
Executive Director at Executives in Action
Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Executive Director at Executives in Action
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
CERTIFICATION:
I am a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE).
PROFESSIONAL:
-Founding Executive Director, Executives in Action: 2009 to present
-Business Manager, The Law Office of Natalie Gregg: 2009 to present
-Editor, FundVisor blog: 2007 to present
-Vice President of Development, Center for Nonprofit Management: 2008-2009
-Director of Development, Central Dallas Ministries: 2005-2008
-Director of Development and Communications, Camp Fire USA Lone Star Council, 2001 - 2005
EDUCATION:
- Executive MBA, University of Texas at Dallas (2006)
- BA, Creative Advertising, Southern Methodist Univerity
(2001)
- BA, English, Southern Methodist Univerity (2001)
relationship building, social enterprise, fundraising, sales, organizational strategy, product/service development, brand-building, stakeholder engagement, financial management, strategic planning, capital campaigns
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Founding Executive Director of a nonprofit focused on supporting senior executives who are in transition while engaging them in short-term, high-impact consulting projects with nonprofit organizations.
(Law Practice industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Handle the back office and marketing for this family law firm.
(Writing and Editing industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
A blog dedicated to Equipping Fundraisers to Lead the Philanthropic Revolution.
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 2008 — July 2009 (10 months)
I oversaw initiatives related to contributed income (i.e. philanthropy) as part of the Center's mission to improve the performance and impact of nonprofit organizations. I also managed the DonorBridge partnership with several other local community foundations.
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2005 — September 2008 (3 years 8 months)
fundraising, financial management, communications, marketing, public relations, philanthropy, charity, sales
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Philanthropy industry)
December 2007 — February 2008 (3 months)
Consulting partnership to build development office's infrastructure and lead search for candidates for full-time positions in Development, including Director of Development.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Fund-Raising industry)
December 2001 — January 2005 (3 years 2 months)
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Fund-Raising industry)
August 2001 — December 2001 (5 months)
Launch rebranding campaign from "Camp Fire Boys and Girls" to "Camp Fire USA"
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2000 — August 2000 (3 months)
Strategic planning for accounts such as Cellular One, Gardenridge and Pedialyte.
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
January 1999 — March 1999 (3 months)
Office of Vice President Al Gore.
MBA , 2004 — 2006
BA , English , 1997 — 2001
BA , Creative Advertising , 1997 — 2001
1989 — 1997
social justice, sustainable development, community development, social enterprise, philanthropy, charity, vegetarianism, faith in action, emerging technology, communications, marketing, fundraising, blogging, Web 2.0, poetry, film, Texas music, parenting
Advisory Board Member of Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP); Advisory Board Member of Cistercian Preparatory School (CPS); Advisory Board Member of Friends of the Santa Fe Trail; volunteer with Obama Dallas; and member of Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).
Earned my Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) accreditation in 2008.
Selected as Hunger Justice Leader by Bread for the World in 2008.
Selected as White House Intern in 1999.