Positions and Affiliations


2021 - Executive Director of Advancement for the Association of Waldorf schools of North America
2017 – 2021 Director of Advancement and Alumni Relations, Chicago Waldorf School

  • Leadership and management of all campaigns, funds and committees assigned by the Board of Trustees: Annual Fund, Capital Campaign, Grants, Alumni Relations, Stewardship and Cultivation of Donors
  • Responsible for raising $250,000 annually
  • Responsible for all Capital Campaign funding
  • Directing, managing and executing all fundraising solicitations and events at Chicago Waldorf School

2021 - Council for american Private Education Board Trustee
2016 – 2021 First Delegate for Association of Waldorf Schools of North America

2000 – Educator and Administrative Leadership Positions at Chicago Waldorf School

  • Class Teacher 1999 – 2018
  • Hebrew teacher 1999 - present
  • Grade School Chair 2003 - 2005
  • College of Teachers 2003 - 2007
  • Festival Committee 2004 - 2006
  • Tuition Reduction Committee 2006 - 2008
  • Enrollment Committee 2008 - 2010
  • Faculty representative for Parent Teacher Organization 2010 - 2012
  • Study Group leader for parents to study Rudolf Steiner’s work 2010 - present
  • Substitute teacher for grades 1-8 2017 - present
  • Director Capital Campaign committee 2017 - present
  • Director Advancement and Annual Fund committee 2017 - present
  • Marketing Committee 2017 - present
  • Finance Committee 2020 - present

Formal Education


Bachelors of Arts, Public Relations and Marketing
  • 2015-2017 Columbia College – Chicago, Illinois – Public relations, crisis management and marketing communications and strategies,

Arcturus Waldorf Teacher Training Program
  • 1996-1999 Chicago Waldorf School/Arcturus – Chicago, Illinois – Curriculum studies early childhood - high school, administrative studies, Steiner’s basic books and anthroposophical studies

Purdue University – Elementary Education and Psychology
  • 1993-1996 Purdue University – West Lafayette, Indiana

Continuing Education


Yale School of Economics online course
  • 2020 course on negotiation skills for fundraising. Course work completed

Kellogg Business School, Northwestern University
  • 2019 Kellogg Business School course in the nonprofit philanthropic sector at Northwestern University hosted by Karl T. Muth and Michael Lindenmayer. Course work completed   

Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity training, Chicago Waldorf School
  • 2018 Completed year-long S.E.E.D training

Communication Skills - Public Speaking


  • Enrollment tours both virtual and in-person
  • Capital Campaign live session Zoom meetings
  • Private donor asks
  • All events and fundraising
  • Film and video advertisements
  • Speak regularly at parent evenings
  • Speak regularly at Community Council meetings
  • Proficiency in all public speaking, live on camera and video recorded

Communications Skills – Written


  • All fundraising solicitations
  • All stewardship and cultivation pieces
  • Quarterly financial reporting
  • Communications to CWS alumni community
  • All marketing materials for fundraising
  • Wrote case for support for Capital Campaign
  • Posts on social media

Leadership


  • Manage Advancement Committee
  • Manage Capital Campaign Committee
  • Manage Grants Committee
  • Manage Associate of Advancement
  • Lead CWS Steiner Study Group

Software Skills


Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT, Finalsite, Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, proficiency in social media platforms, Google and Microsoft platforms, Excel, PowerPoint