Tamy Cohen Jacobs
Versatile Nonprofit Leader
Summary
I am a versatile non-profit team leader who excels as both the forward face of a mission-driven organization and director of operations and logistics.
I have a Master’s degree in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago and more than 20 years of experience, including a strong background in Jewish communal services, fundraising and early childhood development.
Frequently recognized as an outstanding communicator, I have deep expertise in community outreach / relationship building and recruiting / training both full-time and volunteer staff as well as non-profit board development.
I am a savvy negotiator skilled in conflict resolution and crisis management able to navigate the unexpected with tact, flexibility and diplomacy. I continually strive to bring a high level of professionalism and creative problem solving to my work.
Key skills include:
• Community relationship building
• Fundraising
• Program creation
• Project management and event supervision
• Strategic planning
• Budget management
• Board development
• Relationship based supervisor for over 15 years
Experience
Independent Consultant
TCJ Consulting / Chicago, IL
Independent consulting services supporting executives of both non-profit and for-profit organizations, facilitating growth to their potential. Provide organizational strategic planning and development services, including event planning and coordination, overseeing increase in enrollment programs, building social media presence and providing program assessment and evaluation.
• Representative clients include:
o Faith based programs
o Early childhood programs
o Holistic health and wellness company
o Therapy office for autism spectrum, Asperger’s Syndrome, ADD and anxiety
o Interfaith non-profit working with school-age children
o Gluten-free baking mix company
Deputy Director of Institutional Advancement
Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal
International Jewish Renewal movement, based on visionary life's work of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.
Served as senior staff and second in command, ensuring advancement of organization’s mission by translating vision into concrete programs and initiatives. Participated in high-level strategic planning efforts and projects. Recruited talent for new projects and programs. Cultivated donors and managed major fundraising activities, including direct solicitations, grants and foundations.
• Led implementation of strategic business plan that increased contributed revenue by over 50% in 2016.
• Coordinated with executive director to implement organizational budget, manage program teams and lead major-event logistics.
• Implemented new marketing strategies to enhance organizational visibility and expand target demographics.
• Initiated outreach to energize, activate and engage existing and potential affiliated communities throughout North America.
• Partnered on strategy for messaging to various stakeholder groups, including key lay leadership.
Fellow and Post Graduate on Sabbatical
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies / Jerusalem, Israel
Non-denominational Yeshiva, Jewish learning community, based in Jerusalem. Serving as Fellow in Second Year Scholar Program as well as the Conflict Resolution Fellow. Engaging in a full-time course load combining classic Jewish text study with the exploration of ethical, spiritual, philosophical, legal and societal issues facing the Jewish people today.
• Mentoring students mostly between twenty and thirty years old, around life challenges, career and interviewing skills
• Community building, including coordinating dinners, online activities
• facilitating conflict resolution/constructive conflict practices to the student body and community
• Holding Listening Circles for students, staff, and faculty
• Leader and mentor for Alternative Prayer Services and Women's Healing Circles.
Education
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
MA
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