Talitha-Koumi Oluwafemi

• Develops, fosters and implements alternative community-centered fundraising strategies and policies in collaboration with executive leaders, community agencies and grassroots organizations.
• Establishes and achieves long-term strategic planning and innovative fundraising objectives, enhancing strong and sustainable organizational leadership.
• Leads operational teams in creation, roll out and management of new resource mobilization campaigns framed with racial equity lens. product lines.
• Conducts research on emerging trends within fundraising industry to develop new products, services and strategies.
• Nurtures transformative relationships with government officials, DEI industry partners, chief fundraising officers, and community foundations to support strategic business objectives.
• Cultivates forward-thinking, inclusive and anti-racist organizational culture to lead industry in innovation and advance continuum of social justice and racial equity.
• Determines vision, strategic direction and mobilization of resources to achieve mission-driven fundraising targets within optimal timeframes.

• Maintained highly intensive schedule of visiting with potential donors and delivering compelling presentations and comprehensive fundraising proposals.
• Created innovative fundraising strategies with ultimate goal of advancing institutional mission of eliminating racism and empowering women through racial equity lens
• Managed five equity through development campaigns simultaneously for donor relationship lifecycle development and stewardship
• Cultivated cooperation with Board of Directors through monthly mission impact meetings designed to foster culture of collective philanthropy
• Partnered with executive senior leadership team to define fundraising events scope and direction, creating agency wide frameworks to drive successful project execution.
• Established diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for entire agency by empowering Diversity, Equity inclusion and Belonging Committee to provide methods of feedback to accurately identify and limitations of resource mobilization
• Successfully spearheaded YWCA's signature fundraising event "Empowering Women Luncheon"; securing more than $253,000 which was 15% increase from previous years,
• Implemented deployment of communications plan for organization's websites, social media platforms and digital fundraising applications.
• Partnered with CEO, Development Advisor, Event Management Consulting Partners and IT personnel to align fundraising project goals with strategic planning milestones,
• Integrated on-site assets with external inventory tracking databases to better manage company-wide tracking of major donors and stewardship communications.

• Served with distinction as organization’s executive level diversity officer and mission strategist; promoted to lead fundraising and DEIB efforts. chief DEI Officer on CEO’s Strategic Leadership Board and Strategic Planning.
• Designed and directed all executive leadership, program management and administrative teams in advancement of mission, vision, values and goals of YWCA USA and local agency.
• Researched, developed and facilitated customized racial healing methodologies, DEIB training curriculum and anti-racism education modules for staff, stakeholders and community partners.
• Facilitated workshops on importance all staff, stakeholders, volunteers serve as mission ambassadors with conviction, compassion and intentionality.
• Reviewed all policies, practices, programs and principles with department leads to ensure that needs of clients, residents and employees are visualized through racial equity and trauma-informed frameworks.

• Collaborated with worship and music committee to create weekly multimedia outreach campaign to promote participation in weekly virtual fellowship services, Christian opportunities and community building events.
• Facilitated morning prayer calls, enhancing attendance and participation by creating, teaching and teaching five step M.A.G.I.C. methodology : Meditation, Affirmation, Gratitude, Inspiration and Communication.
• Organized community engagement, fundraising projects, and mission engagement initiatives through creating mutually beneficial collaborative partnerships with community organizations faith-based institutions, and local government agencies
• Instructed Sunday School classes and confirmation courses integrating innovative communications strategy as method of utilizing social media platforms and viral trends to enhance intergenerational spiritual formation processes and curriculum design.
• Performed in-depth research on transformational virtual and hybrid worshiping plans, policies and protocols implemented by other faith-based communities in order to make recommendations to pastoral leadership, worship and music committee utilizing interfaith engagement principles.

• Coordinated all Equity and Advocacy Division and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) efforts, including Interrupt Racism and Racial Equity and Justice Initiatives.
• Demonstrated dynamic strategic partnership and organizational leadership skills to support and guide strategies to help Greater Rochester community become more diverse, anti-racist, equitable, and inclusive.
• Organized and lead all DEIJ cohort, training facilitation, customized training services, community engagement summits, conferences, public health equity and community engagement advocacy efforts.
• Represented Urban League at community tables focused on diversity, equity, justice, and inclusion; serving as expert resource and context leader to community to help move equity work forward.
• Advised executive leadership regarding policies, procedures, principles and practices in accordance with racial equity assessment outcomes.
• Exhibited superb communication skills; developing consistent communication and feedback mechanisms to identify, discuss, and address equity issues impacting our partners, participants, and staff in higher education, non-profit and for profit businesses.
• Researched best practices in equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion to contribute to grant writing process for various equity funding streams
• Coordinated consciousness-raising efforts, including affinity groups, monthly DEIJ newsletter, college student community impact and service learning programs, workshop curriculum, presentations, seminars, summits, conferences, and celebrations.
• Convened and facilitated community centered affinity based equity and advocacy "power sharing" teams.

• Lead community as central point of outreach, advocacy and collaboration for economically disadvantaged Princeton residents seeking equitable access to emergency housing, food security, and community health resources, participation in social/political initiatives, resolution of cultural diversity issues and human rights violations.
• Identified, developed and maintained coalescing relationships with key community partners, community leaders and community residents to facilitate holistic approach to community driven development based on principles of empowerment, inclusion, self-determination, barrier-removal, and collective action.
• Developed, designed and distributed public education resources, outreach campaigns, information materials, presentations and tabling displays.
• Monitored and implemented community outreach plan, including, but not limited to innovative social media campaign strategy, food access calendar, monthly human services newsletter, community canvassing, and special community events to educate broader community about Department's activities and projects.
• Organized alliance of accountability with Princeton Public Department and Princeton Health Department to build trust with community and establish town hall meetings with community partners to empower, educate and train community groups regarding effective use and implementation of Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit.
• Facilitated Courageous Conversations with local government officials, police department staff and municipality agencies to determine whether policies, practices and procedures perpetually demonstrate unfair racial impact for BIPOC community.

