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GERALDINE GRAHAM <br /> <br />17451 Tyler Street NW, Elk River, MN 55330 <br />EDUCATION <br /> <br />(612) 441-5762 <br /> <br />University of Minnesota-Duluth Magna Cum Laude <br /> Bachelor of Arts English and Psychology; Teaching Certif. <br />Winona State and St. Cloud State Universities <br /> Developmental Reading, grades 7-1 2 certif.; School Librarian, K-1 2 certif. <br /> <br />PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE <br /> <br />Development, Marketing, Grants Administration (1987 to present) <br />Minnesota Citizens Council on Crime and Justice <br /> Write proposals, concept papers for programs in human service, education, <br /> community organizing and collaboratives; proficient WordPerfect; able in MSWord <br />0 Secure funds & interface with government, United Ways, corporations, <br /> foundations, faith communities, individual donors <br /> Develop funding strategy to build diversified support base <br /> Maintain rapport with agency board, staff and funders <br /> Analyze, maintain knowledge of grants marketplace, service gaps in community <br /> Prepare budgets, trend statistics, charts, graphs; proficient in HarvardGraphics & <br /> WP Presentations <br />~ Represent agency in community collaboratives & networks <br />~ Supervise 1 FTE Development Assistant <br /> <br />Education Coordinator and Research Assistant (1980-87) <br />Minnesota Citizens Council on Crime and Justice <br /> Managed media clearinghouse for secondary educators; operated direct mail <br /> business (60,000+ segmented list); created advertising brochures & catalogs <br /> Wrote five issues of copyrighted, law-related newsletter for teachers <br /> Represented agency at info booths, professional conferences <br /> Juvenile Dispositional Guidelines data collection, office support <br /> <br />Junior and Senior High School Teacher (1974-79) <br />- English and Driver Ed, gr. 7 & 10 - Developmental Reading, gr. 7-10 <br />- Alternative School (English, Shakespeare, Short Story, Mythology, Reading, GED) <br /> <br />CONSULTING & VOLUNTEERING <br /> <br />The Volunteer Center (1 996-98) Jackie S. Sinykin, Executive Director <br /> Proposal writing; fund-raising advisory committee volunteer <br /> <br />Minnesota Council of Churches (1997-98) Jean Greenwood, Group Facilitator <br /> Proposal writing for Active Nonviolence Initiative; prospect research; strategy advice <br /> <br />Minnetonka Youth Hockey Association (1995-97) Todd Friesen, Director <br /> Ice Sheet committee; testified to government bodies; wrote testimony for others <br /> 1996 & 1997 Tournaments: top ad seller; supervised team of seven; facilitated production <br /> of 96-page tourney souvenir book; covered all costs via ad sales <br /> <br />Little Falls Public Library Volunteer (1978-79) <br /> Assisted with circulation, acquisitions, reference questions <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL TRAINING: Fostering Creativity; Fund-Raising for the 90's; Health Realization Model; <br />Latino Community Training; Outcome Evaluation; Sexual Orientation Seminar; Native American <br />Culture, Beliefs, Traditions; Communicating with Southeast Asian Refugees; Marketing Basics <br /> <br /> <br />