Experience

Miriam Switching Post

• United States
• Furniture
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager

  • Jun 2023 - Present



HOME WORKS!

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Development

  • Nov 2021 - Jul 2022



Missouri Botanical Garden

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Manager, Corporate Relations

  • Jan 2020 - Sep 2021



New Endeavors by Women

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Development & Communications

  • Apr 2015 - Jan 2020

  Directed fundraising, marketing, media relations and other external and internal communications for this nonprofit serving homeless women and children. Led fundraising efforts for $2.4 million annual budget, including individual giving, grant writing/management, and major donor outreach. Increased non-governmental revenues by 76% over a three-year period. Wrote, edited and produced newsletters, annual report, social media and internal communications. Organized and executed annual Gala event, raising record amount each of four years. Responsible for coordinating volunteer activities for the organization. Worked directly with Board of Directors on fundraising and partnerships. Show less



Nonprofit and Communications Consultant

• Consultant

  • 1994 - Apr 2015

  Advise clients on nonprofit management, development, and communications as well as work as an independent writer and editor. Clients have included AggrEco, BroadLoom, MindSpec, Christine Pearl Photography, Essex National Heritage Commission, Island Press Publishing, In the Public Interest, the Capitol Letters Writing Center, the Wolf Trap Foundation, and the Center for Agricultural Partnerships. In the 1980s freelance and consultancy work included daily Pennsylvania newspapers, Sports Illustrated, National Institutes of Health, and the county of Arlington, VA. Show less



Aggreco International

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Director

  • Aug 2014 - Feb 2015

  Handled internal and external communications, including grant writing, for this start-up agricultural company. Handled internal and external communications, including grant writing, for this start-up agricultural company.



Downtown Poplar Bluff, Inc.

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • 2010 - 2012

  Downtown revitalization and community development in Poplar Bluff, MO. As the founding executive director, created the legal, financial, programmatic and governance structure of the nonprofit organization. Responsible for revitalization and/or preservation of Poplar Bluff’s downtown and historic sites. A few of the accomplishments during the first two years: • Completing a comprehensive strategic plan for the historic downtown district in conjunction with Missouri’s D.R.E.A.M. (Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance in Missouri) program; • Building partnerships and securing funding at both local and national levels to complete first phase restoration of the historic (and still operating) Iron Mountain Depot; • Securing grants for an engineering study of downtown’s century-old grand staircase; and for restoration of Wheatley School, the historic African American school and community center; • Designing and implementing the first generation website and online social media efforts; • Establishing the annual Iron Horse Festival that attracted visitors from more than a dozen states in its second year; • Working with Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee to create the first County tourism website and a region-wide tourism initiative built around the National Scenic Riverways; • Succeeded in a competitive bid to the Missouri Humanities Council and the Smithsonian Institute to bring the Museum on Main Street’s traveling exhibit – The Way We Worked – to Poplar Bluff; • In a high-poverty region tagged as a “food desert” by the USDA, developed a partnership with Briggs & Stratton (one of the area’s largest employers), local growers, Wiseman & Sons, Poole Advertising, and the Sustainable Communities and Small Farm Network to launch the new Poplar Bluff Farmers Market. Show less



In the Public Interest

• Consultant

  • 2008 - 2010

  Collaborate to provide strategic technical assistance to organizations that include foundations, government, grassroots organizations, small businesses, housing and economic development corporations, arts and culture groups, environmental organizations, social service agencies, organizing and advocacy groups, the media and others. The work of In the Public Interest includes strategic planning, leadership, finances, needs assessment, crisis intervention, negotiating, marketing, political strategy, public policy, staff and board development and other areas. Show less



PEACE X PEACE

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Development

  • 2007 - 2008

  Directed development for this young, international nonprofit in a transitional, developmental phase for many of its core functions. Collaborated with staff and board of directors to support and guide operations, communications, marketing, program and membership development. Peace X Peace, www.peacexpeace.org, is an international women's organization based in Washington DC and on the internet that uses leading edge net-centric tools to link some 8,000 members spanning 120 nations through its online Global Network to further cross cultural communication and take action for peace. Show less



Everybody Wins! DC

• Director of Development & Communications

  • Jun 2005 - Jan 2007

  • Directed fundraising, marketing, media relations and other external communications for the largest children's literacy and mentoring organization in the Washington metro area. • Worked with Executive Director and Board of Directors to exceed annual fundraising goals. • Supervised development and implementation of organization’s first database designed to manage both development and programmatic needs. • Developed and updated communications and marketing tools and collateral; organized annual fundraising Gala that raised one third of annual budget. Show less



