Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

Work History

• American Cancer Society
• Program Manager, Governance
• October 2005 to Present

• I am the budget and operations manager for the Corporate Affairs Department of the American Cancer Society National Home Office. I also work on volunteer talent development- things like orientations and trainings for the National Board of Directors and online webcasts for the Academy of Past Volunteer Leaders.

  I was also logistics/event planning staff for:
  • 2006 International Cancer Congress
  • 2006 International Conference on Tobacco OR Health
  • 2006 Celebration on the Hill, the American Cancer Society’s signature advocacy event attended by more than 10,000 grassroots volunteers
  • Annual black-tie Medal of Honor ceremony, the Society’s most prestigious national award given to major philanthropists and cancer advocates

• State of Wisconsin, Assembly
• Legislative Aide/Media Manager
• Febuary 2004 to August 2005

• I coordinated, wrote and edited press releases, columns, talking points and e-communications for the Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Finance. I also planned in-district events including the first-ever Local Leaders Round Table, town hall meetings and media events.

• Kwanza Hall
• Precinct Director
• September 2005 to November 2005

• Planned and tracked literature distribution in socio-economically and racially diverse urban neighborhoods, coached individuals and groups on door-to-door campaign messaging. Surpassed target vote numbers in precinct; candidate was successfully elected into office.

Education

• University of Wisconsin
• MBA
• 2009 - 2012

• University of Wisconsin
• BA, International Studies, German
• 2000 - 2004