Dartmouth College

Bainbridge High School

Finance Director at Josh Hicks for Congress

The Durango Winter Sports Club is nonprofit organization committed to providing opportunities for athletes to improve their skiing ability while learning lifelong lessons of personal accountability, goal setting, incorporating feedback and building self-esteem.

As the organization's first Executive Director, I am eager to advance this mission, support our fantastic community of athletes and coaches, and continue DWSC's upward trajectory, offering opportunities and support to an ever-increasing group of young people from across the Four Corners.

Durango Winter Sports Club

Executive Director

• Conceived and built a new business, centered on building collaborative relationships with clients and supporting them in planning their dream adventures (largely focused coordinating international hiking, biking, and skiing trips)
• Built website, promotional materials, and sample itineraries. Developed novel, and effective, business model, service offering, and customer journey
• Manage all sales efforts, including prospecting, initial outreach, and customer tracking
• Provide personalized, best-in-class customer service to all customers

Set Forth Adventures

Founder

• Budgeted for, planned, and organized over 75 biking and hiking trips in North America, Europe, and Africa
• Created and implemented a standardized process to model, report, and analyze the operating costs of all trips
• Contracted directly with 30 external partners/service providers; negotiated pricing and program terms
• Provided 1-on-1 service and sales support to high-value customers via phone, email, and in-person
• Co-led Overland’s Risk Management team. Managed annual Incident Review and updated Risk Management plan
• Led incident response efforts including coordinating care, modifying trip logistics, and facilitating departures
• Provided service and sales support to customers via phone and email. Led follow-up efforts for dissatisfied customers, and parents of students who experienced challenges while on trips

Overland Summers

Director - Trip Operations and Risk Management

• Led fundraising for a top-raising House campaign; directed the candidate’s fundraising efforts and created cash flow projections in order to grow quarterly raise from $120k to $1 million+, and raise over $3 million total 
• Developed all fundraising strategies from the ground up, and adapted tactics based on demonstrated efficacy
• Helped build organization-wide systems and processes; rolled out CRM and developed cross-functional reporting processes. Refined and rebuilt organization-wide systems/tools as-needed to keep up with growth.
• Hired, trained, and developed 3 staff members in a 7-month span, building a robust and high-functioning team
• Maintained relationships with over 100 high-value donors and partner organizations (e.g. state parties and interest groups); used phone and video calls to earn financial support including multiple $10k+ donations

Nate Greason