National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Tiger Program Director - Save The Tiger Fund

  • Aug 2000 - Mar 2005

  • Directed activities and managed conservation investments of the Save The Tiger Fund (STF), which included developing and managing $2 million-plus annual budget, including donations from individuals, foundations, businesses, academic partners, and marketing programs. • Managed 225 grants awarded by STF in 13 countries; served as Foundation’s liaison to the STF Council; trained and managed staff and interns; trained and assisted grantees; evaluated work plans and program/financial reports; established program/financial policies and procedures in compliance with broader Foundation guidelines. • Elevated STF’s role in the international conservation community as a catalyst for collaboration by developing numerous unique, collaborative partnerships, including: transboundary project combining goals and resources of both international conservation and human development needs along the border of Nepal and India; an international assessment and prioritization of wild tiger populations and landscapes throughout Asia; and the nation's first university tiger mascot program to support tiger conservation. • Coordinated news conferences; wrote and delivered speeches; prepared written testimony for Congress; planned and implemented seminars, conferences, and workshops such as: • Press conference at the National Press Club marking STF grant-making milestone. Developed event agenda, collaborated with corporate PR team to develop and service media inquiries, and produced four-color, 36-page report. • International tiger conservation conference in the Russian Far East and follow-up media briefing in Moscow. Worked with Russian partners to organize conference. Collaborated with corporate PR team on logistics, media outreach, web-based and printed materials in support of the Moscow event. Met with government officials, NGO partners and Russian business leaders to develop new partnerships. Show less



Nonprofit communications & development; freelance writer & editor.

• Consultant

  • 1980 - 2000

  Provided services to numerous clients and media outlets, including: In the Public Interest, Capitol Letters Writing Center, Island Press, Wolf Trap, Center for Agricultural Partnerships, Center for Marine Studies, Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, Centre Daily Times, Gettysburg Times, Columbia Missourian, ITN broadcast, NPR, WAMU-FM, KBIA-FM, KOMU-TV. Provided services to numerous clients and media outlets, including: In the Public Interest, Capitol Letters Writing Center, Island Press, Wolf Trap, Center for Agricultural Partnerships, Center for Marine Studies, Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, Centre Daily Times, Gettysburg Times, Columbia Missourian, ITN broadcast, NPR, WAMU-FM, KBIA-FM, KOMU-TV.



Independent Public Radio

• Producer

  • 1992 - 1993

  Produced Good Dirt, a weekly, talk show on environmental issues, which aired on WAMU-FM radio and subsequently expanded to a national market. Supervised all aspects of production, including script writing, interviews, research, musical production, and final tape editing and mixing. Produced Good Dirt, a weekly, talk show on environmental issues, which aired on WAMU-FM radio and subsequently expanded to a national market. Supervised all aspects of production, including script writing, interviews, research, musical production, and final tape editing and mixing.



USA TODAY

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reporter

  • 1987 - 1992

  • Reporter: Covered agriculture, environment, rural issues, weather and general assignment for National desk. Stories included computer database analysis on minority farmers, Valdez oil spill, recycling, rural homelessness, beach waste, rural crime, wildfires, old growth and grazing issues in National forests and protected areas. Edited weather page. • National Wire Editor: Monitored breaking news to provide story proposals at daily planning meetings. Coordinated logistics for newsroom-wide efforts on major, breaking stories. • Researcher: Cover stories /special projects. Stories ran the gamut from the Iran-Contra scandal to national political conventions to college campus crime to an overview of the endangered species act. Show less



County of Arlington, VA

• Research associate

  • 1986 - 1987

  Provided legal research and record management for special HR projects. Provided legal research and record management for special HR projects.



Penn State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Writer/editor

  • 1984 - 1986

  Penn State's College of Agriculture. Writing and editing (magazines, newspaper columns, op-eds, news releases, marketing materials) and public relations activities such as organizing press conferences and pitching media. Penn State's College of Agriculture. Writing and editing (magazines, newspaper columns, op-eds, news releases, marketing materials) and public relations activities such as organizing press conferences and pitching media.



The Lutheran Theological Seminary

• Development Associate

  • 1981 - 1982



Instituut van de Bedrijfsrevisoren - Institut des Réviseurs d'Entreprises

• Belgium
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office manager/teaching assistant

  • 1979 - 1981

  Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc., based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Edited IRE Journal; organized and implemented IRE's annual awards program and annual conference. Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc., based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Edited IRE Journal; organized and implemented IRE's annual awards program and annual conference.