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Marketing Communications - Public Relations - A skilled and
accomplished marketer and publicist with a substantial history of creating and
implementing successful marketing, public relations, community education and
information programs.
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Teacher - Trainer
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Writer - Editor - Video Producer - Web Developer - A published author
and copywriter with substantial experience in developing, writing, editing, and
producing publications, newspaper columns, annual reports video productions and
web sites.
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Grant Writing - Fund Raising - Resource Development - An experienced
professional fund raiser whose career record exceeds $100 million dollars in
funds raised for social service and educational
organizations.
จ Rural Issues Specialist
with National Recognition Invited to and attended White House
Conference on Rural Issues in
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Manager - Supervisor - An effective manager with a history of
supervising as many as two dozen employees at a time as well as preparing and
administering multi-million dollar budgets.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
AUTHOR, published novelist. Articles also published in NY TIMES, NY
NEWSDAY, TV GUIDE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
PUBLIC
SPEAKER
who has appeared on radio and television.
PHOTOGRAPHER, winner of the Gold
Medal - Seattle Exposition of Photography.
EDUCATION: BA, Journalism,
ASSOCIATIONS: Faculty (1991-1993) -
Member of American MENSA
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
VOLUNTEERS OF
Chief Development Officer Member
of the Executive Team In charge of fundraising, marketing, volunteer
recruitment and retention, advocacy, grant writing and other resource development
issues for $15 million plus social service agency.
Director of Development Direct, plan and implement all private sector fundraising,
government grants, corporate relations, membership programs and fundraising
events. Member of the
senior management team.
NEWSPAPER
COLUMNIST Creator and author of Country Net, syndicated newspaper
column appearing in six rural areas newspapers.
Column appeared regularly for 3 ฝ years. Also written for major city newspapers on a wide range of rural, economic development and political issues.
Director
of Development Directed, planned
and implemented all private sector fundraising and public relations, for DSU
Foundation on the campus of an institution in the
SW/WC
SERVICE COOPERATIVES,
Technology
Marketer & Trainer- represented and promoted technology
services to potential clients through the 18 counties of
Resource
Development - located, prepared, and filed federal, state
and private grant applications.
THE
LEGAL AID SOCIETY,
Director
of Development - Created and implemented for fund raising
programs and public relations efforts to provide legal services for the
needy. Sources included foundations,
corporations, events, individual donors, planned giving & direct mail. Achieved
campaign increase of 18%.
FRIENDS
OF THE
National Director
‑ Public education & fundraising ‑‑ providing human services
(rest, recreation, education, etc.) for the soldiers of
UNITED
JEWISH APPEAL,
Director of Overseas Programs
‑ management of all programs outside
Promoted
from: Director, Project Renewal ‑
Managed program that twinned Jewish communities with Israeli neighborhoods. Raised
$20 million per year and involved more than 206 organized Jewish
communities in the
Promoted from: Department
Director after being promoted from Associate Director after being
promoted from Information Director. Spent six months as Acting Director of Public Relations managing
publicity in support of fundraising while supervising a staff of twenty‑two.