Experience

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  Princeton University

  • Events Coordinator

    • Nov 2014 - Present

    Events Coordinator for Council of the Humanities

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  Colgate University

  • Director of Special Events, Institutional Advancement

    • Jul 2012 - Aug 2014

    I led an events team who developed and planned more than 60 donor-related events around the world as well as on-campus for Colgate alumni, parents, and students. Off-campus events included stewardship/cultivation, recent-alumni engagement, career networking, donor recognition, presidential travel...

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  Self-employed

  • Central New York

  • Freelance Wedding and Event Planner

    • 2010 - 2014
    • Central New York

    Ever since I can remember, I have loved everything about weddings. As a little girl I sketched wedding dresses during recess and planned parties at an early age. While living in central New York I began a freelance wedding planning business offering day of coordinating to full service packages. ...

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  Colgate University

  • Assistant/Associate Director of Special Events

    • 2006 - 2012

    Planned more than 50 alumni, parent and student events annually for the division of institutional advancement. In my tenure at Colgate as Associate Director, I planned one presidential inauguration, four years of campaign related events (consultative dinners, kick-offs, celebrations, and galas), ...

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  Gibbes Museum of Art

  • Events Coordinator

    • 2000 - 2003

    Planned exhibition openings, cultivation and membership recruitment programs/events, and fundraisers such as auctions, galas and receptions. Managed more than 20 museum rentals including weddings and corporate events each year. Developed and organized a museum program called Artist Studio Series ...