Director of Development, Leadership Austin, Austin, TX, November 2011 – current
Nonprofit organization that ignites passion for community leadership by exploring issues, deepening skills and building relationships
- Create and manage corporate sponsorship of all Leadership Austin programs, including Essential Class, Emerge Program, Engage Breakfast Series and Experience Austin
- Develop new fund development strategies related to membership and sponsorship programs and individual donor cultivation to promote organizational growth
- Manage all sponsorship activities related to the annual fundraising event, Best Party Ever
- Supervise the Development Coordinator position
Director of Development, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX, November 2009 – May 2011
Nonprofit contemporary art center creating meaningful opportunities to investigate and experience the art of our time through exhibitions, programs, and commissions of new work
- Oversaw all resource development efforts for a $1.3 million budget, including individual and corporate donations, membership, governmental funding and foundation grants
- Orchestrated reopening weekend of renovated and expanded Jones Center comprising $1,000 ticketed gala dinner, artists night, members preview and public reopening, with over 4,000 attendees
- Developed and implemented I Heart Arthouse, an online micro-giving campaign driven by social media; case study presented at the 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference
- Managed $6.8 million Capital Campaign for major building renovation and expansion project
- Managed all donor-related special events, including annual Five x Seven fundraiser and exhibition openings
- Managed a development team that included a Development Assistant and Membership Manager
Deputy Director, Texas Cultural Trust, Austin, TX, August 2005 – October 2009
Statewide nonprofit organization providing leadership to promote and highlight the importance of the arts in educating our children and sustaining our vibrant Texas economy
- Started a young professionals giving group, strataTX, leading efforts in recruitment, event planning, and fundraising
- Assisted in planning of biennial Texas Medal of Arts Awards, a seven-part celebration in Austin raising over $1 million
- Selected, installed and implemented Sage Fundraising 50 database, including the set-up and migration of constituent records from Filemaker Pro
- Interacted with and supported a statewide Board of Directors
- Planned special events of Texas Cultural Trust programs, including the Young Masters Scholarship Program and Texas Women for the Arts
- Edited a chapter book for elementary school students themed on the visual arts, titled Adventures in the ARTS: Mystery of the Gooey, Grey Glob
Intern, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, June – August 2004
- Worked with the Capital Campaign (goal: $858 million) within the Department of Development and Membership
- Presented a gallery talk entitled Rousseau and Brancusi: Exploring the Exotic in Modernism based on works from the permanent collection
