Trinity University

Lafayette High School

Savvy Marketing and Communications Leader | Strategic Problem Solver | Believes in Balancing the Creative with the Effective

Marketing Manager

Manage and develop fundraising and marketing initiatives for traditional private education with students in grades K-12.  Role plays integral part in communicating with current and prospective donors, recruiting and managing volunteers, and building and maintaining Alumni relationships.

- Achieved annual campaign goal in 2019-20 fiscal year for first time in over a decade.
- Created, organized, executed, and each year manage and train the “Warrior Fund Ambassadors,” an organization of parent volunteers who work to help Lakehill achieve its Warrior Fund (annual campaign) goal. 
- Maintain donor portfolio and relationships to ensure health of Development needs, including donor relations.
- Play critical role on Lakehill leadership team to provide guidance for all fundraising and alumni relations projects.
- Develop and maintain department budget. Manage any department interns and student assistants.
- Researched, chose, and implemented online donor management system Network for Good in summer 2018. 
- Create all Development materials for marketing outreach. Includes creative direction for photography, direct mail, video, and brochures.
- Manage all alumni communications and events and required volunteer recruitment and management, i.e. annual Homecoming BBQ and Softball Game. 
- Additional skills: Wordpress, Photography, AP Style, SmartSheet, Adobe Creative Cloud.

Lakehill Preparatory School

Director Of Development & Alumni Relations

- Led assigned departmental projects from concept to project management, which focused on highlighting district and individual campus initiatives. Included working with DSTV to develop and direct video marketing.
- Communications and Marketing lead for Human Capital Management Recruitment department. Managed and led a team for unique education career fair. Marketing operations and promotion efforts led to largest recruitment class in district history. Secured first event sponsors for hiring events. 
- Integral part of team that worked to upgrade Dallas ISD communications, including launch of The Hub, the district’s online newsroom.
- Developed social media campaigns and posts. Assisted in social media account monitoring and maintenance.
- Researched, wrote and collaborated with Board Trustee for monthly trustee column and community speeches.

Dallas Independent School District

Writer/Editor & Marketing Projects Manager

- Responsible for all agency marketing, development, and communications activities.
- Key in improving agency’s fiscal stability, which went from two weeks of operating reserves to over six months.
- Maintained agency brand integrity. Designed, wrote, and prepared for publication materials to support goals including fundraising, advocate awareness, volunteer recruitment, and public relations.
- Developed and led training for Board of Directors and staff regarding development and marketing.
- Oversaw website redesign after securing grant from Dallas Give Camp for pro-bono services.
- Managed agency events in conjunction with volunteer committees, including professional development conference for local mental health professionals, golf tournament, and gala.  Involved planning, marketing, development of all materials, and securing in-kind and monetary donations/sponsorships.

Galaxy Counseling Center

Development & Marketing Director

- Designed, wrote, and prepared for publication marketing materials to support all program goals.  
- Led volunteer committees to plan, market, secure sponsors for and implement “Volunteer of the Year” recognition events for Dallas and Collin counties. Included budget and vendor management.

Volunteer Center of North Texas

Manager, Special Events & Publications

- Planned, marketed and executed all professional development seminars and events. Included two highest reviewed and attended conferences in ISACS history to that point.
- Managed website content, including all writing and editing.

Lacie Z. Kuhn