Senior Director of Operations

• Oct 2022 - Present

Director of Development

• Sep 2019 - Present

In my current role with TFSS, I’m leading a team of 9 staff across development and logistics. I’ve significantly grown annual private fundraising and greatly increased the number of partnerships, donations and multi-year major gifts to exceed all growth expectations. I also run a program to distribute food and supplies to a network of 150 TDSB schools.I created a strategy to increase fundraising across the food, emergency, vision hearing and after school programs while managing HR, budgets, communications, technology adoption and other areas to drive the organization forward.Notably, I maintained donations and school supports during COVID-19 and following an office fire in 2019, while starting up a pilot food distribution program during the pandemic that provided vital nutrition to underserved students at 200 schools.I also established a connection with Charity Intelligence that has resulted in the foundation being named in the Top 10 Charities in Canada, which is attracting further attention from donors and prospective partners.

Director/Manager, Development and Communications

• Sep 2014 - Sep 2019

I managed a team of 4 staff to build awareness, forge partnerships, and increase donations through social media, media relations, networking and events. I improved school-based fundraising initiatives, established a stewardship program, co-led the conversion to Raiser’s Edge CRM, and expanded events to involve more students and donors.

Development Officer

• Sep 2010 - Sep 2014

In my early years with TFSS, I played a key role in the growth of the organization during a time when it was branching out into new areas (vision and hearing, after school and emergency) and seeking to increase private fundraising. I grant proposals, conducted research, and made connections that secured valuable, long-term partnerships with key donors.

Outreach and Development

• 2006 - 2010

In this role I created and maintained partnerships with many arts organizations and mental health agencies to double fundraising results. I established an individual donor program and continually increased fundraising through donor stewardship.During this time I wrote the organization’s first grants to secure arts funders, coordinated staff and volunteers, and played a key role in reducing stigma around mental health and addictions through community and theatre work.

Managing Director

• Jan 2003 - 2006

I helped establishing and run a training program for 100+ members with mental health and addiction issues, as well as working alongside the company founder in growing the organization through outreach and program development.