Anne McCarten-Gibbs

Current

• Marketing Communications Consultant at McCarten-Gibbs Consulting
• Partner at Hands On Gourmet

Past

• Co-Founder and Director of Marketing at Hands On Gourmet
• Co-Founder and Executive Director at Youth Philanthropy Worldwide, now New Global Citizens
• Marketing Communications Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)

• Communications Officer at Global Fund for Women
• Policy Analyst at EdSource

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Education

• Princeton University
• University of Virginia

Recommended

7 people have recommended Anne

Connections

125 connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Company
• Hands On Gourmet
• YPW/ New Global Citizens

Anne McCarten-Gibbs’s Summary

My career is focused on developing compelling programs and communicating great ideas. I am available for short-term marketing communications projects and interested in entrepreneurial ventures.

Anne McCarten-Gibbs’s Specialties:

Presenting complex ideas to the public persuasively through marketing communications, e-mail newsletters, web content, and other media.

Anne McCarten-Gibbs’s Experience

• Marketing Communications Consultant

  McCarten-Gibbs Consulting

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  We provide effective strategy and compelling content to engage and motivate people on a wide range of topics. Special focus on international issues, health care, and the needs of startup businesses and nonprofits. Current clients include UC San Francisco and the Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights.

• Partner

  Hands On Gourmet

  (Events Services industry)

  2004 — Present (4 years)

• Co-Founder and Director of Marketing

  Hands On Gourmet

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)

  August 2004 — March 2007 (2 years 8 months)

  Recently named one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times, Hands On Gourmet is the region’s premiere culinary events company. I led marketing efforts throughout the start-up period, including developing an engaging web presence that generates the bulk of new business, and a successful monthly e-mail newsletter that currently reaches almost 3,000 subscribers. Hands On Gourmet won a Make Mine a $Million Business award in 2006, and successfully reached the million dollar revenue mark the next year. I remain an active partner but no longer manage day-to-day marketing.

• Co-Founder and Executive Director

  Youth Philanthropy Worldwide, now New Global Citizens

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  May 2000 — December 2003 (3 years 8 months)

  Founding Executive Director. New Global Citizens mobilizes young people in the United States to help solve the world's biggest problems, from AIDS, to environmental degradation, to lack of education, and more. www.newglobalcitizens.org.

• Marketing Communications Consultant

  Sole Proprietorship

  (Sole Proprietorship; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  January 1992 — May 2000 (8 years 5 months)

  This busy practice focused on serving nonprofit organizations. Projects included annual reports, web site redesigns, grant writing, editing special reports, and other media projects. Clients included the Urgent Action Fund for Women's Rights, the Global Fund for Women, Zaccho Dance Theatre, Leadership New Jersey, and others.

• Communications Officer

  Global Fund for Women

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  February 1997 — November 1999 (2 years 10 months)

  Conceived and led a major effort to redesign, expand, and improve all marketing materials for this international grantmaking foundation. Annual report and newsletter won industry awards.

• Policy Analyst

  EdSource

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

  October 1995 — January 1997 (1 year 4 months)

Anne McCarten-Gibbs’s Education

• Princeton University

  MPA, Wilson School, 1988 — 1990

• University of Virginia

  BA, Goverment & Foreign Affairs, 1980 — 1984

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa

Additional Information

Anne McCarten-Gibbs’s Websites:

• My Company
• Hands On Gourmet
• YPW/ New Global Citizens

Anne McCarten-Gibbs’s Interests:

entrepreneurship, international philanthropy, food and wine, books, travel.

Anne McCarten-Gibbs’s Groups:

Make Mine a $Million Business Program

•    PrincetonEN V-Net
•    Obama for America
•    LinkEds & writers
•    Make Mine a Million $ Business
•    University of Virginia Alumni (UVA)
•    Make Mine a Million

Anne McCarten-Gibbs’s Honors:

NAWBO Rising Star Award Nominee, 2008.

Make Mine A $Million Business Award recipient, 2006.

Cisco Systems Technology Award Recipient, 2006.

Two Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications, Awarded by the Council on Foundations, 1999.

President's Award of the New Jersey Public Health Association, 1994.

Anne McCarten-Gibbs’s Contact Settings

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