A Child's DreamExecutive Director
Mar. 2009 - May. 2012I make dreams come true for struggling children in northern Colorado by supervising volunteers, creating and hosting fundraisers, making friends with donors, and putting together details for deserving kids' dreams. Duties: Identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors, evaluation and reporting for small non-profit, event planning and execution of two main events that raised over $45,000 in 2010 in addition to 3 smaller events including solicitation and fulfillment of sponsorships from local area businesses, all administrative responsibilities including balancing checkbook, running payroll, paying all bills, donor database implementation, input and use along with website upkeep, marketing plans for donor solicitation, conduct board member training, networking in the community, provide community with communication in regard to the service provided, plan and execute multiple dreams from booking flights and hotels to approaching famous rock stars and athletes for meet and greets, selecting and hiring service providers, create and execute an annual budget, write media releases and procure media coverage, write and design monthly newsletter, create and update a blog, facebook page and twitter account, supervise part-time employee and interns, raise over $200,000 over the last two years in this position (a 400% annual increase in year one of my tenure)