Greater Chicago Area
Thanks for taking a moment to view my profile. I am a business development professional with a strong foundation in relationship building, technology management, and consultative problem‑solving. I am experienced in database management and organization‑wide development reporting, with a proven background in sales development—including prospecting, meeting generation, presenting solutions, closing business, and delivering ongoing client support. Additional expertise includes nonprofit fundraising, annual appeals, and both individual and corporate donor cultivation. All that might tell you a little about my professional career, but no sense of me as a person. I take pride in building meaningful relationships and creating positive, lasting impressions. I am especially passionate about alumni network leadership, social enterprises, youth mentorship, and being the best dad I can be. Outside of work, I enjoy cooking, grilling, and perfecting dishes on the smoker. I bring curiosity and a people‑first mindset to every environment—and always welcome new connections.
After two years in a client-facing sales role, I transitioned to Smithbucklin’s Corporate Business Development unit, where I drive initiatives to expand our client portfolio. CRM & Technology Leadership: Serve as administrator, developer, and quality assurance lead for our Salesforce CRM and manage the unit’s technology stack to ensure operational efficiency and data integrity. Project Management & Innovation: Actively lead and support cross-functional projects, including participation on Smithbucklin’s AI Leveraging Team to integrate emerging technologies into business processes. Prospective Client Engagement & Revenue Growth: Act as the first point of contact for prospective clients, guiding inquiries through the full business development cycle—from initial conversation and proposal creation to presentation and closed business. Training & Process Development: Participate in internal educational sessions on the association industry and business development best practices; create and maintain unit-specific operating procedures to standardize workflows and improve team performance.
For 75+ years, Smithbucklin has helped associations thrive through change—delivering management, strategic planning, education, meetings and events, and advertising, sponsorship and exhibit sales. Our clients benefit from proven systems, industry insight, and practical knowledge to grow, innovate, and deliver greater member value. We partner closely with leaders, stakeholders, and volunteers across sectors so they can build sustainable growth and stay relevant. As a person passionate about the success of individuals looking to grow through participation in professional associations, I applied to Smithbucklin looking to be a part of a culture dedicated to building the growth and capabilities of non-profit associations. As an Account Manager I helped our client associations strategically maintain and grow their revenue opportunities by building strong partnerships with industry organizations.
ESX showcases the best-of-the-best in product and service technology from the security industry’s most respected service and product suppliers. My role was to support ESX' industry partners in engaging with their attendee base of integrators and installers through exhibiting presence or sponsorship opportunities at the expo.
World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is the global trade association and development agency for credit unions. Our international development programs assist credit unions and their associations with rebuilding efforts, providing access to the under served, developing integrated business networks, supporting communications at risk and encouraging legislative reform and regulatory system development. I managed industry partner opportunities for WOCCU's World Credit Union Conference and year-round partnering platforms. The World Credit Union Conference is the premier global event for the credit union industry featuring over 1,600 attendees from 55 different countries focusing on the education of its delegates, emerging trends/technologies and advocating for the global credit union movement.
The Neurocritical Care Society is the global multi-professional medical society representing all staff, doctors and industry partners that interface with neurocritical care. Its vision is to provide and advocate for the highest quality of care for patients with critical neurological illness throughout the world. I managed partnership and exhibiting opportunities for NCS' Annual Conference as well as year-round engagement. NCS Annual Meeting brings together over 1,000 attendees from the medical, academic, government institution and private practice fields in order to educate industry stakeholders, present research, advocate best practices and advance the field of neurocritical care.
Leveraged extensive volunteer experience in alumni relations to provide contracted consulting services for university alumni and fundraising teams. Delivered strategic guidance on alumni network growth and engagement activities, and produced data‑driven reports on alumni populations to support targeted engagement and fundraising objectives.