Elizabeth (Beth) Chase

Communications & Events Lead at Harborlight Homes

South Hamilton, Massachusetts, United States

About

I am a dedicated, hard-working person who is passionate about giving outstanding service and doing good things. Specialties include: Fundraising, Customer Service, Leadership, Team Management, Social Media, Writing, Photography

Experience

  • Harborlight Homes (Beverly, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid)
    • Communications & Events Lead
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

      Strengthens community impact through strategic communications and mission‑driven events. Creates clear, compelling content across digital and print channels, supports fundraising and outreach initiatives, and ensures consistent, values‑aligned messaging. Manages events from concept to completion to advance organizational goals.

    • Senior Communications & Events Specialist
      May 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Coordinates and manages projects and special events; Provide support in day-to-day department operations, marketing and event collateral, and communication; Lead volunteers and stakeholders through planning processes; Craft communications and content for website, newsletters, and other forms of media; Ensure consistent themes, messaging, and branding are applied through all communication touch points.

  • Senior Donor Engagement Specialist at LEAP for Education, Inc
    Sep 2023 - May 2024 · 9 mos

    Provide strategic, personalized, and rewarding donor experiences for new, lapsed, and future annual donors; Grow the donor base and future major gifts and recurring supporter pipelines; Support donor segmentation and campaigns/appeals; Support the Development & Communications team in creating/maintaining worthwhile donor/prospect/volunteer/partner-focused and other segmented lists, conceptualizing select digital/print communications, especially segmented and other appeals; Implement and support peer-to-peer giving campaigns; Event support.

  • YMCA of the North Shore (Full-time · 5 yrs 1 mo)
    • Associate Director of Charitable Giving
      Feb 2023 - Aug 2023 · 7 mos

      Responsible for planning and implementing strategies to support the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of all philanthropic giving sources to support the YMCA of the North Shore. Leads the direct mail and digital solicitation campaigns as well as ensures effective internal and external communication systems. Focus on strategically expanding our YMCA’s philanthropic giving program.

    • Annual Giving Coordinator
      Aug 2018 - Feb 2023 · 4 yrs 7 mos

      Design, coordinate and execute the Annual Giving campaigns for YMCA of the North Shore - including quarterly appeals, employee giving, stewardship communications, and small events and event based fundraising campaigns. Support the Advancement and Development teams with the Annual Gala, and any and all other development related activities. Help Executive Directors manage donor portfolios; manage and cultivate portfolio of donors $250 and under; run peer-to-peer giving campagins; design and send donor e-newsletter; and manage recurring gift program.

  • Digital Marketing Manager at Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
    Dec 2017 - Aug 2018 · 9 mos

    As part of the Marketing Team, I managed social media accounts for GSEMA, designed and executed event, and council (digital, and print) collateral as well as provided photography at our smaller events. I also managed branding usage and maintained brand consistency council-wide.

  • Ellis (Ellis Memorial) (Boston MA)
    • Communications & Development Manager
      Feb 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Worked with the Development team to create and implement design and layout for annual report, e-newsletters, event materials, brochures and other agency communications; Managed website and social media content; Maintained and updated agency print products; Managed the donor database (Giftworks), including processing gifts, generating thank you letters, and reports; Worked with Development team to plan and execute an annual communication calendar; Worked with Ellis staff, Board members and external vendors to plan and execute special events; Managed all aspects of the agency’s Boston Marathon charity runners; Assisted with preparing proposals and reports for corporate and foundation supporters; Researched new sources of corporate and foundation support.

    • Development Coordinator
      Aug 2014 - Feb 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Assisted the Chief Development officer with fundraising campaigns, managed Team Ellis for the 2105 and 2016 Boston Marathons, maintained and updated website and social media platforms, designed agency print materials (annual report, brochures, internal forms and documentation), sent out email marketing through Constant Contact, thanked donors using the GiftWorks database, assisted with event planning, management, and execution, designed event materials (program book, invitation, evite, save the date, materials used at the event), photographed various program and organization events and day-to-day happenings for use by organization, occasionally attended and recruited volunteers with Volunteer Coordinator as well as assisted with volunteer and volunteer events when needed, and pitched in when and wherever needed.