Self Employed

I have branched out on my own offering life skills and public relations services. I am currently writing a book on how children can be their own superhero through self confidence and feeling good about themselves so they are better prepared to stand up against bullying.   With over 20 years experience in public relations, I am accepting clients for planning and implementing public relations events, marketing strategies, fundraising campaigns and crisis management and prevention for your business.

Public Relations Consultant and Life Coach

Utah School for the Deaf and Blind

Teach children who are deaf and blind learn to communicate through ASL and Braille

Communication intervener

Utah Commission on Service and Volunteerism

Serves as the Utah Commission Program Officer with expertise in developing, funding, implementing, and evaluating AmeriCorps program needs goals, programs, delivery systems, and outcomes. Directs all technical operations and activities necessary to maintain and provide support for the statewide delivery of the AmeriCorps program.
Ensures all components of the AmeriCorps Program are implemented in compliance with the federal CNCS.
Reviews and analyzes federal regulations, state laws and AmeriCorps administrative requirements to formulate appropriate policies, procedures and interpretation to guide successful implementation of the Commission's AmeriCorps programs. Responsible for new program/organization recruitment, contract development, negotiation and monitoring, and programmatic auditing; reviews and makes planning and funding recommendations for statewide program. Creates and maintains tracking/monitoring system to meet federal grant compliance requirements; communicate Commission policy and procedures to program organizations.
Evaluate program financial and programmatic performance. Design, modify and implement Commission's risk-based monitoring strategy to ensure consistent oversight of state AmeriCorps programs; assess AmeriCorps program goals and accomplishments to determine effectiveness. Serves as liaison with the Commission Board committee. Writes the annual Request for Applications (RFA) for AmeriCorps; develops scoring criteria; coordinates and manages the grant review process and communicates with applicants. Market and communicates the AmeriCorps Program and Commission Programs and services to the public; assists with planning/implementing/fundraising for the UCOV annual volunteer conferences.
Completes research on best practice; collects data, analyzes and develops reports; Maintains statistical information on program performance and communicates data to stakeholders; manages ongoing AmeriCorps evaluation and system improvement processes.

National Service Coordinator

Utah Valley University

•	Prepare annual accounting reports and oversee acknowledgement materials for donors. 
•	Maintain accurate records of private scholarship funds and track growth and set benchmarks as endowment grows. 
•	Conduct end of year reconciliation of all scholarship funds to determine next academic year award amount. 
•	Steward other annual and endowed funds for programs, professorships, and building projects as assigned by the Senior Director of Donor Relations & Scholarships Programs.
•	Report annually to Foundation regarding new scholarships. 
•	Coordinate and supervise creation of individual scholarships with Foundation Accountant, Data Personnel, and Financial Aid Scholarship Coordinator. 
•	Coordinate with departments on campus to ensure top scholarship candidates apply. 
•	Interact with and direct concerns from prospective scholarship recipients.
Sterwardship & Foundation (60%)
•	Prepare correspondence for the President.
•	Plan, draft, and edit informational and marketing/communications resources and materials to promote effective donor relations, including correspondence, brochures, reports, donor honor rolls, web pages, web 2.0 or social network sites, and other collateral materials.
•	Coordinate with Direcvtor of Publications to launch and maintain a suite of donor newsletters. 

•	Steward other annual and endowed funds for programs, professorships, and building projects as assigned by the Senior Director of Donor Relations & Scholarships Programs.
•	Reconcile discrepancies in Foundation funds with internal and external constituents. 
•	Help implement the University’s overarching donor stewardship efforts.

Coordinator Donor Relations & Scholarship Programs

County of San Luis Obispo Behavioral Health Department

Part of the planning and implementation team for bringing behavioral health professionals on board with electronic health records.
Scholarship manager, review and award behavioral health scholarships.
Provide educational opportunities through training workshops and online classes for CEU's and CME's for behavioral health professionals.

Workforce and Education Training Coordinator

Marriott School of Management BYU

Help raise funds for the Marriott School of Management at BYU.  Keep in contact with business professionals that have donated and potential donors. Create Memorandums of Understanding, scholarship endowments, stewardship reports, annual reports, endowment reports.  Record keeping of donated funds, scholarship accounts and special projects funds.  Awarded over $2 million in scholarships annually.

Fund Raising Assistant

Rollins Center for eBusiness

Working with e-industry professionals in creating programs for college students.  Help put on events, competitions and guest lectures for e-business.

Program Manager

El Corral Bookstore Cal Poly, SLO

Managed textbook sales floor, ordered textbooks for faculty, copyright permissions.

Courseware Assistant III

Atascadero Police Department

Chief's Assistant

More than 20 years in public relations, grant reporting and business management. Proficient in all aspects of working with not-for-profits, government entities, and higher education in grant management and donor relations.


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