Experience

Arts for Learning Maryland

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Director

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  • Manage five-person team to ensure that Young Audiences raises the contributed revenue needed to secure a balanced budget. In the most recent fiscal year, 2020, secured $4.25 million in contributed revenue.

• Institutional Giving Manager

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2018

  Institutional Giving Manager (July 2017 – present)Grants and Outreach Manager (August 2016 – July 2017)Grants and Annual Gala Manager (August 2013 – August 2016)• Manage relationships with current and prospective foundation, corporation, and government funders. Serve as lead grant writer, tripling grant funding from $600,000 to $1.8 million over five years.• Supervise Grant Coordinator and development interns.• Lead the Corporate Engagement Committee, comprised of board members and volunteers. This committee develops a corporate sponsorship strategy and identifies and cultivates prospective sponsors.• Led the Pipeline Committee, comprised of board members and volunteers, which identifies individual giving prospects, introduces prospects to the organization, and cultivates prospects using the Benevon fundraising model. Increased average attendance at events from 12 to 19 people per month.• Planned and executed annual fundraising event, the Impact Breakfast. Secured gifts and pledges exceeding $94,000, significantly surpassing the goal of $75,000.• Planned and executed annual gala, Taste the Arts, hosting more than 400 guests. Increased gross income from $75,000 in 2014 to $168,000 in 2016. Manage independent contractors and a committee of board members and volunteers to execute and reach financial goals for the event.• Participated in Emerging Leadership Institute, a national Young Audiences leadership development program with a focus on strategic leadership, management, and program design and evaluation. Show less



Baltimore City Public Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2013

  • Developed and implemented curriculum for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students in math, language arts, and social studies at Violetville Elementary/Middle School and Beechfield Elementary/Middle School. • Collaborated with a team of colleagues to determine strategies for increasing student achievement. • Developed and implemented curriculum for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students in math, language arts, and social studies at Violetville Elementary/Middle School and Beechfield Elementary/Middle School. • Collaborated with a team of colleagues to determine strategies for increasing student achievement.



Teach For America

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant to the Executive Director - Connecticut

  • Jun 2009 - Jun 2011

  • Provided administrative support for Executive Director of Teach For America—Connecticut. • Wrote and edited emails, letters, event speeches, and testimony for ED of Teach For America - Connecticut. • Planned and executed events, such as Teach For America Week, advisory board meetings, and a Welcome Dinner with over 100 attendees. • Provided administrative support for Executive Director of Teach For America—Connecticut. • Wrote and edited emails, letters, event speeches, and testimony for ED of Teach For America - Connecticut. • Planned and executed events, such as Teach For America Week, advisory board meetings, and a Welcome Dinner with over 100 attendees.