Employ impeccable written communication skills with expertise in creating language, graphics, stories, and headlines that compel prospective customers to select proposed solution

Experience

Senior Business Proposal Manager
Kindercare Learning Companies
1/2019 – Present

Develop proposals and grants for school districts and charter
schools for before- and after-school care. Prepare business
proposals for large corporate and government employers
interested in on-site care. Typical RFP contracts $200K – $2.5M
annual gross revenue. Write white papers and special projects
as assigned.

• Impact player on a team that showed results in 2023:
  
  • 133% increase in percentage of RFPs won over prior
    year
  • 90% increase in number of RFP wins over prior year
  • 63% down select rate – 186% increase over prior year
  • 30% of company’s new contract goal won through RFP
  • 24% of company’s net revenue goal won through RFP
  • Responsible for 100% of new business awarded through
    RFP in 2023: $5.6M (30% of new business won companywide)
• Responsibilities:
  • Promote an ethic of inclusivity and joy that supports all stakeholders participating with enthusiasm in RFPs
  • Create workflows and process maps that improve
    scalability, reliability, and collaboration
  • Research, write, and edit copy for cross-functional teams in need of after-school content
  • Evaluate wins/losses, lead proposal debriefs, and seek external review of content

Inclusion Services Advisor
Kindercare Learning Companies
7/2015 – 12/2018

• Studied inclusion practices for young children for the nation’s largest private provider of early childhood education and care.
• Gave creative, tailored advice on strategies for disability accommodation with attention to legal documentation best practices.
• Influenced company-wide adoption of diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies.
• Worked to reduce systematic disparate discipline practices.
• Attended national conferences on challenging behavior.
• Wrote Education Department resources.

Employment Services Advisor
Kindercare Learning Companies
8/2012 – 7/2015

• Conducted impartial investigations into complaints of discrimination.
• Wrote position statements for EEOC and state equivalents.
• Performed research on statutory requirements and gave advice to Employee Relations team on legal compliance.
• Managed large project to comply to a company-wide I-9 audit.

Civil Rights Investigator
Oregon Bureau Of Labor and Industries
8/2009 – 8/2012

• Investigated complaints of employment discrimination.
• Wrote findings requiring a high degree of legal sophistication to be used in administrative hearings.
• Wrote Oregon Administrative Rules.