Professional Summary
Executive Director with over 12 years of experience leading non-profit organisations and programmes. Specialises in strategic planning, fundraising, and stakeholder engagement, with a history of increasing revenue and expanding service delivery. Known for building collaborative partnerships and steering organisations through growth phases.
Skills
- Leadership
- .Net
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Communication
- R
- Nursing
- Marketing
- Strategic Planning
- Fundraising
Experience
Executive Director — JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Launched a philanthropic initiative that raised $5M in three years, funding financial literacy programmes for 50,000 underserved students.
- Established metrics that tracked programme impact across three states, aligning local results with corporate social responsibility goals.
- Negotiated partnerships with seven community organisations, creating a sustainable pipeline for volunteer engagement and programme delivery.
- Oversaw a $2M annual budget, integrating financial modelling with strategic decision-making for new programme launches.
- Facilitated quarterly board meetings that deepened governance engagement with operational performance dashboards.
Program Director — Tennessee Society of Association Executives
- Redesigned the annual conference format, boosting attendance 40% and increasing sponsorship revenue by $250K within two cycles.
- Implemented an online learning platform that generated $150K in new revenue and positioned the association as a regional knowledge hub.
- Cultivated relationships with policymakers that secured $500K in state grants for member workforce development initiatives.
- Streamlined operational processes that cut event logistics costs 20% while improving participant satisfaction scores.
- Led a volunteer governance task force that refreshed the strategic plan and clarified the association's three-year priorities.
Executive Director — Danbury Westerville
- Grew annual fundraising from $800K to $1.5M through targeted campaigns and major donor engagement.
- Expanded service capacity 30% by aligning programme offerings with local health needs and securing foundation partnership funding.
- Created a volunteer leadership council that improved board diversity and deepened community connections.
- Introduced data-driven outcome tracking that demonstrated programme efficacy to funders and policymakers.
- Managed a $2.2M operating budget with zero deficits over four years while investing in staff development.
Education
B.S. Business Administration
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Certifications
- Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)