Development Management

JENNIFER RODGERS BEACH

***** ********** ***** ***** *******, VA 20148

abqcvm@r.postjobfree.com 888-***-**** (Toll Free)

www.plungecabaret.com 703-***-**** (Local)

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

An engaging, classically trained performing artist and highly effective organizational development professional who is

uniquely positioned to offer musically based workshops with life changing messages. Broad skill base developed

through years of professional experience in the performing arts, organizational consulting, vocal coaching and

directing, management, research and database administration, and product development. Key strengths include:

o Confident and polished training, public speaking, and performing abilities.

o Intuitive and empathetic communication style both on stage and off, allowing audiences to fully invest in the

experience at hand.

o Ability to work with clients to create meaningful, customized residencies that educate and foster self

discovery in a theatrical environment.

o Proven skills in group dynamics, leadership coaching and development, retreat and workshop design, needs

assessment and team building, including certification in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.

o Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills including objective listening, accommodation of multiple learning

styles, and effective approaches for one on one and group settings, both formal and informal.

o Exceptional capacity to envision and realize ideas through professional writing and graphic skills, good

business sense, and strong organizational skills.

o Strong personal and professional ethics.

ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE AND DIRECTION

Plunge! Cabaret, LLC. Co founder and principal partner of this performance and artistic residency program for

higher education institutions and community service organizations. Plunge! works with a variety of human

development, societal, and cultural topics. The program presents cabaret style shows and uses materials from those

performances in workshops with academic and community service groups. (2005 present)

Music and Theater Instruction. Train and coach students in vocal technique and production, theatrical

interpretation, and performance. Students span a wide age and ability range from children through elderly, and from

beginner through working professional. Teach both in a private studio practice and group classes through the Reston

Community Center Arts Education Program in Fairfax, VA and the Northern Virginia Center for Dance and Theater in

Sterling, VA. (1999 present)

Artistic and Choral Direction. Served as musical and stage director for numerous productions over the last

fifteen years. Highlights include two seasons with the Young Actors Theater of the Reston Community Center (2004

2005), and two shows in the 1995 season of the Summer Repertory Company of the Finger Lakes. Also served as

choral music director for the First Baptist Church in Ithaca, NY (1990 1993), the St. Matthew s Episcopal Church in

Hyattsville, MD (1993 1996), and for several other groups over the last ten years.

Recording Artist and Theatrical Writer. Wrote a cabaret production, one little did featuring an original

script as well as literature excerpts and musical numbers from a host of sources (2001). The show debuted in

Washington, DC through the IN Series Women s Work, Women s Words program and has toured around the mid

Atlantic area since that time. Compiled, performed, and released a studio recorded CD entitled What She Wants

that also featured a mix of genres and musical range (2001). Other recordings include a commercial pilot for the Social

Security Administration (2002), and a feature performance in a collection of klezmer music (1998).

Selected Individual Performance Work

Writer, Performer, Producer; one little did touring cabaret; 2001 2005.

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Professional Company Member; Maryland Renaissance Festival; 2002.

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Principal roles in three productions; the IN Series, Washington, DC; 1998 2000 seasons.

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Member; The Washington Opera Chorus; 1997 1999 seasons.

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Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Maryland Opera Studio, 1995

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Katisha in The Mikado (1993) and Ma in The Tender Land (1994), Ithaca College Theater

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LEADERSHIP AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Icarus Evolving, LLC. Founder and President. Independent consulting firm that provides a broad range of

organizational development services in the areas of strategy, leadership, and communication. The firm works in the

public and private sectors and focuses particularly on educational institutions, arts organizations, and cross sector

ventures. Services include Leadership Coaching, Strategic Planning, Communication Alignment, Conflict Mediation,

Team Development, and Retreat/Meeting Facilitation. www.icarusevolving.com.

University of Maryland Center for Leadership and Organizational Change. Member of an internal

network of faculty and staff facilitators that provided professional consultation services to the University. Services

included strategic planning, facilitation, needs assessments, team development, leadership coaching and

change/transition management. Designed and facilitated customized interventions. Client outcomes included a

comprehensive strategic planning process, new communication structures, action plans for client marketing and

advocacy, and in depth team development and analysis through the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. (2001 2005)

Myers Briggs Type Indicator. Certified Administrator of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a

comprehensive psychological instrument for indicating personality styles and preferences. Conducted MBTI

workshops for individuals and groups throughout the University environment and in the private sector as part of

organizational change initiatives, conflict negotiation, team development, and leadership alignment. (2002 present)

University of Maryland Introduction to Leadership Course. Taught upper level honors course in

Leadership through the University s College of Education, Department of Counseling and Personnel Services.

