Sommer Lhoste

Experience

1. Chief Marketing Officer

   Vapor Ministries

   Apr 2017 — Present · Sylacauga, AL, US

   Provide effective leadership to a diverse team of employees, volunteers, paid vendors, and volunteer vendors to execute key strategies.• Develop and steward the annual budget of Vapor’s marketing group.• Ensure that correct voice and branding are prevalent in all communication.• Ensure and maintain brand integrity, security, and alignment throughout the entity.• Present key indicators to executive team, board of directors, and staff regularly. • Lead systematized consistent, clear ongoing communications with a variety of donor types, including individuals, churches, businesses, and foundations.• Maintain effective systems for tracking all donors and prospective donors, to ensure consistent communication and limited fallout. • Create, propose, and execute marketing / PR strategies and tools to better fill the pipeline of prospective donors.• Drive effective follow-up with prospective donors.• Oversee facilitation of public and private trips to Vapor’s international centers, for the purpose of driving involvement, engagement, and contribution.• Oversee initiation and execution of fundraising events.

Education

• University of New Orleans

  Bachelor's degree

  1999