Dawn Yerger
BSc(Social Work) & MSW from Loyola University,19 months as Fund raising Manager at United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, Presently Consultant at Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. since May' 03 & President & CEO at DiamondMind Coaching & Consulting since Feb' 07
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://thriftyfifty.ning.com |
| Skills: | Business, Database Administration, Databases, Design, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Software Engineering, System Administration, Windows |
| Location: | Crown Point, IN |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | brands, business, deals, dining, discounts, entertainment, entrepreneur, leisure, shopping, social network, Travel |
| Schools: | Loyola University Chicago |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | DiamondMind Coaching & Consulting |
| Position: | President & CEO |
| Time period: | February 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Providing coaching, copywriting, branding, capacity building and strategic fundraising consulting services for entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, executives, businesses and nonprofits; giving both virtual and nonvirtual presentations on the topics listed above |
| Employer: | Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. |
| Position: | Independent Beauty Consultant |
| Time period: | May 2003 - Present |
| Description: | Consulting with women on their personal beauty needs in skin care, cosmetics and fragrances; conduct sales presentations promoting Mary Kay products; recruiting women into the Mary Kay business opportunity; planning and designing sales presentation and team meetings; achieved Senior Consultant status by coaching a team of 4 beauty consultants |
| Employer: | United Way of Metropolitan Chicago |
| Position: | Leadership Giving Fundraising Manager |
| Time period: | September 2007 - March 2009 |
| Description: | Coordinated strategic fundraising campaigns, tools, and programs for United Way fundraisers, corporations, and organizations to use in order to raise money at the Leadership Giving level ($1,000-$9,999); meeting planning; data management; editing the Leading the Way newsletter (designed for Leadership Givers); provided specialized support to respective staff and volunteers within high potential accounts; developed and implemented plan to increase direct year round communication with Leadership Givers
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| Employer: | Free Spirit Media |
| Position: | Resource Director |
| Time period: | July 2006 - February 2007 |
| Description: | Primary focus was on creating and implementing fundraising strategies, including some public relations and marketing, grant writing, event planning, and submitting grant reports and stewardship requirements; responsible for maintaining the adequacy and soundness of the organization's financial and budgetary structure, coordinated HR fuctioning including maintaining personnel files, monitoring day to day organizational administration including reimbursements, timesheets, payroll, creating the employee handbook, etc.; responsible for implementing the FSM Connections initiative, and assisting with the formation of the Board of Directors' Fundraising Committee
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| Employer: | Feinberg School of Medicine, Office of Development,Northwestern University |
| Position: | Development Assistant, Donor Relations |
| Time period: | October 2005 - June 2006 |
| Description: | Assisted development staff with fundraising efforts by working directly with Associate Director of Stewardship and Director of Medical Development Communications; writing and composing correspondence to Medical School donors under the signature of the Dean of the Medical School
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EDUCATION
| University: | Loyola University Chicago |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2006 |
| Degree: | Masters of Social Work |
| University: | Loyola University Chicago |
| Time period: | 2000 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Social Work, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Clubs: | (02/06–02/07) Executive Committee Member, Junior Board of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago
(3/06-3/07) Grant Making Committee Member, AIDS Foundation of Chicago (10/05–1/08) Junior Board Member, AIDS Foundation of Chicago (Fund raising & Special Events committee) (9/05–1/06) General Board of the National Organization for Women – Chicago chapter (9/05–1/06) The Young Women’s’ Leadership Council of the Chicago Foundation for Women (Fund raising Committee) |
| Memberships: | (12/06–02/08) Chair, Multicultural Alumni Resource Committee at Loyola University Chicago Graduate School of Social Work
(11/06–02/08) Member, Alumni Board of the Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work (10/03–present) Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated |
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Paul Gruber
A proven Motivational Speaker, with extensive experience in business development, and Life Coaching. Masterful facilitator of Brainstorming, and Mastermind Groups.