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Sullenberger Aviation MuseumInterim VP of Advancement
Dec. 2024Charlotte, North Carolina, United StatesIn this dual leadership role, I drive both the strategic and operational advancement efforts for the museum during a transformative period, including the June 2024 - June 2025 launch of our new multi-building campus at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. As Interim VP of Advancement, I lead fundraising, marketing, and donor engagement strategies that support the museum’s mission to inspire and equip future generations- particularly underrepresented youth- for careers in aviation and STEM. I also oversee all earned revenue streams including retail operations, facility rentals, group sales, and field trip programs, ensuring strong, mission-aligned financial performance. In parallel, I continue to manage core development operations, providing infrastructure and insights that power our capital campaign, major gifts work, and membership growth
Sullenberger Aviation MuseumDirector of Development Operations
Jun. 2024Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Sullenberger Aviation MuseumInterim Director of Development
Jul. 2023 - Jun. 2024Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Carolina Raptor CenterSenior Director, Advancement
Mar. 2019 - Jan. 2023Huntersville, NCKey member of the senior leadership team, overseeing the marketing of all organizational product lines and the solicitation of gifts. Responsible for managing all individual, corporate and foundation relationships and worked with staff and Board of Directors to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward donors. Managed the Marketing Coordinator, the Social Media contractor, the Advancement Manager, and a Grants Intern. Notable accomplishments: Worked closely with Executive Director to fund organization through the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020-2022. Migrated CRM, saving the organization $17k/year. Applied for and won a technology grant then served on committee to overhaul the organization's information technology infrastructure- migrating from a server to Azure, hiring a new managed service provider, onboarding staff to O365, OneDrive, and Sharepoint.
Levine Museum of the New SouthDirector of Philanthropy Operations
May. 2015 - Mar. 2019Charlotte, NCWorks closely with the SVP, Development & Marketing and other colleagues in the Finance, Marketing, and Education departments to manage Levine Museum’s development database, gift processing, and reporting. Also analyze giving trends and develop strategies to drive lower-level annual giving ($1-999). Oversees the daily internal operations of the Development department, managing workflow, monthly financial reconciliations, and data integrity of donor information, while adhering to departmental policies and procedures. Responsible for creating plans to identify, cultivate and solicit annual donors and implement appropriate tactics to drive contributed revenue through direct mail, email and calling campaigns.
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + CultureDevelopment Manager
Jul. 2014 - May. 2015Charlotte, NCManagement of Development tasks and donor relations to advance fundraising for the organization and to help facilitate donor's philanthropic intentions. General marketing, grant management, social media, direct mail marketing, project management, event planning, technology manipulation and more.
The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+CultureDevelopment Analyst
Mar. 2013 - Jun. 2014Charlotte, North Carolina Area
Crisis Assistance MinistryDatabase Manager
Mar. 2009 - Feb. 2013• Processing daily gifts, matched gifts and pledges • Insure accuracy of information in database. Including donor history and contact information. • Creating and managing donor appreciation letters in several different formats. • Working closely with business office to produce and audit several different reports • Routing of VIP donor acknowledgements to Development Team for individualization. • Preparing numerous reports, both routine and on-demand, according to needs of the development team • Utilize all skills to support entire mission and goals of agency. • Implement use of The Raiser's Edge as an overall agency contact and relationship management tool, not just tracking donations, but tracking all relationships for the agency.
Girl Scouts of the USAVolunteer
Sep. 2006 - Jan. 2017- Trainer, Outdoor Education, Enrichment and GS Leadership Experience since 2007 - Board Level Awards Committee Member since 2008 - Former Meck5 Service Unit Team, Service Unit Manager - Event Coordinator for several events from 50-200 girls and adults including SKY Leadership retreat 2013-2015
Girl Scouts, Hornets' Nest CouncilVolunteer
Jan. 2006 - Jan. 2017Adult Learning Facilitator and Adult Level Support Volunteer
The Mecklenburg TimesOperations Manager
Jun. 2003 - Jul. 2008• Manage all computer hardware and software requirements. Acting technical liaison between the company and outsourced programmer. • Design and implement database and web resources. • Produce 28-40 page newspaper twice weekly including all aspects of production from data mining and art direction to page layout and file transfer of distilled PDF to commercial printer. • Member of core management team overseeing all aspects of company operations.
Lead Source MarketingProduction Manager
Mar. 1997 - Jun. 2003• Managed overall operations for aggressively growing lead list and direct mail marketing firm. • Managed employees, coordinated between vendors, realized 100% of deadline constrictions. • Heavy computers usage and marketing research, database management, inside sales and client relations.
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