Dawn Jantsch

About Dawn Jantsch

Dawn Jantsch specializes in organizational management, focusing on strategic planning, financials, and governance, with specialties in the entrepreneurial field. As the CEO of trade and professional associations, as well as charitable and educational foundations, she has managed organizations and networks with world-wide C-suite executives, chefs, restaurateurs, musicians, and chambers.Jantsch is a Certified Association Executive (CAE), and Accredited in Public Relations (APR). An active public speaker, media contact, and business advocate, Jantsch represented employers at city, county, state and international levels. As a registered lobbyist, she covered issues such as zoning, taxation, sanitation, insurance, workers compensation, liquor regulation, tourism marketing, food banks, economic development, and the environment. She was also appointed to a number of civic and government committees by elected officials from both parties in several cities and counties. A frequent public speaker, she has logged hundreds of interviews with the media. Specialties: Strategic Planning, Organizational and Board Governance, Transparency, Financial Management, Budgeting, Administration, Advocacy, Issues Management and Public Affairs

Experience

1. Grant Director

   Choristers Guild Inc

   Jan 2026 — Present

   Since 2021, Dawn Jantsch secured grants or forgiveable loans totaling $1,500,850 for the nonprofit Choristers Guild, with a mission of educating children\'s choral leaders of churches. This included writing the grant proposals, maintaining audit records for the first of forgiveable loans, and then successfully creating the programing, educators and writers for a grant, and then a grant. This was done while serving as executive director. Her current role, after retiring from that position, is finalizing the 2025 report for this grant, documenting the incredible work that the Choristers Guild team implemented.

Education

• Center for Non-Profit Management, Los Angeles, CA

  Grant Proposal Writing Workshop

  2008 — 2008

• Executive Consulting for the Non Profit Center, Inc.

  Executive Mentoring, Board Policy, Strategy

  2008 — 2008

• University of Florida

  BA, Journalism, Public Relations Major, Spanish Minor

Skills

• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategic Communications
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Copy Editing
• Marketing
• Start-Ups
• Trade Shows
• Strategic Planning
• Social Media
• Press Releases
• Event Planning
• Event Management
• Budgets
• Community Development
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Public Speaking
• Marketing Communications
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Ghostwriting
• Management
• Crm
• Online Marketing
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Budgeting
• Volunteer Management
• Training
• Strategy
• Fundraising
• Marketing Strategy
• Leadership Development
• Program Management
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Sponsorship