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Portfolio

I am a creative professional who enjoys addressing organizational challenges with innovative solutions that drive results. My experience includes grassroots campaigns designed to raise visibility, awareness, and revenue to advance missions.

Development Work

I have twenty years of experience identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a wide range of funder types. Examples of my work include:

DAFS and family foundations

a $2.5 million grant from Jeff Bezos' Day One Family Fund to Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness
multiple six figure major gifts to advance global species conservation

government funding

a $5 million contract secured by the United Way of Connecticut from the CT Office of Early Childhood
a multi-million dollar federal youth homelessness demonstration grant

corporate partnerships

a partnership with financial services firm Synchrony that brought in more than $1 million in revenue
development of a Private Sector Working Group that engaged corporate funders from across the state

Awareness and Advocacy Campaigns

I love developing campaigns grounded in multi-stakeholder partnerships. I enjoy the challenge of working with stakeholders across different sectors to identify common goals and drive results. Here are some examples of campaigns I have led:

be homeful

A multi-stakeholder campaign I created in partnership with CT REALTORS Foundation to grow the base of contributors. The be homeful project raised millions of dollars.

Housing = Justice

An advocacy campaign I designed to promote legislative priorities centered on housing as a right. The campaign engaged advocates in educating government stakeholders.

My Town Cares

A statewide partnership I led with CT Conference of Municipalities and Sustainable CT that used a certification framework to engage our state's municipal leaders in taking action to end homelessness.

promotional and educational videos

Videographer: Lizzie Donius

media relations

Fewer homeless in Connecticut, data shows, but problems still persistWhile a majority of people sleeping in Connecticut homeless shelters are from the state’s struggling cities, people from the wealthiest towns tend to spend more time in shelters when they do end up there. This is just one of the conclusions that can be drawn from an examination of data compiled by the Connecticut Coalition […]

CT Mirror, November 2018

‘Paddington’ Props Are Up for GrabsThe props’ proceeds will benefit The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness’ “Be Homeful” campaign

Hollywood Reporter, December 2015

“Point-in-time” count takes place across CT, allows communities to assess number of homelessAn important census is taking place across Connecticut on Wednesday, assessing the number of homeless people in the state.

WTNH News 8, January 2020

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