Experience

Catholic Foundation of Northeast Kansas

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

• Gift Planning Consultant

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Engage parishioners to encourage generous charitable giving to their parish, Catholic schools and colleges, and ministries; learn what causes are important to them and recommend financial solutions and products to meet their life and charitable giving goals. Build and maintain relationships with pastors, individual donors and professional advisors. Encourage personal stewardship and general endowment funding through work with Archdiocesan entities and leadership. Cultivate donors and pastors for identified priorities of the CFNEK. Assist assigned parishes, schools, and other institutions by providing consultation and general information on fundraising activities, specifically gift planning, endowments and scholarship funds. Identify potential new business for CFNEK in the area of endowment funds, scholarship funds and donor advised funds. Create, coordinate and present educational gift planning seminars for assigned institutions. Coordinate events for the Catholic Advisors Network or the Development Symposiums. Cultivate a network of local attorneys and financial advisors who can assist donors in the area of establishing a planned gift. Provide education opportunities for parishioners that can assist them with the knowledge they need to maximize their financial and asset resources with charitable giving strategies that reduce or eliminate taxes and/or provide income for heirs, life, or charity. Show less



The Diamond Castle Project

• Author and Publisher

  • Apr 2016 - Present

  Author and publisher of the The Diamond Castle. A spirituality book for children's religious education. Themes and teachings from on St. Teresa of Avila's book, Interior Castle. Imprimatur - Most Reverand Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas and Nihil Obstat: Leon Suprenaut, Censur Deputatis. November 23, 2016. Author and publisher of the The Diamond Castle. A spirituality book for children's religious education. Themes and teachings from on St. Teresa of Avila's book, Interior Castle. Imprimatur - Most Reverand Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas and Nihil Obstat: Leon Suprenaut, Censur Deputatis. November 23, 2016.



Legatus (Official)

• Colombia
• Wellness and Fitness Services

• Chapter Administrator

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Was first engaged as Chapter administrator from February 2017 to February 2019. Came back September 2021. Event planning chapter meeting coordination for the Kansas City chapter of Legatus (.org) and assist with recruitment of new members. Legatus membership criteria: Business or non-profit leader, CEO, President, Partner with 49 employees or more with minimum $1 million in payroll. Members are Catholic, and spouses are full members. Was first engaged as Chapter administrator from February 2017 to February 2019. Came back September 2021. Event planning chapter meeting coordination for the Kansas City chapter of Legatus (.org) and assist with recruitment of new members. Legatus membership criteria: Business or non-profit leader, CEO, President, Partner with 49 employees or more with minimum $1 million in payroll. Members are Catholic, and spouses are full members.



Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Director in the Office of Stewardship and Development for Planned Giving

  • Nov 2018 - Jun 2023

  I use my Master's degree in Pastoral Theology everyday to create copy for planned giving digital and print resources that compliments the practical and educational element surrounding charitable gift planning solutions that are inherent in these resources. The gift planning resources should inspire the user to give, and plant seeds of discernment to create a legacy gift in their estate plans to help sustain their parish. To make planned giving development "Catholic", it must convey Church teaching on stewardship, and convey an authentic Catholic spirituality. I use the Magisterial documents such as the Catechism, the Compendium on Social Doctrine, Encyclicals, the documents of Vatican II, and quotes from Archbishop Naumann, in addition to scripture.My focus is on legacy giving development for parishes, schools, and ministries. I work directly with pastors and their staff on a customized legacy gift development project. Launching a parish legacy society in conjunction with celebrating the parish's founding anniversary, in five year increments, has been a great strategy to launch legacy gift development and a parish legacy society. We use licensed Crescendo planned giving content to create our educational materials and resources. Planning and executing estate planning and Social Security seminars has been a good development strategy for making the invitation to give a gift at death, directly to the faithful. I manage and edit our Crescendo website, CatholicPlannedGiving.com. I use MissionInsite data to present parish boundary population forecast data to pastors. MissionInsite has also given me the ability to rank parish faithful demographics by age and income. This helps the pastors and I understand the years ahead as wealth transfers from the Silent Generation and Baby Boomers down to family and charity which, subsequently, allows me to prioritize which parishes have an urgency to engage their parishioners, today, with legacy gift invitations. Show less

• Associate Director

  • Nov 2018 - Jun 2023



Crux Catholic Media, Inc.

