Key Experiences

Public Grants

  • Experience with federal, state, and city-level opportunities

  • Project and team management

  • Logistics and submission management

  • Budgeting guidance

  • Experience with opportunities from $10,000-$750,000,000


Private Grants

  • Experience with private, community, family, and corporate foundations

  • Project and team management

  • Logistics and submission management

  • Budgeting guidance

  • Experience with opportunities from $500-$150,000,000


Fundraising Training & Coaching

  • 1:1 coaching for new development team members

  • Job description and hiring guidance

  • Customized workshops and webinars 

  • Group project-based coaching

  • Experience with grassroots organizations, regional funders, and large nonprofit organizations


Individual Giving

  • Content development for appeals and donor communications

  • Moves management and donor segmentation

  • Major donor strategy development and guidance

  • Prospect research and tracking 


Program Development 

  • Funding readiness assessments

  • Data tracking and evaluation guidance

  • Project proposal strategy development

  • Budget guidance and development 


Corporate Sponsorships

  • Targeted prospect lists by region or interest

  • Customized outreach toolkits

  • Personalized outreach templates

  • Trackers and management tools


My Past Positions

  • 2009-2013: Philabundance / Development Coordinator

  • 2013-2016: Career Wardrobe / Development Manager

  • 2016-2019: ArtWell / Development Director

  • 2019-2025: Fairmount Ventures / Fundraising Consultant


Board Memberships & Volunteer Work

  • Hippocampus Magazine: Associate Editor (2016-Present)

  • Asylum Pride House: Board Chair (2023-Present)

  • Cosmic Writers: Advisory Board Member (2024-Present)

  • H&H Books: Pro-Bono Consultant (2024-Present)


Publications


Conferences & Presentations

  • Creative Survival Guides, Hippocampus Magazine & Fairmount Ventures

  • Flash Nonfiction, Hippocampus Magazine & Creative Nonfiction Magazine 

  • Hermit Crab Essays, Hippocampus Magazine

  • Individual Prospecting Essentials, AFP Greater Philadelphia

  • Institutional Prospecting Essentials, AFP Greater Philadelphia

  • Creative Writing for Development Professionals, AFP Greater Philadelphia 

  • Case Statement Writing Workshop, AFP Greater Philadelphia

  • Public VS Private Grants, University of Pennsylvania Nonprofit Leadership Program