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Biography


SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS


•       More than 20 years of experience in nonprofit management

•       Strong management and administrative skills

•       Excellent communication skills; written and verbal

•       Successful fundraising and community resource development

 

NONPROFIT CONSULTING EXPERIENCE For more than 15 nonprofit organizations


    Expertise includes:

•       Specialized donor cultivation and special events

•       Development and implementation of funding strategies

•       Responsible for grant writing and fundraising activities including

    • corporate,
    • foundation, 
    • government grants

 

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT For several nonprofit and governmental agencies.


    Accomplishments:

•       Designed and led workshops

•       Developed training manuals

•       Created marketing materials

 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION For charity events as well as nonprofits.


    Experience includes:

•       Volunteer hiring and training

•       Volunteer project oversight

•       Reporting and accountability for governmental agency requirements



 

Client List


    * Dorazio Learning Center

    * Community & School Collaboration (C-SC) 

    * Laurel House

    * Leadership Tommorrow

    * City of Newport Beach Public Library

    * Community Housing Assistance Program of America

    * Mary Erickson Community Housing

    * Jamboree Housing Corporation

    * Operation Clean Slate

    * California Parks & Recreations Society

    * Step Out

    * Orange Coast Interfaith Shelter

    * H.O.M.E.S, Inc.

    * Volunteer Center of Greater Orange County

    * Homeward Bound (OC Homeless Issues Task Force)

    * Costa Mesa Senior Center

    * Orange County Harvest

    * Prostate 90 Education & Research Foundation

 

Current Affiliations

    * OCCCO

    * Parish Council Representative, Saint Joachim Parish

    * Coastline Community College,

        Gerontology Program Advisory Board

    * Mesa Verde Community Inc.

    * Vanguard University of Southern California,

        Center for Women’s Studies, Advisory Board

 

Previous Affiliations

    * Newport Mesa Schools Foundation

    * Costa Mesa Child Care & Youth Services Committee

    * Costa Mesa Community Foundation

    * Leadership Tomorrow, Liason

    * Costa Mesa Senior Center Board

    * Costa Mesa Cultural Arts Committee, Vice-Chair

    * LifeSteps, Board Member

    * Shelter & Hunger Partnership,

        Allocation Committee 2001

    * United Way Fund Allocation Committee Member 2000

    * Orange County Harvest, Founder

    * Bethany, Sisters of St. Joseph’s, Board of Advisors

    * M.O.M.S. Fundraising Committee

    * H.O.M.E.S, Inc., Board Member

    * Aragon Affordable Housing, Board of Directors

    * Orange County Community Development Council,

        Commissioner

    * Orange County Human Relations Council,

        Commissioner

    * Orange County Commission on the Status of Women,

        Commissioner

    * City of Irvine Community Services Commission,

        Vice-Chair

    * Saddleback College Women’s Advisory Board

 

Awards

 

    * Excellence in Leadership ~ Leadership Tomorrow

    * The Daily Pilot Top 103 Most Influential

    * Orange County Register’s Angel Award

    * Irvine Valley College Foundation Award

    * Woman of Distinction - Soroptomists

    * Orange County’s Women’s Foundation

    * Women For: Orange County

    * 2000 Notable American Women

    * The World’s Who’s Who of Women

    * Advocate for Housing,

      Orange County Community Housing Corporation

 

Education

 

    * Columbus University, BA English

    * St. Thomas Aquinas College,

        Advanced Fundraising Certificate               

 

References

    * Dorazio Learning Center

    * Laurel House

    * Newport Beach Public Library

    * Operation Clean Slate

    * CHAPA - Community Housing Assistance Program

    * Leadership Tommorrow