Megan M. Barrett
*********@*****.***
Cell Phone: 517-***-****
Lansing, MI 48906
Development professional with strengths in communication, public relations,
project management, recruiting and training. Demonstrated experience in
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Lotus Notes. Experience includes:
? Managing ? Training
? Onboarding ? Marketing
and Public Relations
EXPERIENCE
Income Development Associate/Community Representative/Associate
Director January 2008 - Present
American Cancer Society, East Lansing, MI/Topsham, ME
Associate Director
. Responsible for hiring, onboarding, training and managing four
(4) Community Representatives
. Develop and maintain local media relationships resulting in
$20,000 worth of in-kind media advertising
. Develop and create multiple sponsorship proposals and collateral
. Create and implement timeline/schedule, breakout content,
production elements and scripting for Regional Relay For Life
Summit
. Oversee all operational aspects from inception to participant
follow-up post Relay For Life Summit and annual Making Strides
Against Breast Cancer Breakfast
. Contribut to the development/management of annual budget for the
Mid-Michigan office
. Develop and maintain donor relationships resulting in office
sponsorship growth of $10,000 in 2013.
. Collaborate with nationwide organization teams; most recently
worked to develop new cancer.org layout
. Collaborate with nationwide management to further engage and
gain knowledge from Management Development Program
Community Representative
. Recruited, trained, coordinated and managed key community
volunteers to execute event outcomes and identify opportunities
for improvement; resulting in over $1,000,000 raised over a four
year time frame.
. Project managed multiple annual Relay For Life events;
coordinated multiple aspects including project schedules, vendor
management, operational oversight, and donor relations
. Developed and implemented marketing plans for multiple annual
Relay For Life events; including grassroots marketing and mass
marketing techniques
. Developed and executed social media marketing plans for Relay
For Life and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events
. Developed promotional collateral for multiple events and
conferences: newsletters, brochures, team captain packets,
guidebooks, and sponsorship documents
. Developed and managed webpages and webpage marketing for Relay
For Life and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events
. Championed office websites; facilitated Relay For Life volunteer
website training resulting in Great Lakes Division STAR award
for online fundraising.
. Facilitated National Relay For Life content to volunteers within
the Great Lakes Division
. Facilitated at 2011 Great Lakes Division all staff conference
. Collaborated with staff to create new Relay For Life team
captain kit; resulting in Great Lakes Division STAR award for
stewardship
. Created, trained and managed intern positions within the Mid-
Michigan office
Income Development Associate
. Utilized organization skills to accomplish designated tasks
. Managed data input for all Daffodil Days territories within the
State of Maine
. Learned finance procedures and handled funds for twelve Relay
For Life events
Customer Service Representative
February 2007 - January 2008
The First, N.A., Rockland, ME
. Trained and cultivated new Customer Service Representatives
. Primary new account representative for the Rockland, Maine
branch
. Worked with Marketing Department to develop new marketing for
the Rockland, Maine branch
. Cultivated and maintained relationships with local businesses
and business owners
. Distributed all withdrawals of in house mortgage construction
loans
. Collaborated with management on new data base purchase
Mortgage Specialist August
2005 - December 2006
Wells Fargo Financial, Rock Hill, SC
. Sold new products via cold calls and warm leads resulting in
$100,000 in sales per month
. Developed and maintained customer relationships within community
. Cultivated and maintained relationships with local businesses
and business owners
EDUCATION
Framingham State College August
1998 - May 2002
. Bachelor of Arts in Communications
. Minor in English
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Eight (8)Performance Management courses
February 2013
Train the Trainer
September 2012
Strengths Finder September
2012
Becoming a Self-Aware Leader
September 2012
Volunteer/Employee Retention August
2012
Volunteer/Employee Recruitment August
2012
Working in a partnership August
2012
AFFILIATIONS
Lansing Grand River Connection
Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce Member
Volunteer for Lansing Jaycees
Volunteer for Old Town Commercial Association