Fundraising Coordinator

Joel Lesher

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Kansas City, MO 64154

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Professional Experience

Pintas & Mullins Law Firm, Chicago, IL, August 2020 – November 2020

PARALEGAL

Drafted correspondence, motions, legal memorandums.

Conducted intake interviews and collaborated with attorneys and social workers to resolve issues.

Reviewed and negotiated leasing and contract agreements.

Researched and provided criminal and medical background to attorneys.

Maintained consistent telephone and email communication with all clients.

Performed online and offline research to assist attorneys in related casework.

Missouri Organization of Science and Technology Policy Initiative (MOST), Columbia, MO January 2018 – January 2020

FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR

Discussed MOST’s mission with Senators & Representatives in the legislature to garner support for the organization.

Crafted grant applications to support our team in implementing science advocacy activities.

Translated and summarized relevant science legislation to create engaging social media posts for the purposes of advancing public knowledge; shared event highlights on social channels to increase audience engagement and interest.

Successfully acquired funding and organized candidate forums around Missouri, giving citizens the opportunity to civically engage with their representatives.

Led testing of candidate forums, creating and conducting surveys that probed participants’ thoughts and reactions to the forums in order to inform future projects and programs; gathered survey results, analyzed and organized data.

Managed database of all donors and stakeholders for MOST.

Complied database and ran analysis on all Missouri government committees to find discrepancies in rank between male and female legislators.

Grants received:

oMcDonnel Foundation ($588K)

oResearch!America Grant ($2K)

oNSPN Grant Recipient ($3.4K)

Education and Credentials

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Chemistry & Political Science, 2020

University of Missouri – Columbia

Extracurricular Leadership: Delta Sigma Phi Philanthropy Chair Delta Sigma Phi Community Service Chair Energy Action Coalition Club Member Tennis Club Member

Selected Achievements:

oCompleted high level course work in the Political Science arena. Utilized statistical methods and STATA to conduct research on low GDP nations and internal armed conflict.

oCompleted high level course work in Chemistry ranging from Organic Chemistry to Quantitative Analysis. Utilized Excel to run regression analysis on several types of chemical tests such as titrations and gas chromatography, culminating in a research presentation on x-ray crystallography.

Awards and Honors

William Jewell Leadership Training

Northland CAPS App Development Leader

Tennis Team Captain

Ping Pong Club Founder and President

Volunteerism

Special Olympics, 2018 & 2019

Second Chance Animal Shelter, 2018 & 2019

Caring for Columbia, 2018, 2019

Columbia Food Pantry, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Additional Information

Technical Proficiencies: WordPress, STATA, Survey Monkey, PeopleSoft, Case Manager, NewCase, SalesForce, Raiser’s Edge, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Copy editing, Proofreading

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