Position:
Executive Secretary to the Board of Trustees at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Work:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- San Francisco Bay Area since Sep 2011
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Executive Secretary to the Board of Trustees
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- San Francisco Bay Area Nov 2009 - Aug 2011
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Executive Assistant, Office of the Director of Museums
Social Media for the Uncomfortable
- San Fancisco, CA Aug 2009 - May 2010
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Co-Founder
Megan Bourne Communications and Consulting
Aug 2000 - Jul 2009
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Consultant
Ben Manilla Productions
Jul 1996 - Oct 1999
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General Manager
House of Blues
1993 - 1996
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Sales and Marketing Manager
Tulane University
1989 - 1992
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Director of Alumni Affairs
Education:
University of California, Santa Cruz 2008 - 2009
University of Virginia
B.A., English Literature
Skills:
Fundraising, Event Planning, Non-profits, Social Media, Editing, Marketing Communications, Public Speaking, Strategic Communications, Museums, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Program Management, Project Management, Management, Leadership, Project Planning, Event Management, Volunteer Management, Community Outreach, Sponsorship, Grant Writing, Social Networking
Interests:
Travel, reading, hiking, keeping fit and walking my dog. Keeping on top of the news. Volunteer fundraising and events for non-profits.
My volunteer positions have included:
* Advisory Member, Pastoral Council, Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires, San Francisco, January 2011 - present
* Chair, Parent Phase of Les Amis de NDV (Annual Fund for Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires, San Francisco), 2010 - present
* Co-Chair of Silent Auction, Raffle and Instant Wine Cellar, Bal de Paris for Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires (2007-2009)
* Fund-raising Chair, Laurel Hill Nursery School, San Francisco (2005-2006)
* Trustee, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco (2003-2005)
* Event Chair and Auction Chair, Virtue and Vice Bash, Grace Cathedral (2002-2004)
Honor & Awards:
The Reva and David Logan Foundation Grant for New Writing on Photography for "Clarence John Laughlin and The Third World of Photography." Article was published in "Louisiana Literature" and won an honorable mention from the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University in 1986. Based on proposals I wrote on this subject, grants were awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.