Patricia Baird

A mature, organized and dependable, admix candidate with proven success at managing multiple priorities and timelines, with a positive creative attitude engaged in a career transition to a Nonprofit Development (Fundraising.Grant Writing) role.
A hardworking, passionate employment with strong organizational skills, 8 years of nonprofit engagement, including 10 years business experience, eager to secure a career change. Comfortable accepting an entry-level, nonprofit position.
A responsible, independent, self-motivated/starter, creative solution orientated staff member, ready and willing to take on and assume responsibility for fulfillment of assigned projects to help the team achieve its organizational goals.

A versatile and dedicated Special Ed 1:1 Para Educator with focus on individual needs of special education students. Exceptional skills working with administration, teachers, parents and specialists to meet educational needs of ethnically diverse, special needs students, and marginalized families.

An accomplished, awarded grant writer, successfully developing and launching innovative educational programs, specializing in humanistic, hands-on, minds-on, hearts-engaged, experiential programs for adults & students

A Non-Profit Leader (Puget Soundkeeper & Unleash The Brilliance) with in-depth understanding of Fundraising, Donor Stewardship, Financial Management (for profit & non profit settings) including Event planning with a focus on Details, Data collection & evaluation.

A seasoned professional administrative, with ability to collaborate and provide general or essential hands-on support needed by the team.

A proven track record in successful budget management (current Puget Soundkeeper board President's financial oversight & personally managed an operating budget ranging up to 100K

A DEIJ coach, experienced recruiting, hiring, training with expertise in management, creating and facilitating small groups workshops workshops. Background in designing and delivering engaging customized DEIJ trainings and workshops

Patricia is an avid gardener, soil builder, and long-time tree hugger. She's mom to 2 llamas, who are key to her gardening and soil-building ecosystem.

Two years before COVID, Patricia, a graduate of Al Gore's "Climate Reality Project" introduced Puget Soundkeeper to the global tree planting movement.

She led the Soundkeeper Environmental Justice committee (EJ) into a working relationship with King County Parks department to purchase 300 trees that were an auction sell out at the Oct 2018 Puget Soundkeeper auction.

In the Spring of 2019, she organized a highly successful Puget Soundkeeper 1st - a spring family planting event that drew over 100 volunteers, families with children, young adults, and adults of all ages. Everyone came to plant trees along a designated area of the Duwamish River as a riparian buffer protecting polluted stormwater runoff from reaching and impacting this salmon spawning area.

The success of this educational community engagement event spread, and "how-to" requests, were shared with other nonprofits for their Tree Planting events.

Patricia believes trees are standing people that have so much to teach and give.  "One tree at a time we can heal people and the earth".

 She is looking to contribute her new fundraising, grant writing, nonprofit management certification skills, her 8 years of non profit leadership, passion, and lived professional and life skills towards a cause she knows is transformative. 

1) Volunteers at Puget Soundkeeper Alliance 2015 - present as board member and Current President of Soundkeeper organization

As a mature Admixed-race woman of color, brings a professional lens of diversity to Soundkeeper and a deep commitment to the organization.

As President, responsible for oversight of the organizations financial fiduciary responsibility, leadership, motivation and activation of committees, engagement of board members, liaison working with ED to guide organization direction with alignment to goals of Strategic Plan, and overall direction of organization.

Serves on the Auction & Development Committee, Finance Committee, Chairs the Strategic Planning Committee and Environmental Justice (EJ) Committee, promoting programs (300 trees planted as a stormwater riparian buffer protecting a salmon spawning waterway) and building awareness on culture/race that influences conversations on racial inequities, promotes diversity awareness training, and drives program development and outreach efforts in the organization.

As President Draws, from proficiency in recent 9-month UW certification in Fundraising & Grant Writing certification, Business acumen, Grant writing, Familiarity working with data analysis, Leadership, Experience with donor engagement, management, stewardship, Critical and strategic thinking, Commitment to the mission and success of Soundkeeper.

2) Holgate Church of Christ assisted the pastor in the role of development director by developing a community fundraising events and donor outreach program/plan focused on community engagement and fundraising needs to support the church's academica and social/emotional, African American focused, after-school program.

"If Thoughts never reach the plane of action they remain useless" Abdu'l-Baha