Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

I am an American expatriate living outside Genoa, Italy while accompanying my husband on a work assignment. With a strong background in nonprofit administration and editing, I am seeking telecommute/remote English-language opportunities. My focus is as follows:

Nonprofit issues of primary interest: poverty, community development/investment, and social enterprise.

Nonprofit Expertise: Personnel management, governance, fiscal management, program development, internal/external policy, internal/external communications, executive support.

Primary editorial interests: General trade, cooking/spirits, social science, management.

Editorial Expertise: Nonfiction; development, content and copy editing; research and fact-checking, proofreading.

Work History

• Self-employed
• Freelance nonprofit management/editorial consultant
• October 2008 to Present

• Client: Black Chicken Studios (San Diego, CA): Editor: April 2009-present: Edit and re-craft fictional pieces for forthcoming multimedia product
  Client: Homes for the Homeless and the Institute for Children and Poverty (NY, NY)
  Remote Communications/CRM Consultant: December 2008-Present: Bear overall responsibility for re-envisioning Salesforce database and developing efficient communication channels with partner organizations and donors
  Pro Bono Client: Tina Fakhrid-Deen and COLAGE (San Francisco, CA/Chicago, IL)
  Editorial Consultant: February 2009-June 2009: Providing editorial and publishing guidance on book project (in development)

• Homes for the Homeless
• Executive Associate/Special Assistant to the President
• May 2005 to October 2008

• ▪Served as key member of executive team, advising and providing managerial and administrative support in fiscal, personnel, operational, legal, and programmatic areas to leadership of $25M, multi-entity operation (shelters, residential summer camps, think tank, senior assisted living) ▪ Supervised six staff members; managed relationship with external technology consultant ▪Liaised between Board of Directors and executive staff ▪Coordinated special projects ▪Monitored monthly revenues and served as point person on new leasing opportunities ▪Assisted sister agency, the Institute for Children and Poverty, with research, writing, editing, marketing, inventory, and sales functions ▪Major accomplishments: After only three months in the position, carried out majority of VP for Management and Budget’s duties during her three-month maternity leave (time period included major upheaval of fiscal department) ▪ Co-authored Mango’s Quest(2008), a children’s book about family homelessness

• Workman Publishing
• Editorial Assistant to Executive Editor/Director of Cookbook Publishing
• June 2003 to May 2005

• Key projects included: Real Art! (2004) by Douglas Brenner and Nancy Stahl: co-edited with supervisor; Islands Gallery Calendar for 2006: edited and compiled; Horoscopes Page-A-Day® Calendar for 2005 and 2006: co-edited ▪Conducted fact-checking, proofreading, and formatting and provided administrative support on such titles as the What to Expect ® series by Heidi Murkoff; Rhinoceros Tap and other titles by Sandra Boynton; Indoor Grilling and BBQ USA by Steven Raichlen; Cake Mix Doctor series by Anne Byrn; aided with market research for editors’ sales conference presentations; brainstormed and developed new projects in tandem with editorial team; reported on manuscripts and wrote letters of rejection. Freelance Editing and Fact-Checking (February 2005-January 2006): Book Lovers Page-A-Day® Calendar (2007); Africa Fandex (2006); Tunes Page-A-Day ® (2006); Oh Yikes! by Joy Masoff (2006)

Education

• School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY
• MPA, Nonprofit Administration
• 2006 - 2008

• Recipient, Hearst Fellowship in Nonprofit Management 2007/2008 Academic Year
  Inductee Pi Alpha Alpha (National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration)

• Columbia University, Columbia College
• BA, Political Science
• 1999 - 2003

• Magna Cum Laude
  Departmental Honors
  Dean’s List: Fall 1999-Spring 2003