MOLLY BARTLETT

**** ***** ********** ****** . *******, Illinois 60615

acdyyu@r.postjobfree.com . 773-***-****

PROFILE A dedicated and accomplished professional with extensive

experience in the development of communications materials such

as annual reports, newsletters, brochures and materials

targeting specific audiences, and fundraising, including event

creation and management and individual donor relationship

development.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Communications

Initiated new electronic communication vehicles targeting current and

prospective donors and funders for Cabrini Green Legal Aid and the Shriver

Center and the Shriver Center's first blog

Established new print pieces to communicate with donors, foundation funders

and prospective donors and funders: a brochure, a twice-a-year newsletter

and an annual Accomplishments for the Shriver Center and an Issue Brief

series and a brochure for the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health

Held focus groups that resulted in a new tag line for the Shriver Center

Developed concept, wrote and oversaw graphic design, photography, printing

and dissemination of annual reports for the Shriver Center and the

Metropolitan Planning Council

Wrote substantive reports about policy development and implementation for

the Metropolitan Planning Council

Event Creation and Management

Initiated series to educate select audiences, especially current and

prospective donors and funders, about timely issues for the Community

Renewal Society and the Shriver Center

Created two new major fund-raising events for the Shriver Center, the

Shriver Center Benefit and A Taste for Change, and was responsible for

identifying and then managing arrangements with the headliner, venue,

caterer, invitations (print and electronic), and developing and overseeing

the program timeline for each. Also developed scripts for all parties,

excluding the headliner, who had onstage roles

Managed all aspects of the Shriver Center's Annual Awards Dinner, which

ended in 2010 with the anticipated launch of the Benefit in 2011

Developed a joint fund-raising event for Community Renewal Society's two

newsmagazines, working with talent, venue, catering, invitation design,

printer and mail house

Planned Community Renewal Society's 125th Anniversary Luncheon, identifying

and making arrangements for a speaker, venue and caterer

Planned and managed fund-raising events for the Illinois Caucus for

Adolescent Health

Coordinated Metropolitan Planning Council's Annual Meeting Luncheon and

other public events

Planned and oversaw fundraising events for State Representative Carol

Moseley Braun

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Development

Coordinated the launch of the quiet phase of a $3 million major gifts

campaign for the Shriver Center and ran a $16 million capital campaign for

the University of Chicago Divinity School

Created programs to cultivate prospective donors and steward current donors

for the Shriver Center, Community Renewal Society, the Divinity School and

the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health

Managed annual giving campaigns for the Shriver Center, Community Renewal

Society and the Divinity School, and initiated the first-ever annual giving

effort for the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health

Expanded the number of corporate supporters and the pool of prospective

corporate supporters for the Shriver Center, Community Renewal Society and

the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health

Wrote proposals for funding of student financial assistance at the

University of Chicago Divinity School and wrote grant proposals and reports

to funders for the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health

Wrote and edited research reports to foundation funders for Chapin Hall

Center for Children

Media

Wrote and pitched news releases related to public policy advocacy for the

Shriver Center (during the absence of a Media Manager), Chapin Hall Center

for Children, Metropolitan Planning Council and State Representative Carol

Moseley Braun

Planned and oversaw media campaigns for Media Communications, Inc.

Policy and Program Implementation

Developed and managed programs in response to a consent decree governing

services for 800 pregnant and parenting young people in the custody of the

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), first as a

consultant with the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health and later as an

employee of DCFS

Conducted policy analysis and developed recommendations for low-income

housing policies and led public housing resident empowerment project

focusing on building management and employment and training opportunities

Services and Administrative

Led staff and volunteers at the Shriver Center, Community Renewal Society,

Divinity School, Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health and the Metropolitan

Planning Council

Administered State Representative Carol Moseley Braun's district service

office serving 90,000 constituents and managed office and campaign budgets

Managed foster care caseloads for the South Carolina Department of Social

Services and the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services,

including case planning, court appearances, and maintaining relationships

with the foster children, biological and foster families, institutions and

service providers

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EMPLOYMENT CHRONOLOGY

Director of External Relations, Cabrini Green Legal Aid

2013 - 2014

Vice President, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

2008 - 2013

Development Director, Community Renewal Society

2006 - 2008

Associate Dean for External Relations, University of Chicago Divinity

School 1999 - 2006

Communications and Development Director, Illinois Caucus for Adolescent

Health 1996 - 1999

Public Service Administrator, Illinois Department of Children and Family

Services 1996

Coordinator, Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health

1995

Public Information Manager, Chapin Hall Center for Children

1993 - 1995

Communications Director, Metropolitan Planning Council

1998 - 1993

Project Planner, Metropolitan Planning Council

1987

Legislative Assistant, Illinois State Representative Carol Moseley Braun

1981 - 1987

Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago

1979 - 1980

Account Executive, Media Communications, Inc.

1978 - 1979

Foster Care Case Manager, South Carolina Department of Social Services

1977 - 1978

Youth Social Worker, Georgia Department of Family and Children Services

1973 - 1976

EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Chicago

1986

Master of Arts, Public Policy Analysis/Political Science

City University of New York 1972

Bachelor of Arts, Humanities

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