Project Management Non-Profit

David McRae

Colorado Springs, CO ***** 214-***-**** ****************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/mcraedavid/ Project Management Expert Professional Resource Analyst Grant Manager

“Putting theory into practice to empower communities and improve lives.” Adaptative, multifaceted, fast-learning and highly motivated self-starter with a holistic perspective, an acute penchant for detail, and over 11 years of experience

• Self-taught Salesforce development and in three months launched a custom Salesforce instance for a non-profit organization, migrated their data, and for two years acted as Administrator and Resource Analyst

• Awarded more than $135,000 in funds allocated to successful grants applications within the first 12 months of first achieving a Grant Writing position and thereby increasing grant revenue 300% over the previous fiscal year with the highest awarded grant at $30,000

• Oversaw the administration of over 600 free HIV tests, desiminated resources and awarded cash incentives to participants as the Research Proj- ect Coordinator of the Dallas portion of the National Health & Behavioral Study as funded and conducted by the Center for Disease Control

• Practitioning Cultural Anthropologist with a special emphasis in Environmental Studies at the Post Graduate level with over a decade of experi- ence in Academia, the Non-Profit Industry, Information Technology, and Research and Development

• Demonstrated leadership skills in personal life and professional career in a wide variety of leadership positions such as Chief Editor to a team of volunteers for an independent magazine, to Project Coordinator and Lead Researcher for projects in the above industries CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Implementation Proposal Development Grant Writing Data Analytics Ethnographic Research Entrepreneurship Budgeting Finance

Salesforce Development Salesforce Administration CRM Management Data Management Fundraising Grant Management Event Planning

Project Management Research and Development Search Engine Optimization Statistical Modeling Community Organizing Public Speaking

Database Design Data Collection Account Management Software Management Data Integrity Data Visualization Professional Writing Creative Writing Editing and Proofreading Higher Education Leadership Professional Networking Time Management Qualitative Research Methods Quantitative Analysis Cultural Anthropology Environmental Consulting Data Security Creative Detail Oriented PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Donor Database Coordinator and Proposal Writer Habitat for Humanity of Denton County December ‘23 – Current

• Maintain the overall quality and integrity of the Salesforce database, including working with Salesforce

• Support staff to troubleshoot problems with the database and staying current with updates to the system

• Work with the Executive Director to establish and maintain best practices and procedures

• Prepare monthly and quarterly revenue reports, and reports for the Board

• Generate various mailing lists for the Development Department and other staff

• Establish and codify database best practices

• Assist Executive Director with grant writing as needed Instructional Assistant UNT Anthropology Department July ‘17 – August ‘24

• Implement and supervise online and offline course materials

• Facilitate a successful learning environment by being primary point of contact for student questions and feedback

• Collaborate with professors, other instructional assistants and students to ensure mutual success and satisfaction for all parties Seasonal Garden Center Employee Rick’s Garden Center April ‘24 – July ‘24

• Complete customer transactions as necessary

• Fielded specific questions regarding tropical plant care, arid plant care, tree care, garden and lawn care, and all bonsai related inquiries

• Cared for plants with highly specific water and light needs as necessary Research Project Coordinator UT Southwestern Medical Center July ’19 – March ‘20

• Managed a team of Clinical Data Specialists that conducted structured interviews and administered HIV tests to over 600 participants and coor- dinated with Research teams in other cities as well as the Center for Disease Control (CDC)

• Wrote and finalized weekly field reports to the CDC

• Oversaw the recruitment process for focus groups and interviews

• Analyzed and disseminated information to the CDC & key stakeholders within participant communities

• Recommended and initiated new or modified procedures as needed Resource Analyst Habitat for Humanity of Denton County January ’17 – July ‘19

• Authored, submitted, and managed all grant applications, resulting in a 300% increase in funds obtained by grants over the previous fiscal year

• Helped develop and implimented a new Family Services Program that served as the new housing process for prospective family clients applying for housing through our organization

• Developed Salesforce and implemented a new, custom Salesforce Instance and migrated data from the previous data management system to Salesforce

• Performed in depth-analysis of all organizational data for presentation to the board

• Designed and implemented successful online donation campaigns and created an effective membership reward program for reoccurring donors Clinical Data Specialist UT Southwestern Medical Center July ’17 – December ‘ 17

• Recruited patrons of LGBT businesses and events with a team of researchers to participate in a research project on HIV

• Vetted participants, conducted 45-minute structured interviews and administered rapid HIV tests

• Relayed information and resources for public health services and referred participants to medical facilities and organizations as needed Education

Other Professional and Personal Achievements

• Proposed, coordinated, and conducted seven weeks of field research in a Mayan jungle village in Mexico and published the department’s first thesis to receive collaboration from an international department on the localized impact of tourism and climate change

• Currently collaborating with a professional editor on a 115,000 word fiction novel titled Airship Down

• Launched and acted as Co-Chief Editor for an independent music magazine. Gathered donated created materials from community members for content, ran several successful donation campaigns to cover professional printing costs, and wrote articles to tens of thousands of readers

• Administer music lessons on a variety of string and brass instruments

• Chief organizer for an independent music festival

• Create and sell comissioned, custom designed maps for authors, table-top game players, and other content creators

• Manage and handcraft products for a private, professional Etsy account with a record of products sold

• Launched and now act as head coordinator for a city-wide music collective

• Co-chartered and for two years chaired a local chapter of a political organization centered around civic engagement and communal aid

• Created, developed and now act as Administrator for a 2 year old, 450+ member Discord server Adobe Creative Suite, (Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) Atlas.ti Discord Gimp Inkscape Microsoft Office Suite, (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word) Reaper Salesforce Scrivener SPSS Wonderdraft WordPress WorldAnvil

Master of Science Applied Anthropology 2013-2016

• Summa cum laude University of North Texas

• Specialization in Environmental Anthropology 115 Union Cir.

• Designed and implimented first international thesis project with collaboration from La Universidad de Merida Denton, Texas Bachelor of Arts Anthropology 2008-2013

Bachelor of Arts Sociology 2008-2013

• Minors in Religious Studies and English University of Missouri

• Multicultural certificate 230 Jesse Hall,

• Senior capstone conducted on South American healing rituals Columbia, Missouri Technical Skills

Early Career Experience

Vice President McRae Realty Management, LLC October ’15 – July ‘18 Shift Leader Giovanni’s Pizza & Pasta August ’13 – November ‘14 Door Manager The Blue Fugue August ’12 – May ‘13

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