• Digital Advertising Director

  • Apr 2016 - Nov 2018

  Full-time professional management position for all Crux digital advertising solutions. Account development of CruxNow.com advertisers which include academic, publishers, USCCB, and other missions and ministries. Fine-tune and optimize network digital ad positions and leverage CPMs. Coordinate interviews for Vatican journalists and sponsored content. Full-time professional management position for all Crux digital advertising solutions. Account development of CruxNow.com advertisers which include academic, publishers, USCCB, and other missions and ministries. Fine-tune and optimize network digital ad positions and leverage CPMs. Coordinate interviews for Vatican journalists and sponsored content.



Boston Globe Media

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Multimedia Advertising Director, The Boston Globe

  • Jul 2014 - Apr 2016

  Helped launch CruxNow.com with John Allen, Jr. and Ines San Martin when we were all hired by the Boston Globe. National advertising sales for Boston Globe Media website, CruxNow.com; print and digital. Initiated the plan for a special print issue for the World Meeting of Families in 2015. I sold the advertising to pay for the printing, and had the delight to distribute it from our booth at the World Meeting of Families. A great photo of Pope Francis was on the front cover, so everyone wanted one. Show less



NCR Publishing

• National Sales Manager

  • Jul 2005 - Jul 2014

  Created digital and print advertising products and special sections for the National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company. Prospected for new advertisers, RFPs, contracted and responsible for fulfillment and account management of the print and digital campaigns. Advertising revenue ran $15,000 to $50,000 per issue with special issues on the 50th Anniversary of Vatican II earning the highest revenue. Created digital and print advertising products and special sections for the National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company. Prospected for new advertisers, RFPs, contracted and responsible for fulfillment and account management of the print and digital campaigns. Advertising revenue ran $15,000 to $50,000 per issue with special issues on the 50th Anniversary of Vatican II earning the highest revenue.



Knightridder Digital and Careerbuilder.com

• Digital Sales Manager

  • Oct 2000 - Jul 2005

  3 years Kansascity.com 1.5 years Careerbuilder.com Account executive for major accounts, 500 employees or more. $350,000/year sold in advertising revenue, per year. 3 years Kansascity.com 1.5 years Careerbuilder.com Account executive for major accounts, 500 employees or more. $350,000/year sold in advertising revenue, per year.



AT&T

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Telecom account executive

  • Jul 1998 - Sep 1999

  Prospecting, qualifying and contracting wireless phone accounts for small business. Two to 80 phones per business. Prospecting, qualifying and contracting wireless phone accounts for small business. Two to 80 phones per business.



Nick Lowery, Chief's Kicker

• Assistant

  • Jan 1998 - Jul 1998

  Helped Nick with anything he needed at his home office while I transitioned from business owner to another career. Helped Nick with anything he needed at his home office while I transitioned from business owner to another career.



Rental Relocation Services

• Real Estate

• President

  • May 1993 - Jan 1998

  Licensed Missouri Real Estate Broker with listing contracts with all apartment management companies. Founded in May 1993 to assist the apartment communities with increasing their occupancies with corporate transferees and new hires. Marketed the service to local area corporations for the benefit of their employees. Accounts included, Black and Veatch, Anderson Consulting, DST, Sprint, John Deere, Hallmark Cards, and more. Developed accounts through relationships with Human Resource Directors and Recruiters of major Kansas City and Johnson County corporations to refer their new hires and transferees to my company to help them find the best rental situation for their needs. Also, leased apartments on my own, furnished and then sub-leased them to corporations for temporary contract employees. Show less