Results-focused leader specializing in driving corporate philanthropic initiatives, creating strategic business plans, providing world-class community relations, and cultivating a superior organizational image eager

 to offer progressive program development experience toward maximizing an employer s success.

 

 

         Integral leader who offers proven large-scale corporate philanthropic and foundation experience, including designing, developing, and implementing solutions-driven programs, policies, and procedures to achieve positive community relations.

         Ambitious self-starter who plans, prioritizes, and manages multiple project tasks within high-pressure environments, along with seamlessly directing domestic and international short- and long-term initiatives to boost organizational success.

         Excellent communicator who successfully builds a consensus across internal organizations to maximize business results.

 

 

Strategic Analysis / Planning Organizational Development Project / Program Management Team Building / Training Processes

Community Involvement Positive Program Positioning Global Fundraising Initiatives Policy / Procedure Development

Regulatory Compliance Promotional Campaigns Business Communications Client / Business Relations

 

 

Senior Manager Global Community Involvement (2000 C Present)

Employee Communications Services / Community Involvement (1987 C 2000)

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

 

         Utilize broad scope of industry knowledge and dynamic business acumen to successfully direct the evolution, growth and development, and management of multifaceted and award-winning global community involvement programs for a leading design company that plays an essential role in the creation of state-of-the-art integrated circuits and electronics.

         Lead targeted decision-making among the company s flagship community involvement program Stars & Strikes®, along with concurrently overseeing additional programming, employee-led fundraising events, and community relations.

         Collaborate with cross-functional creative marketing and employee communications teams to develop and implement innovative promotional campaigns, key events, and multimedia communications for community involvement activities.

 

 

         Achieved PACT s (People Acting in Community Together) Corporate Leadership in Action award in 2008, and was instrumental in the company being listed among the Top 35 Corporate Philanthropists by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

         Honored with 2005 s Cadence Chairman s Club award, and 1997 and 2002 s Corporate Grantmaker of the Year award.

         Drove Cadence s community involvement program to achieve first-ever two-time winning honors in the Silicon Valley.

         Directed a 2.5-year development process between Cadence and San Jose s The Tech Museum of Innovation to design and implement the first-ever, hands-on exhibit on Electronic Design Automation; the five-year exhibit opened in June 2004.

 

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         Led extended partnership development between the company and The Tech Museum as the Presenting Sponsor of their annual Tech Challenge competition which invites 100s of Bay Area students to compete in design-challenging activities.

         Collaborated with teams to develop content and design for a corporate lobby Living the Brand project, including managing content development for patent recognition section and co-producing a video promoting the global community program.

         Developed program branding and mission statements, and directed cross-functional teams in designing a community logo.

         Conceptualized and wrote external website content for the community involvement program, along with researching and benchmarking other company websites to design and develop a presence on the Cadence intranet focused on CI programs.

         Managed Season of Giving campaigns, Second Harvest food drives, Family Giving Tree gift drives, and backpack drives.

 

 

Stars & Strikes® Community Fundraising Program (Established 1990)

 

Direct all aspects of this unique Silicon Valley fundraising program which serves as the cornerstone of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. s community involvement since 1990.  Successfully leverage company relationships with business partners, vendors, customers, and competitors; develop sponsor solicitation materials; plan and handle event logistics; and coordinate executive speaking notes and communications which were instrumental in making a difference for a single non-profit beneficiary.  Lead the program in raising over $13 million to date, of which 100% has been reinvested within the community.  Cadence executives and management teams recruit sponsors to contribute to and participate in employee-led fundraising events culminating in a popular bowling tournament whereas members of the San Francisco 49ers and San Jose Sharks organizations bowl among 59 corporate teams.

 

Spirit of Stars & Strikes® Community Fundraising Program (Established 2002)

 

Introduced and implemented this global fundraising program which runs concurrent with the company s corporate Stars & Strikes® program, including directing international sites in selecting a local beneficiary and organizing site-specific grassroots fundraising events in a synchronized spirit of giving campaign.  Successfully achieved over $3.5 million in donations to local communities worldwide by encouraging global sites to uphold the theme of Think Globally C Act Locally.

 

Cadence Foundation (Established 2002)

 

Managed processes for establishing this private foundation, and currently serve as a director alongside executive members.

 

Matching Gift Program (Established 1997)

 

Played a vital role in conducting research to effectively implement ASP vendor JK Group to manage this program online.

 

 

Associate of Arts in Sociology Candidate

Mission College

 

Time Management • Seven Habits of Highly Successful People

Working with Others • Business Writing • Effective Presentations

 

 

Corporate Community Relations Consortium (Chair / Co-Chair 2009 C 2010) • Association of Small Foundations

Entrepreneurs Foundation Steering Committee (2008 C Present) • Boston College Corporate Community Relations

Child Advocates Volunteer (2004 C 2006) • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team-in-Training (Raised $11,000+ in 2002)