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Jenny J. Okamoto

Indianapolis,IN

Summary

  • Excellent Executive/Management Skills in non-profit, corporate, education, and civic organizations.
  • Event management including marketing, working with vendors, acquiring sponsors and fostering partner relationships. In addition to developing trade show booth graphics, handouts, and promotional items.
  • Developed marketing plans and content for online, print, and visual mediums.
  • Managed outreach and promotion within and with outside organizations to create long-term partnerships including retention of sponsors.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects to completion and adapt in a high-intensity environment.
  • Proven written and verbal communication skills, including large in-person events, serving as the spokesperson for several organizations.
  • Oversaw several non-profit and civic organizations including the day-to-day and long-term operations, human resource, budgets, fundraising, grants, capital improvements, event management, marketing, communications.
  • Worked with the multiple board of directors, including leadership development, goal setting, and long-term planning and vision.
  • Managed budgets and projections.
  • Strong ability to adapt and work with a variety of personalities and liaise between staff, faculty, parents, alumni, students and volunteers on achieving common goals.
  • Facilitated both in-person and virtual educational and leadership programs, including developing content, presentations, marketing, recruitment, and promotion.
  • Managed grant applications and compliance, worked in collaboration Foundation on goals, giving campaigns, and donor correspondence.
  • Managed capital fundraising events from concept to fulfillment, including: annual giving campaigns, auctions, and other special events, including the oversight and coordination of volunteers, staff and sponsors.

Work History

Co-founder and Director of Leadership Development

Building Bridges for America
Carmel, Indiana
03.2020 - Current
  • Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
  • Created organization's mission and vision statements for use by all employees.
  • Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
  • Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-oriented business culture to lead industry in innovation and push progress.

Executive Director

Indiana Ballet Conservatory
Carmel, IN
  • Managed long and short terms goals of a world-class arts organization.
  • Reported directly to the board of directors.
  • Managed day-to-day operations, fundraising, budgets, compliance, grants, human resources, marketing and communications.
  • Developed collaborations with outside organizations and civic groups.
  • Managed staff, volunteers, students, and alumni.

Manager

Carlsbad Library
Carlsbad, CA
  • Oversaw the recruitment, training and management of volunteer for all Carlsbad Library Locations.
  • Managed partnerships to enhance services
  • Supported volunteers by providing training, mentoring, developing and delivering resources and identifying and cultivating partnerships to support volunteers.

Volunteer Coordinator

Leo Carrillo Historic Park
Carlsbad, CA
  • Managed onside docent program and educational outreach programs.
  • Recruited and trained new volunteers on volunteer program goals and objectives.

Manager

Massachusetts Bar Association
Boston, MA
  • Managed special interest and continuing education sub-groups of the Massachusetts Bar Association, including working with boards and developing online programs to assist in the management of the groups.
  • Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.

Manager

Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield
Newtown, CT
  • Managed all sections, divisions, and special interest groups for a professional educational and networking organization.
  • Assisted with the annual conferences and educational programs.
  • Facilitated the training, development and recognition programs for over 600 volunteers worldwide.
  • Oversaw the recruitment and overall management of board of directors of over 100 groups.
  • Expanded cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across departments on priorities, functions and common goals.
  • Oversaw preparation and management of event budgets to deliver at or below projected costs.
  • Created printed marketing materials designed to drive campaigns.
  • Generated sponsorships with related and partnering entities to enhance marketing objectives.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology And Communications

Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT

Skills

  • Budgeting
  • Conferences & Trade Show management
  • Critical thinking
  • Strategic planning
  • Creative merchandising
  • Business Development
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Schedule optimization
  • Project Management
  • Contract Management
  • Negotiation
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Fundraising
  • Grants

Work Availability

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Quote

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
Oprah Winfrey

Timeline

Co-founder and Director of Leadership Development

Building Bridges for America
03.2020 - Current

Executive Director

Indiana Ballet Conservatory

Manager

Carlsbad Library

Volunteer Coordinator

Leo Carrillo Historic Park

Manager

Massachusetts Bar Association

Manager

Society of Plastics Engineers, Brookfield

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology And Communications

Western Connecticut State University

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