Developed original coursework as well as coordinated a multi disciplinary learning environment that included

adventure learning, psychology of leadership, self assessment tools, and interactive sessions with political, campus,

and corporate leaders. (2002)

UNIVERSITY RELATIONS & FUNDRAISING RESEARCH

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Director of Research & Database Administration May 2000 August 2003

Acting Director of Advancement Services December 1998 March 2000

Director of Advancement Research July 1997 May 2000

University Of Maryland System Administration, Adelphi, MD

Assistant Director of Research September 1995 July 1997

Research Associate June 1993 June 1995

Executive Summary: Over a span of ten years, developed a career in fundraising research including the building and

management of a research and database department at a major education institution as well as individual success in

presentation and publication. Highlights include:

o Building the University of Maryland Office of Research & Database Administration from initial staff of two

full time positions to eleven full time professional employees and eight part time project workers.

o Managing a department with an annual budget of $600,000 covering a comprehensive research library, staff

development and outsourced survey and assessment services.

Initiating and directing the redesign of the University of Maryland s prospect tracking system resulting in the

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increase of the major prospect pool by over 600% in a one year period. Process included the creation of policy

and procedure documents, the management and maintenance 350,000 records in a relational database, and a

re training and continuing education program.

Initiating and providing leadership for funding campaign for the Maryland Opera Studio. Coordinated and

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led meetings between the University of Maryland System Administration Advancement Office and the

University of Maryland, College Park Development Office to target prospects and determine campaign

strategy.

SMALL BUSINESS AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Plunge! Cabaret, LLC 2005 present

Icarus Evolving, LLC 2003 present

Cheese Weasel Logistics, LLC 2003 present

Executive Summary: The entrepreneurial nature of the last several years has required an acquisition of a skill set in

business development and, specifically, small business management. As the sole proprietor and/or principal partner

in multiple businesses, responsibilities have included business creation and incorporation, financial planning and

management, marketing and professional networking, graphic design and product development.

Plunge Cabaret, LLC. Co founder and principal partner. Effectively able to build program and business structure

from experience with both the onstage and offstage elements of the arts, higher education and community service

organizations. Developed a multi level marketing approach, as performers, educators, and facilitators, and also

financially through partnerships between the organizations and potential grant funding. www.plungecabaret.com

Icarus Evolving, LLC. Founder and President. Built the organization from inception to practice. Established

partnerships with complementing consulting firms. Achieved working knowledge and network within area

Chambers of Commerce and Small Business Development Councils. www.icarusevolving.com.

Cheese Weasel Logistics, LLC. A game design company producing a line of strategy board and card games and

game accessories. Lead company business administrator, marketing contact and graphic designer. Co designer of

game materials and content. Production involves communications with overseas manufacturers, knowledge of

materials and resources, and management of distribution and fulfillment. www.cheeseweasel.net

Skills

Music and Theater: Performance languages German, Italian, French, Latin, Spanish, Russian. Dance period,

baroque, renaissance and ballroom; fencing and combat,,Shakespeare, set construction and design, lighting design,

stage management, stage makeup (age, caricature, surreal). Piano (15 years), choral arranging, composition, choral

and orchestral conducting, musical and stage directing.

Business and Technology: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat, Dreamweaver, basic web

design, QuickBooks, research, relational databases, communication tools, negotiation.

Education and Training:

Process Consultation and Team Facilitation Training, CLOC/UM 2001 2005

Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Qualified Administrator, CAPT 2002

Advanced Shakespeare The Shakespeare Theater, Washington, DC 1998

M.M., Opera Theater University of Maryland, Maryland Opera Studio 1996

B.M., Voice Performance, Acting Minor Summa Cum Laude Ithaca College 1993

Dana Intern, Music Diction Ithaca College 1992

Pennsylvania Governor s School for the Performing Arts 1988

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