CREATING LIMITLESS FUNDING 
POSSIBILITIES FOR 
NONPROFITS & ARTISTS

CHICAGO LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

Interim Director of Development, Fall 2022

Served as Interim Director of Development from August-December 2022 while the organization was undergoing planned executive leadership changes.  My duties included throwing our first Gala in three years (250+ people and $300,000+ raised), executive producing campaign and awardee videos for the Gala, editing their corporate pitch and providing strategic support of the board and executive team. Messaging and understanding organizational and leadership relationships were important ingredients to my success.

LILLIAN MARCIE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Strategic Fundraising Advisement, 2022-present

On an ongoing basis, I provide strategic fundraising advice on grants and capital fundraising efforts, as needed. I draw on my knowledge of campaigns, Chicago arts organizations, and supporting organizational vision.

THE CHICAGO ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS

Gala on April 1, 2023 & 40th Anniversary Gala, May 14, 2022

For the 40th Anniversary in Spring 2022, the school needed assistance fundraising and organizing their first dinner in three years while undergoing a change in development leadership.  We exceeded our fundraising target by raising nearly $500,000 for the school. Over 300 people were in attendance at a Chicago downtown hotel. We are now working on the next dinner scheduled for April 1, 2023.

CARPLS LEGAL AID

Vision and Determination, 2011-2021

Served as Director of Development for 10 years. I am proudest of the 25th Anniversary event where I proved outside consultants wrong and raised over $1M+ for the organization by rallying the board around the organization vision.

AAMPA (AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE PERFORMING ARTS)

Supporting Artistic Innovation & Community Building

I was a founding board member and helped this arts museum develop its governance and business policies and have supported their ongoing fundraising efforts, including high profile virtual events and online fundraising, as a volunteer. I provide strategic fundraising advisement, as needed.

ARTISTS

Valued Partnerships

I was brought up by an art professor/printmaker and I raised an artist of my own. Working with artists is a labor of love. I understand what it means to put the artist's vision first, above the need of the patron. A couple of successes I am proud of include helping an award-winning filmmaker develop a successful pitch to a producer to get their short made and recognized. In another instance, I helped a visual artist package their pitch for a six-figure proposal. Currently, I am consulting a couple of young performing artists on how to pitch their work and value their skills. 

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