Wendy Hymes, CAE
Director of Membership & Conferences at VisionServe Alliance- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Certified Association Executive (CAE)
ASAE: The Center for Association LeadershipJun, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Association Executive (CAE)
ASAE: The Center for Association LeadershipJun, 2023- Nov, 2024
Experience
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VisionServe Alliance
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Membership & Conferences
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Jan 2017 - Present
VisionServe Alliance is a national association of nonprofits who serve people who are blind or visually impaired. My duties include Conference Management, Member Management, Communications, Strategic Planning and Office Administration. • Conference Management: Oversee full-cycle conference planning for the annual conferences - identify conference goals, negotiate contracts, objectives and requirements, submit RFP’s and advise on site selection, build virtual event website, communicate with presenters, oversee volunteers (in-person and virtual). • Member Management: Respond to member requests, welcome new members and do an orientation meeting via Zoom; maintain and support attractive member benefits. • Communications: Oversee the communications plan which includes print, website, e-newsletters, podcasts and social media. • Strategic Planning: Contribute to our essential Weekly Team Huddles via Microsoft Teams (working remotely since March 2020); work closely with CEO to plan and manage fundraising and sponsorship activities (draft grant applications, seek sponsorships, communicate with individual donors) • Office Administration: collaborate with the rest of the team on projects Show less
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Intercultural Music Initiative
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Greater St. Louis Area
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Program Director
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Jul 2015 - Present
The mission of the Intercultural Music Initiative (IMI) is to perform and highlight music by African American and other African-descent composers from continental Africa, the Caribbean and other regions of the African Diaspora. All IMI concerts and artist residency programs ALWAYS include familiar standard repertoire from pre-Baroque through contemporary music literature. IMI Residency programs are designed for colleges and universities across the United States that desire to offer courses and programs that stimulate interest and academic inquiry into new musical genres by African American and other African-descent composers. More information available at our website: http://imusici.net/index.html Show less
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Performing musician, clinician and lecturer
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1998 - Present
Performing and Presenting experience includes: Intercultural Music Initiative Chamber Players, St. Louis American Guild of Organists, First Presentation Presbyterian Church of Edwardsville Recital Series, the Sheldon Concert Hall Educational Concert Series, Choral & International Music Festival in Lome, Togo, Accra, Ghana, and Lagos, Nigeria, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Flute Society of St. Louis Concert Series, College Music Society South Central-Southern Super Regional Conference, Louisiana Flute Festival, Jureit Musicales, Principia College, the Festival of African and African American Music in Nigeria, Kansas City, and St. Louis, International Symposium Festival for new Intercultural Music at the University of London, Union Avenue Opera Orchestra, Synchronia, a 7-member chamber ensemble performing contemporary music, St. Louis Symphony Children’s Chorus, St. Louis Women’s Chorale, Sheldon Concert Hall’s Notes From Home Series. Show less
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African Musical Arts
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Director of Development
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Feb 2015 - Jan 2017
As Director of Development, I strive to create numerous, efficient, and compelling opportunities for donors to support our organization and to make the experience of giving satisfying and rewarding. As Director of Development, I strive to create numerous, efficient, and compelling opportunities for donors to support our organization and to make the experience of giving satisfying and rewarding.
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Arkansas State University
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Director, Fowler Center
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Jul 2012 - Jan 2015
Managed Northeast Arkansas' premiere performing arts facility by curating a subscription concert series; coordinating the scheduling of the facility’s four performing spaces and the Bradbury art Gallery; developed the publicity and marketing plan (print, online, radio, and television); oversaw programming and operating budgets; cultivated donors to the Friends of Fowler association; oversaw facility maintenance; collaborations with the Music, Public Relations, and University Advancement Departments in the use of the facility for student use, fund raising endeavors and to enhance the visibility of Arkansas State University. Show less
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African Musical Arts Inc.
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Greater St. Louis Area
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Director of Board Development
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Sep 2005 - Jan 2015
Worked with this St. Louis non-profit arts organization to expand their programs; wrote successful grant proposals on the local and national level including the National Endowment for the Arts; researched sources of corporate, foundation and government support; coordinated annual fundraising campaign for an arts organization with an annual budget of $235,000. Worked with this St. Louis non-profit arts organization to expand their programs; wrote successful grant proposals on the local and national level including the National Endowment for the Arts; researched sources of corporate, foundation and government support; coordinated annual fundraising campaign for an arts organization with an annual budget of $235,000.
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Louisiana State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Instructor, Web-based Music Appreciation
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2003 - 2006
Corresponded with students, answered questions and gave updates via email, graded assignments from an e-textbook and proctored exams as part of my assistantship duties. Corresponded with students, answered questions and gave updates via email, graded assignments from an e-textbook and proctored exams as part of my assistantship duties.
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Education
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2003 - 2007
Louisiana State University
DMA, Flute, Music Theory -
1995 - 1997
Indiana University Bloomington
MM, Flute Performance -
1990 - 1994
Principia College
BA, Music
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