Previous & Current Clients:
Indian Summer Festival, Dance House, Whistler Adaptive Sports, 411 Seniors Centre Society, The Richardson Family Foundation
Work Experience:
First United, Director of Development | *SVP Vancouver, Fundraising Director | Museum of Vancouver, Director of Development | Vancouver Opera, Associate Director Annual Giving
*built fundraising and communications capacity at the following nonprofits: Backpack Buddies, Learning Disabilities Society, Zero Ceiling, The Asante Centre, Kinbrace, Writers’ Exchange, Blind Beginnings, Down Syndrome Resource Foundation, One to One Literacy, Fresh Roots, Growing Chefs, Mom2Mom, Red Fox, BabyGoRound, Pedal for the People, Take a Hike, Environmental Youth Alliance, ArtStarts, Kidsafe
Volunteer Experience:
musica intima, Board Member 2011-2015 | Contemporary Art Gallery, Board Member 2015-2020 | Pivot Legal, Board Member 2020 -
AFP Vancouver, Diversity Committee Member 2012-2017 | Chinatown Foundation, Chinatown Storytelling Centre Committee 2018 -
Shauna Sylvester Mayoral Campaign, Fundraising Director 2018 | Jody Wilson Raybould Re-Election Campaign, Fundraising Committee 2019
#GivingTuesday VanGives, Community Organizer 2017 -
DTES Response, Fundraiser, Communications and Media Relations
Curriculum:
Co-founded and co-facilitated Vantage Point’s first Fund Development Lab: Raising the Right Revenues. Over 8 weeks and 40 hours nonprofit leaders learned strategy and skills in, case for support development, making a pitch, corporate giving, monthly gifts, major gifts, and much more.
Publications & Interviews:
The DTES deserves our attention Vancouver Is Awesome, March 2021
CFRE Journey, 2020
Pedestrian Safety. Giving Tuesday, BC Today CBC Radio, 2019