Experience

Argosy Foundation

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Officer

  • May 2021 - Present

  After opening a Boulder, Colorado office of the Argosy Foundation in 2019 then going full remote during COVID, I moved back to Alabama in 2021 and opened a new Argosy office, in the Birmingham suburb of Pelham. I continue to partner with the teams in Boulder, Boston and Milwaukee to carry out the philanthropic mission of the Argosy Foundation.

• Program Assistant

  • Nov 2019 - May 2021

  I am opening a Boulder, Colorado office to work with the Argosy Foundation's CEO/President and to support the work of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin headquarters. We focus on grants to protect the environment, combat climate change, and protect women's healthcare and reproductive rights.



Eyesight Foundation Of Alabama

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• contract work - remote

  • May 2019 - Present



EyeSight Foundation of Alabama

• Director of Grants and Communications

  • Apr 2012 - Mar 2019

  Grantmaker. Foundation Manager. Communicator. I work where philanthropy, needs, and action intersect. I facilitate collaborations among stakeholders; support evidence-based approaches to solve problems; measure outcomes; encourage appropriate and sustainable growth of projects, programs and organizations; and get results to address and tackle a community need. Over 20 years of experience with both charitable foundations and nonprofit organizations, in grantmaking, fundraising, event planning, administration, publicity, and communication to facilitate programs that are mutually beneficial for foundations and the nonprofits and communities they serve. Software skills include MS Office Suite, Blackbaud Microedge Gifts, DirectorPoint, Quickbooks. Show less

• Assistant Director of Programs

  • Mar 2002 - Apr 2012

  The EyeSight Foundation of Alabama is a grantmaking foundation, awarding approximately $2.5 million each year to vision efforts in the state. I work directly with grantees and applicants at all stages of the grant process, from letter of intent and application, through the due diligence process, to the award, and then to stewardship reporting and outcomes measurement.



Carraway Methodist Medical Center

• Charitable Foundation administration

  • 2000 - 2002



Princess Theatre Center for Performing Arts

• Director of Development

  • 1996 - 2000