• Managed City of Trenton's only federal and state government benefit endorsed farmers market on mission to enhance community's ability to safely engage in inter-generational and multicultural activities; offered accessibility to medical and behavioral health services, housing crisis services, physical fitness activities, healthy meal demos, and locally grown fresh produce and healthy food choices for populations living in "food swamp".
• Developed and implemented food access campaigns via print media, local radio interviews, and bilingual social media blasts targeting central New Jersey residents.
• Directed implementation of food access coalitions collective social responsibility to positively impact overall health and buying power of families, children, and seniors through provisions of double and triple-matching benefit incentive programs such as EBT, SNAP and WIC Vouchers.
• Negotiated and managed vendor contracts, annual budget, donor relationships, fundraising campaigns, stewardship practices and grant administration procedures.
• Interviewed, hired, supervised training staff and vendors. Facilitated performance assessments , evaluations and disciplinary actions.

Major Highlights and Accomplishments:

• Phillippe Allampa Industry Marketing Award Recipient, Greenwood Avenue

Farmers Market, New Jersey Agricultural Society, February 2020

• Composed first COVID-19 Farmer's Market Mitigation Plan for City of Trenton's Public Health Officer resulting in successful approval of opening amidst pandemic.

• Maximized bilingual multimedia marketing healthy eating access campaigns to increase community's participation in summer food programs by 75% of previous year's season.

• Strategically established and nurtured collaborative partnerships with local farmers, urban growers, state and federal agricultural departments, nutritional health and wellness vendors, stakeholders, and donors to provide monthly festivals events, 5th season anniversary and Customer Appreciation Day.

• Implemented innovative college student volunteer engagement methods, community outreach initiatives and bilingual social media marketing strategies; resulting in 20% increase in seasonal market attendance numbers and record-making 33% increase in matching dollar redemption rate.

Child Hunger Programs, Mercer Street Friends - Ewing, NJ

• Directed all youth-centered social justice, food access and anti-child hunger training initiatives for low income K-12 scholars attending schools and summer programs throughout Mercer County area, including: The Send Hunger Packing™ Backpack Program (SHUP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), Maternal Health and Childhood Nutritional Programs, Food Friends Youth Ambassador Pilot Program and NJ-SNAP Outreach and Social Services Assistance Screening Program.

Major Highlights and Accomplishments:

• Established collaborative partnerships with 36 schools located in all 9 Mercer County Districts.

• Provided anti-child hunger services to 1300 students identified by schools as “food insecure.”

• Motivated teamwork ethic by utilizing the passion and skills of 1200 corporate volunteers

annually to meet and exceed the monthly quota of assembling 5,200 weekend meal bags.

• Facilitated training and program development workshops for all school and community site

directors.

• Implemented volunteer recruitment, retention, and recognition program utilizing innovative achievement orientation strategies resulting in 25% growth of community engagement base
• Negotiated strategic fundraising and collaborative partnerships with civic engagement organizations, corporate sponsors, and neighboring higher education institutions to increase volunteer engagement growth by 50%
• Coordinated "Stand Against Racism" Campaign Strategy
• Collaboratively partnered with community leaders, local youth programs, schools, board members, and stakeholders to create curriculum and facilitate intergenerational "ant-racism" conversations.

Community Outreach and Education

• Established, Initiated, and nurtured collaborative partnerships and mutually advantageous community and civic engagement relationships with corporate sponsors, community leaders, collaborative partners, and stakeholders.
• Empowered non-traditional and at-risk high school students to attain educational life goals through research-based life coaching strategies, achievement orientation methods, curriculum development and program effectiveness assessment.

High School Equivalency Test Testing Center Management

• Directed hiring, training, scheduling, and ongoing training and development of three professional proctors for testing center.
• Supervised all test day delivery operations and procedures according to ETS policies as well as New Jersey Board of Education guidelines.

• Launched branding campaign exhibiting crime victim survivor's progress and family success stories to future donors and community outreach partners through social media, community bulletin boards, public access television, newsletters, brochures, and annual reports
• Created mission-aligned collaborative coalitions with similarly community-focused partners: Rochester Police Department, Monroe County Domestic Violence Prevention Consortium, Rochester Police Department's Victim Assistance Unit, and local university and college administrators
• Facilitated weekly trauma-Informed community support group sessions for Rochester Police Department officers and staff, violent crime victim survivors, crisis respondents and concerned citizens.
• Researched and analyzed cultural, educational, social and demographic data about community to guide local program development

• Utilized exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content.
• Curated content for social media postings and increased following by 50%.
• Evaluated project requirements and content standards for each project in order to produce copy in line with creative structure.
• Composed website content for diverse populations of clientele by effectively adapting language codes, utilizing appropriate voice tones and word choice.
• Managed competing deadlines with efficiency.
• Proofread and edited social media posts to prepare for publication.

• Recruited, created, and supervised all work plans and test delivery and operation services implemented by team of six call center specialists
• Initiated launch and leadership of Medical College Admission Test's premier internally functioning and accommodated testing services program
• Established, designed, and implemented all work flow policies and procedures attributed to expedient processing of approximately 800 applications per MCAT testing year
• Supervised business analysis, technical research initiatives and transitional plans for development of web based application and cost-effective document management system