Briana Gonzales
Denver,CO
Summary
Innovative Program Director with exceptional nonprofit management and relationship building skills. Collaborative leader with proven success fostering lasting partnerships with internal teams and organizational partners. Dependable and adaptable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager of Volunteer Programs
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver
04.2023 - Current
- Plan and manage large-scale volunteer events with funding partners to build and expand donor networks and deepen long-term partnerships.
- Manage over 800 individual, corporate, and community volunteers yearly across all departments of the organization.
- Cultivate volunteers to donors through meaningful and intentional engagement, touchpoints, and stewardship throughout the donor lifecycle.
- Foster a culture of philanthropy across the organization by engaging board and committee members in active participation as fundraisers, champions of the brand, and strategic partners of development efforts.
- Coordinate donor involvement in signature events, youth programs, and fundraising campaigns to connect the impact of their work to the mission of the organization.
- Work in collaboration with the Marketing and Communications team to recruit community support, create content, and call to action campaigns.
- Launched a comprehensive volunteer and donor database management system (Salesforce), improving donor conversion, retention and tracking capabilities.
Director of Programming and Engagement
Four Mile Historic Park
04.2021 - 08.2022
- Engage museum audiences through an educational and experiential approach applying Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access as guiding principles.
- Develop and implement exhibition programming, gallery talks, lectures, signature events, workshops, performances, film screenings, music concerts, as well as weekly activities for adults, families, and children.
- Coordinate fundraising initiatives connected to Colorado Gives Day, Rendezvous Gala, annual appeal, membership programs, and digital and direct mail campaigns.
- Recruit, train, and mentor individual volunteers for daily youth programs and museum operations. Develop and coordinate corporate and group volunteerism campaigns for ongoing initiatives and large-scale projects.
- Initiate, plan, and manage a diverse portfolio of grants (including SCFD) that support museum efforts. Establish collaborative relationships and identify opportunities for grant funding to support education, exhibition, and other program initiatives.
- Database management to track and maintain active grants, attendance, demographic reporting, and fund disbursement. Track and maintain donations and service hours through CRM software.
- Produce key communications and promotional materials to shape language used to describe programs and community engagement. These materials include museum signage and interpretation, press releases, direct mail, calendar events, website content, flyers, newsletter articles, blog posts, and more.
Program Coordinator
Colorado State University Extension
06.2020 - 04.2021
- Coordinate county-specific programming for the Family Leadership Training Institute (FLTI), which is designed to increase civic engagement and promote greater collaboration between individuals, families, institutions, public administrators, and elected officials to address socio-economic issues within the community.
- Support working partners to access their local government officials and participate in city council meetings to address community needs, specifically related to food justice and food access in low resource areas.
- Facilitate virtual training workshops to address community needs. Coordinate meeting platforms, language justice, guest speakers, and program materials. Collect and evaluate participant feedback to inform future programs.
- Provide ongoing support and resources for program cohort and alumni.
Education Coordinator
Four Mile Historic Park
04.2018 - 04.2020
- Develop department curriculum, programming, and activities designed to increase and improve educational outcomes. Reached over 14,000 students per year.
- Schedule and coordinate all on-site and outreach-based youth programs, including but not limited to: field trips, classes, traveling trunks, birthday parties, scout groups, and activities associated with signature events and daily visitation.
- Assist with identification and submission of grants relating to education initiatives. Database management to track and maintain active grants, attendance, demographic reporting, and fund disbursement.
- Oversee youth program evaluation and assessment.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Art History
University of Colorado
DenverSkills
- Arts & Culture Management
- Fundraising and Development
- Community Outreach
- Volunteer Management
- Nonprofit Management
- Youth Programming
- Expert in Google Suite
- Expert in Microsoft Office Suite
- Wordpress
- Salesforce for Nonprofits
- Grant Writing
- Database Management
- Audience Engagement
- Copywriting and Editing
Timeline
Manager of Volunteer Programs
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver
04.2023 - Current
Director of Programming and Engagement
Four Mile Historic Park
04.2021 - 08.2022
Program Coordinator
Colorado State University Extension
06.2020 - 04.2021
Education Coordinator
Four Mile Historic Park
04.2018 - 04.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Art History
University of Colorado
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