Advancement

Day of the Badger 4.9.19 with comments from students including: I'm a 3rd generation Badger, heart Prof. Block, Well constructed programs, We have the world's best graduate students, They pay me!, Instrumentation is incredible, A degree in chemistry is a passport to a better lifeAt the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry, I worked with the Wisconsin Foundation & Alumni Association to support the educational and research enterprise goals of the department. I built an online alumni and donor community through the Badger Chemist News website and produced an annual alumni magazine – Badger Chemist, sharing engaging, relevant stories that featured cutting-edge research, innovation, outreach and gift impact. I also handled the annual Day of the Badger giving event activities and promotion for more than 7,000 chemistry alumni, faculty, staff and students. At Cleco Corporation, a NYSE-traded electric utility in Louisiana, I served as chairperson of the Cleco Fan Drive, which benefits low-income, elderly customers. In this role, I led a team of 30 employees in increasing funds raised from $10,000 in 2008 to $22,000 in 2009 and created a benefit cookbook in 2011. I also hosted live radio remote broadcasts and increased publicity by working with the media to promote distribution of fans to Councils on Aging throughout the state.