Fundraising
My skill-set includes frontline fundraising; annual fund giving; event planning; project management; creating and implementing development strategic plans; in addition to print, electronic, and social media marketing.
Women's Foundation of Boston
Director of Development
February 2023 - present
As the innagural Diretor of Development of a largely volunteer led and supported organization, I am repsonsible for building a develompent function and infrastructure, supporting the CEO in growing and diversifying revenue, and creating unique campaigns and events to delight donors and volunteers.
Launched in 2017, the Women's Foundation of Boston was founded by a group of local business women to address the massive philanthropic gap towards nonprofits serving women and girls. We are dedicated to economically empowering women and girls in Greater Boston, by creating, funding, and accelerating economic and leadership programs that equip women and girls to be financially independent and successful leaders.
- Only 2% of all Greater Boston charitable giving is direted towards women and girls serving nonprofit organizations
- Research has shown that investing in women has a multiplier effect, creating positive economigc returns across generations and throughout communities
To date, WFBoston has impacted nearly 13,000 women and girls, 95% of whom live in underserved communities and 82% of whom are black, Indigenous and people of color.
- OTHER FUNDRAISING
Facing History and Ourselves
Director of Development, New England
January 2020 - January 2023
Facing History and Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate. As the Director of Development for the New England reigonal office, I was:
- Responsible for raising $4 million regional budget
- Plan and execute virtual and in-person programming
- Manage regional Advisory Board of 40+ major donors, volunteers, and leaders
- Solicit and steward portfolio of major donors, including individual supporters, local corporations, and foundations
Enroot
Director of Development and Communications
May 2014 – January 2018
Fundraising: over four fiscal years:
- Grew organization revenue by an average of 32% each year
- Built a culture of philanthropy among staff and Board
- Individual Giving: doubled the donor base each year and led an average of 60% growth in donor contributions
- Foundation and grant management: strategic relationships and increased output for an average 32% increase in revenue
- Corporate Sponsorship: introduced event sponsorship for an average of 137% growth
Organization Projects:
- Strategic Planning: supported development of "endgame" strategy, working towards sustainability and a model of replication
- Social Venture Philanthropy: managed application and award of Social Venture Partners investee
- Program Evaluation: identified industry trends, introduced standard metrics, and developed systems to track and analyze data
- Marketing/Communications: Let re-brand from Cambridge Community Services to Enroot
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Senior Program and Development Officer, Young Adult Initiative
Jun 2011 – Apr 2014
- Leadership Development: Trained volunteer leadership on fundraising best practices, cultivation techniques, and relationship building; drafted a new leadership development program: created curriculum, recruited participants, and educated volunteers about funding priorities and impact of organization on community partners and agencies
- Hands-On Philanthropy: Created organizational education programs to increase engagement of first-time young adult donors.
- Donor Portfolio: My portfolio emphasis was on donor acquisition, retention, and growth of young adult donors (ages 20-45). I stewarded relationships, including annual solicitation with over 300 donors each year to surpass $2.3 million departmental and overall organizational $50 million fundraising goal.
Leadership Through Volunteerism
The Philanthropy Connection
- Member of Board of Directors sub-committees for women's grant-making organization: Development Committee, secured $100,000 multi-year grant to support operations and TPC growth, and Grant Review Committee, streamlining grants lifecycle for TPC and applicants and investigating trust-based philanthropy model
- Led Grant Review team: review 8-12 Letter of Intent (LOI) applications from local nonprofits; review 3-4 full grant proposals; conduct 1-3 site visits of local organizations, document visit and make final funding recommendations
- Conducted primary due diligence screening, reviewing financials and determining organization eligibility applicants
Member of "Million Dollar" Task Force, planning marketing and education efforts for year of million dollar grant milestone
Advisory Council of Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc. in Greater Boston
- Supported the local Executive Director in planning fundraising events to benefit programs in Greater Boston
Co-chaired the Alumnae Engagement Network to host events and build a community for college women alumnae
Friend2Friend Advisory Committee of Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Boston
- Supported the program by planning and executing recruitment events
- EDUCATION
Northeastern UniversityMaster of Art, History
May 2009
Summa Cum Laude
Certificate in Public History
Research Topic: Oral History
Northeastern UniversityBachelor of Arts, History and Jewish Studies
May 2009
Summa Cum Laude
Activities: Strong Women Strong Girls, Phi Alpha Theta- History Honors Society, Academy of Arts and Sciences, History Club
- Other Experiences: Social Entrepreneurship
PresenTense Fellow at Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Sept. 2015 - June 2016
I am passionate about creating strong, inclusive, inspiring spaces. The child of an interfaith household and one half of an interfaith couple, I strive to design tools and resources to spark conversation between interfaith couples, their families, and the community. With the support of CJP's PresenTense Fellowship social entrepreneurship program, I have designed Share and Tell: Conversation Cards for Couples.
Break the ice before you break the glass with Share & Tell. Designed to spark conversations between interfaith couples, this deck of cards will let you talk about who you’re named after or favorite memories from family vacations, instead of how your family feels about your relationship. Some cards are fun and some tackle the hard questions, but Share & Tell makes it more manageable.
Learn more, talk more, share more- together.
- Other Professional Work: General Nonprofit
Honeymoon IsraelDirector of Community Engagement, Boston
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
Local Projects:
- Managed local program including growth strategy, operations, and communication
- Built relationships with hundreds of community partners, funders, and applicant and participant couples
Led national projects designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations:
- Created National Leadership Board for alumni to support fundraising strategies
- Overhauled user experience of couples applying to HMI, including written- application, in-person interview, selection and notification process
- Conducted interviews of hundreds of applicant couples in HMI cities, assessing appropriateness for program
Jewish Community Relations CouncilSenior Coordinator, TELEM and Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy
Jun 2009 – Jun 2011
Skills: curriculum development; program operations and management; volunteer management; budgeting, marketing and communications; strategic planning; educator training.
Jewish Women's ArchiveGraduate Intern, Oral History
Jan 2009 – Apr 2009
Skills: oral history; podcasts; editing audio materials, programs, and podcasts; content creation.
Massachusetts Business Alliance for EducationProject Manager, State Scholars Initiative
Jul 2007 – Apr 2008
Skills: volunteer and business management; implementing state government program; higher education; project management.
