

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Host/Co-Organizer

    • Jan 2019 - Present
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    CreativeMornings/Baltimore is a FREE monthly breakfast lecture series based on the two core principles that everyone is creative and everyone is invited. CM/Bal is one of over 200 chapters around the world meeting each month. Every month, all chapters organize talks based on the same theme. Chapter hosts are responsible for curating speakers, securing sponsors, vendors, and leading a team of volunteers. CreativeMornings are fueled on an engine of generosity.

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  826DC

  • Co-Founder

    • Oct 2007 - Present

    Co-founded 826DC, an organization that offers free programming including creative writing workshops, student publications, after-school tutoring, and field trips to K-12 students in the nation's capital.The organization was first established as an official non-profit under the name Capitol Letters Writing Center (CLWC). Volunteers held workshops and tutoring sessions in public libraries and book stores. In 2010, it officially became 826DC and opened a physical space in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Kira helped build that organization from being run entirely by volunteers with no budget, to its current size with six full-time staff members and a budget exceeding $800,000, serving thousands of students annually.​For years, I ran the annual peer-to-peer fundraiser (Moustache-a-Thon and Paddlestar Galactica) which raises over $50,000/year with minimal overhead. I presented a TEDxDupontCircle talk in 2012 with then executive director, Joe Callahan, titled “Without 'u' it's just volnteering" that discusses the fun and importance of volunteering with a focus on 826DC.

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  kiraface.com

  • Baltimore, Maryland

  • Consultant

    • Aug 2018 - Sep 2019
    • Baltimore, Maryland

    My consultant work is on hiatus, as I focus my attention on my role at Art+Feminism and continue to volunteer as host and co-organizer of CreativeMornings/Baltimore. I've co-founded organizations that serve thousands, plan and execute events both big and small (with two industry specific designations: CMP + DES), and know what it takes to get big things started and to keep them going on an operational level. Let’s make some magic happen. Peep my full resume and some passion projects: www.kiraface.com

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  Self Evident Media

  • Community Director

    • Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

    Self Evident is a new podcast where we challenge the narratives about where we’re from, where we belong, and where we’re going — by telling Asian America’s stories. For the inaugural season, I served as Community Director, and helped nurture a 250+ community panel and headed a crowdfund with over 1000 individual donors and have built the mailing lists by 900%.

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  National Women's Studies Association

  • Baltimore, MD

  • Director of Operations

    • Jan 2010 - Jul 2018
    • Baltimore, MD

    At NWSA, I wore many hats! I was the meeting planner (including a 2600+ attendee, multi-day conference), oversaw HR and accounting, supervised interns and volunteers and have even been known to do a little ad-hoc web design. During my tenure at NWSA, registration went up 64%. • Led all meeting planning for the national annual conference (2600+ registrants in 2017) and other meetings including, but not limited to: RFPs, contract negotiations, site visits, BEOs, and ADA accommodations• Created and coordinated processes and structure for association best practices• Head and maintained association management software (AMS) including, but not limited to: membership data, event registration, and job listings• Oversaw submissions system for annual conference and all association awards• Nurtured relationships with all third-party vendors (hotels, venues, audio visual, child care, accessibility, etc) and act as the face of the organization with those vendors• Managed and oversaw cash flow, monitor expenses, reconcile the bank statements• Oversaw personnel policies and practices of the organization, including payroll• Supervised and train interns work and schedules• Ad-hoc basic design work and website updates

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  Punknews.org

  • Contributing Editor

    • May 2011 - Dec 2014

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  QuickBooks Consultant

  • Consultant

    • Oct 2009 - Dec 2009

    • Maintained multiple budgets and updated financials and generated reports• Clients: J-Lab at American University and Journalism Center on Children and Families at the University of Maryland

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  Presidential Inaugural Committee

  • Accounts Receivable Manager

    • Dec 2008 - Sep 2009

    • Oversaw and tracked all revenue for the 2009 Presidential Inauguration• Worked with credit card vendors and financial institutions• Worked with the CFO to generate reports for filing

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  J-Lab: Institute for Interactive Journalism

  • Project Manager

    • Sep 2007 - Dec 2008

    • Oversaw and managed multiple budgets • Maintained relationships with funders and university personnel• Coordinated and executed all events and travel on tight budget• Organized marketing and publicity efforts of all projects and events

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  CS STARS

  • Training Associate

    • Oct 2006 - Aug 2007

    •Developed, executed and evaluated training sessions and materials•Created, maintained and organized various Excel Databases•Reformatted and rewrote company workbooks

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  Eulogy Recordings

  • Vendor/Merch

    • Jul 2006 - Aug 2006

    • Sounds of the Underground, full US/Canadian tour

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  John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

  • Journalism Initiatives Intern

    • Nov 2004 - Jun 2006

    •Reviewed grantee reports and proposals and assembled summaries•Compiled a report on Electronic and New Media trends

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  WVUM 90.5 FM

  • General Manager

    • May 2005 - Apr 2006

    • Oversaw and managed all operations of the student-run radio station• Managed an executive board of 10 members• DJed a weekly morning drive show and punk specialty show