Jan 2006 - Sep 2006
washington, DC (US)
Executive Director
START Inc.
>Sensibly completed daily administrative duties of filing, copying, bookkeeping, organizing, marketing and public relations.
>Successfully recruited literacy volunteers to read with youth; engage in discourse with other children literacy organizations; community groups; and elementary schools.
>Maturely represented START in the community & media outlets through marketing and public relations efforts at reading workshops; board meetings; website maintenance; and newsletter, flier & brochure design and editing.
>Enthusiastically researched & identified prospective funding sources while maintaining budget income & expenses.
>Duly applied for and completed grant applications and other funding resources where organized databases of potential and current grants were maintained.
>Appropriately coordinated non-profit fundraising projects & procurement of in-kind donations such as individual letter campaigns.
>Collaboratively defined and directed the support of staff personnel.
>Sensibly coordinated and prioritized START reading workshops, book clubs and leaders, volunteers and reading specialist.