Davida Serrani

Donor Relations, Grant Writer, Executive Assistant to the Founder @Samaritan\'s Feet International

Charlotte, NC, US

Work closely with the Founder and President to determine fundraising strategies. • Manage fundraisers and fundraising functions including Annual Fund, Golf Invitational, Barefoot Gala, Major Gifts, and Donor Relations. • Managed fundraising efforts with non-profit to grow revenue. • Perform high-level executive assistant duties for CEO at both profit and non-profit organizations including communicating with clients/donors and representatives via face to face, phone, email as well as implementing administrative systems, procedures, and policies, monitoring projects, providing product and service information.• Manage schedules for top executives including coordination of complex schedules, internal and external meetings, and agendas for Founder and CEO. Additionally performed diverse and confidential administrative support functions.• Assist with employee relations, complaints, maintained employment records, as well as developed job descriptions, and benefit packages. Also involved in hiring processes and initiated ads and forms for full and part-time staff, and immigration paperwork as needed. • Oversee the development of websites and served as administrator of websites to modify, edit, and maintained data. • Manage and coordinate direct mail programs for non-profit. • Review literature dealing with funds available for grants.• Research, write and submit grant applications to private foundations as well as government agencies.

University of Southern Mississippi

Masters