Kristina's InformationLocation: Morongo Valley, CATitle: AdministrativeExperience: 12+ yearsWilling to Relocate: NoWilling to Travel: No TravelCareer Level: Senior(non-manager)Work Status: U.S. CitizenMember Since: 2012-05-16 Helpful Links

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KRISTINA BROOK, MA

9513 Navajo Trail California 92256 aboq2m@r.postjobfree.com

Owner, K & M Enterprises: Research and Fund Development

In 19 years of business, K & M Enterprises has raised nearly $500 million in foundation, corporate, local, state, and federal government grant awards and contracts. K & M employees a team of 23 independent contractors to produce: strategic organizational/business and board development plans; community needs assessments; endowment and capital campaigns; award-winning federal, state, local, corporate, and foundation grants and commercial contracts/proposals; evaluation and outcome reports; as well as large-scale and small-scale fundraising events.

Professional Experience

K & M ENTERPRISES - MORONGO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

1992 to PresentOwner

Key Results:

Recruit, train, and supervise a team of more than 20 professional researchers, proposal writers, program evaluators, market analysts, information technology specialists, and event planners. Responsible for contract negotiations/due diligence, accounts payable/receivable, proposal team management, quality assurance, and master editing.

Developed more than 1,000 federal, state, local, corporate, and foundation grant applications and proposals for government agencies, non-profit organizations, and businesses, including:

Ventura County Health Care Agency - California Department of Health Services Health Coverage Initiative - ACE Health Care Insurance Project ($31,000,000)

Markley Cove Water-Based Recreation Support and Associated Hospitality Services and Facilities within Concession Areas at Lake Berryessa, California - 2007 and 2009

Oxnard Public Library - California Department of Library Services - Construction of South Oxnard Branch Library ($5,700,000)

Superior Court of California, County of Ventura - United States Department of Justice and United States Department of Health and Human Services - Juvenile Drug Court Expansion ($1,500,000) - 1 of 3 Awarded Nationwide

Newport-Mesa Unified School District - California Department of Education - Enhancing Education Through Technology Grant ($500,000) - Ranked #1 in Competition

Newport-Mesa Unified School District - United States Department of Education - Early Reading First Program ($3,000,000)

Maintain an 80% success rate for state- and federal-level proposals and a 67% overall success rate when charitable requests to foundations and corporations are included.

Developed and implemented endowment campaigns and capital campaigns, including:

Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation - Endowment Campaign ($500,000)

Children's Resource Program - Endowment Campaign ($4,000,000)

Provided other fund development services, including:

Ventura County Community Foundation - Five-Year Report on the State of Charitable Giving in Ventura County (1998 - 2003)

Ventura County Community Foundation, Destino Legacy Fund, conducted research and developed the written analysis for a study on Latino Health Care in Ventura County (2007)

Rio, Lennox, and Ventura Elementary School Districts and Long Beach Unified School District - Comprehensive Community Needs Assessments (1993 - 2007)

CENTINELA VALLEY JUVENILE DIVERSION - INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA

1989 - 1993Executive Director

Key Results:

Administered a nonprofit juvenile delinquency prevention agency for a city government. This involved working with a nonprofit board of directors and city administrators including city council members.

Prepared and was awarded a wide range of federal, state, local, corporate, and foundation grants to sustain the organization.

INTERFACE CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES - CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA

1980 - 1989Division Director of Crisis Services

Key Results:

Responsible for coordination, planning, supervision and operational administration of HELP-LINE: Information and Referral Services for Ventura County, the Children's Resource Connection, and the Ventura County Suicide Prevention Hotline.

Duties included: supervision of direct staff and volunteers, preparation of proposals and contracts to sustain the programs, preparing program monitoring reports, and staffing a 25-member community advisory board.

Provided technical assistance to the California Youth Authority.

Related Experience & Honors

National Register - Who's Who in Executives and Professionals (2003/2004)

Universal Register - Who's Who in Executives and Professionals (2005/2006)

President of the Morongo Valley Elementary School Foundation (2006 - present)

Workshop presenter - Winning Grants: A Professional Approach (2001 - present)

Registered as fundraising counsel with the California Attorney Genera's Office (2000 - present, #1132)

Certificated trainer of the Language! curriculum published by the Cambium Learning Group

Hi-Desert Cultural Center Junior Philharmonic - Clavinova digital piano instrumentalist

Instructional Aide for Special Education students at Morongo Valley Elementary School (2007 - present) and current President of the school's foundation board of directors

Education

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGEMaster of Arts in Educational Psychology, 1986

Summa cum laude

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, 1983

Minor in History

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