Jennifer Ballinger

About Jennifer Ballinger

I am a corporate citizenship leader who aims to improve the world, while also advancing my company’s corporate reputation with key stakeholders by telling important stories and building meaningful connections. As director, ADM Cares, I have extensive experience in global corporate social investments, linking the company’s corporate contributions to its strategic business objectives. I am passionate about connecting a company’s most valuable assets, its people and expertise, to corporate giving partnerships. Engaging a corporate workforce to develop solutions for the global challenges we face is the ultimate path towards maximizing corporate social investments. I have an overall scope of work that encompasses progressive and diverse experience in strategic corporate giving; corporate meetings and events management, with emphasis on CEO and C-suite management; marketing; communications, and commercial compliance programming. I specialize in results-driven program execution, with attention to details. I have particular expertise in creating and managing senior-level, cross-functional committees and teams. Budget oversight, including budget creation, tracking and reporting is also within my oversight. I am a quick-thinker with a results-oriented mindset, always striving to implement process improvements and cost-savings measures.

Experience

1. Director, Adm Cares

   ADM

   Dec 2001 — Present

   Enhance the company’s global community leadership position in support agronomically safe and sustainable farming practices, educational support and civic investments •Direct, develop and coordinate the company’s relations with community partners and key stakeholders •Foster and maintain partnerships with key nonprofit organizations and representatives, enhancing ADM’s global corporate citizenship and aligning with key sustainability efforts•Educate external audiences about ADM Cares, highlighting the importance of social investing •Oversee and manage ADM’s reputation in Decatur and Central Illinois •Annually create and track ADM\'s global corporate giving budget

Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Liberal Arts & Sciences, English Language and Literature/Letters

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Business Planning
• Program Management
• Analysis
• Forecasting
• Nonprofits
• Leadership
• Sales Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Marketing
• Market Planning
• Budgets
• Food
• Sales
• Negotiation
• Customer Service
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Team Building
• Business Strategy