Experience

Music@Menlo

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Stewardship and Events Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  • Executing fundraising principals and practices guided by the Development Director, including planning, research, communications, member services, and implementation of donor audience, and volunteer cultivation and stewardship activities• Overseeing all Music@Menlo’s box office and on-site ticketed events, VIP donor ticket services, and patron communication related to ticketing• Planning and executing public and private events including donor stewardship activities, post-concert receptions, home concerts, and other special events during the season and throughout the year• Working with Development staff and Executive Director to develop an Event Plan that advances institutional strategy and fundraising goals, identifying opportunities to better engage donors, prospects, and other members of the community• Coordinating event logistics with event hosts and site managers, assisting with room layouts and set-up; executing contracts with and manages catering and event vendors.• Coordinating and implementing stewardship strategies for donors and major prospects, creating strategies for optimal relationship building Show less

• Patron Services Associate

  • Mar 2011 - Jan 2016

  Patron Services Associate for Music@Menlo, a premier chamber music festival and major training institute for emerging and pre-professional musicians, reaching over 15,000 patrons through paid events, free concerts and educational events annually.• Managing all Music@Menlo’s box office and on-site ticketed events, requiring an in-depth study and strong command of Music@Menlo’s offerings and programming, venues, schedule of events, artists, and ticketing policies• Executing fundraising principals and practices guided by the Institutional Advancement Director, including planning, research, communications, member services, and implementation of donor, audience, and volunteer cultivation and stewardship activities• Processing orders and donations in customer relationship management database, including accounting and money handling, data entry, patron record management, inventory tracking, and printing and distribution of collateral materials• Participating in the recruitment and hiring of approximately twenty-five interns for Music@Menlo’s Arts Management Internship Program, along with training and managing three interns during the ten week program Show less



FashionART Santa Cruz

• United States

• Event Coordinator

  • 2008 - 2011

  Event Coordinator for Michaelangelo Gallery’s Annual FashionART Santa Cruz event (an annual fashion show exhibiting bay area artists and designers and benefiting local nonprofits with over 1,100 attendees each year). • Solicited local sponsors and planned fund-raising campaigns and activities. • Coordinated meetings, organized and delegated work to committee members. • Created applications and contracts for designers, artists and potential sponsors. • Recruited and managed volunteers. • Developed and tracked event budgets and timelines, including annual events schedule • Built and managed relationships with the press. • Worked closely with local non-profits. Show less


Lulu Carpenters
• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Shift Manager/Server

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2010