Experience

Amon Carter Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Museum Advancement

  • Oct 2019 - Present

• Foundations and Government Grants Manager

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2019

• Development and Grants Coordinator

  • Apr 2017 - Sep 2018



SafeHaven of Tarrant County

• Private Grants Coordinator

  • Apr 2014 - Apr 2017



Peace Corps

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Youth Development Volunteer

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  My role as a youth development volunteer required teaching English classes, leading health, environment, drama, and music clubs, and working as a leader during Intensive English Camps sponsored by the Moroccan Ministry of Youth and Sports. I integrated into my community by gaining proficiency in Moroccan Arabic and participating in the cultural life of my friends and neighbors. I also worked to fulfill the Peace Corps Mission to promote a better understanding of Moroccans on the part of Americans by sharing writings, photographs and videos on my blog: www.brittandpete.blogspot.com.



Senior Citizen Services of Greater Tarrant County, Inc.

• Better Choices, Better Health Program Facilitator

  • May 2011 - Nov 2012

  As Program Facilitator for the Better Choices, Better Health Program, I managed a team of volunteers and community partners to deliver evidence-based Diabetes and Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshops to older adults throughout Tarrant County. I received training in Stanford's Self-Management Program as a lay leader workshop facilitator and led workshops in senior centers, churches, schools, and retirement living facilities. I recruited community volunteers living with diabetes and other chronic diseases to participate in lay leader trainings and lead workshops alongside trained public health professionals.

• Retired Senior Volunteer Program Coordinator

  • Sep 2010 - Nov 2012

  As Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Coordinator, I worked under the Project Director to facilitate volunteer work on behalf of over 1,000 older adults seeking a sense of dignity and purpose after retirement. I worked with over 80 community nonprofits to recruit and refer older adult volunteers to their programs. My duties included maintaining a database of volunteer opportunities and volunteer hours in order to provide up-to-date grant reporting numbers, and I wrote the successful grant renewal narrative ensuring $150,000 in federal funding for RSVP. I coordinated volunteer recognition events and worked alongside a volunteer advisory committee to do long-term project planning. During my last year as RSVP coordinator, I recruited and managed the first Tarrant County volunteers for the Senior Medicare Patrol, a statewide program to reduce Medicare Fraud in partnership with the Better Business Bureau and the Office of Inspector General.



St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church

• Freelance Writer and Interviewer

  • Oct 2010 - Feb 2011

  I was hired to conduct interviews with the founding priest and parishioners of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Arlington, TX and to write a Parish History.



The Arc San Francisco

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Direct Support Professional, Integrated Work Services

  • Mar 2009 - Jul 2010

  During my work at the Arc, I coordinated and developed work, volunteer, cultural, educational and recreational opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities. I supported Arc clients in the community as needed to be successful in their self-determined goals and activities and taught clients important life skills to promote independence and community integration.



KPFA Radio

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• News Reporting Intern

  • Sep 2008 - Feb 2009

  Over the course of my six-month internship I took a course taught by KPFA news director Mark Mericle in writing for broadcast, field recording, audio editing and voicing. After completing this course I worked as a reporter once a week for the evening news where I covered a variety of stories in the Bay Area–recording, producing and voicing my own pieces for broadcast.



The In-Sight Photography Project

• Americorps Vista

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2008

  During my one-year commitment as a VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) with the In-Sight Photography Project, I ensured financial support for the organization by researching and writing successful grant requests, coordinated fundraising events, and helped establish a website for the organization's first online auction. By writing press releases, newsletter and website content and working with students, parents, and volunteers, I helped increase enrollment and retention for In-Sight's classes and programs. Finally, I also created new curricula and taught classes to adolescent photography students and helped lead the special student project, "A Day In the Life of Brattleboro".