Experience

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  Richmond philharmonic orchestra

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2012

  Music director

  I had the privilege of leading Richmond's large and excellent community orchestra. We performed major works by Beethoven, Mahler, Sibelius, Rimsky-Korsakov, Berlioz, and many other composers during my tenure and, I hope, had a pretty great time doing it. It was five years of exciting music making and warm friendships, and is the job I most fondly remember among many during my time as a professional conductor of orchestras and operas from 2003 to 2016.

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  Toledo opera

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2017

  Assistant director

  Toledo Opera gave me my first significant opportunity to work as a nonprofit administrator, first leading their strategic planning process as they engineered the company's turnaround, then working to execute that plan as a fundraiser and artistic administrator.

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  Grace place for children and families

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  Annual fund and grants manager

  Grace Place was my first full-time position exclusively focused on fundraising. It was an excellent, small, high-functioning team, where I honed my skills as a grants manager, annual fund manager, database coordinator, and connected with mid-level donors.

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  United way of collier and the keys

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2022

  Director of philanthropy

  I learned how to be a frontline fundraiser at UWCK, building their first major gifts program while also supporting the annual fund campaign, grants, and managing the fundraising database.

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  Aurora theatre

  Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  Director of development

  Aurora Theatre was an exciting opportunity to help build the fundraising program at Georgia's second-largest producing theatre company. Our two-person fundraising team built major donor and sponsor relationships, planned and executed a sophisticated annual fund campaign, improved our acknowledgement process, grew our grants portfolio, and planned an entirely unique gala experience.

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  Hope for haiti

  Jan 2023 - now

  Grants manager

  Hope for Haiti provides more than 100,000 healthcare consultations to people in Southern Haiti each year, partners with 24 schools to improve access to and quality of education in the region for nearly 7,000 students, and creates innovative community-based programs to generate economic opportunity and sustainable growth.