Jennifer Devenyns
Seattle, WA
currently: Job hunting
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Work history
Independent Consultant
tags:
training
• organizational development
• team building
• vision
• mission
• retreat leader
• leadership
• coaching
• group facilitation
How would you describe your time at Devenyns Consulting?
Providing organizational development and training services to clients with an emphasis on group facilitation, team building, issue identification and resolution, mission/vision/team/ task alignment, and private leadership coaching. Current clients include the Seattle International Film Festival and Seattle Public Utilities, Utility Systems Management Branch.... 
Managing Director
tags:
manager
• human resources
• growth
• development
• director
• training
• strategic planning
• business process optimization
• leadership
• fundraising
How would you describe your time at Sweet Pea Cottage?
Hired to drive revenue growth and operational excellence for this non-profit educational facility focused on teaching arts-based curriculum. Oversaw all day-to-day management functions including strategic planning, finance, budgeting, fundraising, marketing, communications, safety, facilities, and human resources management.
* Upon stepping into role, faced unexpected need to relocate to a new facility and restructure all associated business processes. Met challenge head-on and established school in new location with minimal disruption and the loss of just one business day.
* Led growth of revenues from $400K to $600K within first two years.
* Hired, trained, and provided daily supervision to a staff of three direct reports as well as up to 15 additional contractors and large numbers of volunteers.
* Responsible for the design, coordination, and execution of the school's annual auction - grew revenues from $30,000 to $66,000 in one year....
Development Officer
tags:
fundraising
• development
• project management
• team building
How would you describe your time at Seattle Center Foundation?
Promoted to play a more strategic, high-profile role in developing steady funding sources and promoting the Foundation's mission throughout the community.
* Co-creator of the highly successful CenterFund annual campaign (2004 goal $400,000).
* Aided in the development/operation of the Foundation as a non-hierarchical work setting characterized by innovation, collaboration, and independent decision-making.
* Created and managed multiple innovative passive/grassroots fundraising campaigns....
Development Coordinator
tags:
process improvement
• project management
• program development
• fundraising
• data management
How would you describe your time at Seattle Center Foundation?
Hired to design, develop, and implement fundraising plans. Primarily focused on the Foundation's $127 million Marion Oliver McCaw Hall capital campaign.
* Successfully designed and coordinated all strategy/tactics behind the $1.5 million community campaign.
* Co-production-managed three critical grand opening events in June 2003, including a community-wide open house and a black-tie gala for 2000 participants.
* Standardized data management system/processes in GiftMaker Pro database and with Finance Department.
* Designed and worked with a consultant to build a highly specialized relational database in MS Access to track donor prospects throughout the entire cultivation process, including the capture of detailed variables such as contact information, target gift amounts, past giving history, invitations extended, and their attendance record at cultivation events....
Icos
March 1998 to August 2000
Business Assistant
tags:
project management
• data management
• process improvement
• training
How would you describe your time at Icos?
Responsible for providing high-level project, organizational, and communications support within the company's Clinical Affairs department.
* Developed payment process and managed ongoing tracking of all payments related to clinical trials (approx. $30.5 million annually).
* Developed and maintained Access databases used to evaluate third-party financial and organizational status, as well as external costs.
* Created, trained users, and wrote and maintained multiple process and application manuals critical to Business Management functions.
* Drafted third-party confidentiality agreements....
Education
Organizational Design and Renewal
tags:
organizational design
• coaching
• curriculum development
• process facilitation
• management consulting
• appreciative inquiry
• renewal
• group dynamics
• leadership
• multicultural
How would you describe your time at Seattle University?
This Masters program concentrates on an interdisciplinary set of studies centered around organizational systems design, change, and renewal, as well as leadership, group dynamics, appreciative inquiry, and the understanding of global and multicultural perspectives.
Theatre Management
tags:
stage management
• arts
• directing
• management
• theatre
How would you describe your time at DePaul University, The Thea...?
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Management. Graduated magna cum laude and made Dean's List all four years. Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society and Golden Key National Honor Society.
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