NICOLE REGALADO

Phone: 415.812.5657 | E-mail: nicole.regalado@gmail.com | website: www.nicoletregalado.weebly.com | Twitter: nicole_regalado

I WORK
Network Relations Manager Women s Funding Network, 2010 present y Event Management: Designed program content, cultivated event sponsors and coordinated the logistics for regional, national and international conferences focused on a range of issues including increasing women s philanthropy, gender lens grantmaking and economic security for women and girls. y Marketing and Communications: Led a communications taskforce that managed marketing and communications for Women s Funding Network s annual global conference that attracts over 450 women activists. y Leadership Cultivation: Managed and mentored a diverse, high performance Network Relations team. y Website and Database Administration: Updated content, managed vendor relationships and provided technical support for Women s Funding Network s primary website and Making the Case , a social change evaluation framework and online tool tailored for women s foundations and their grantees. y Social Media: Developed an evergreen social media plan for Women s Funding Network that quadrupled followers and supporters in one year. y Consensus Building: Led consensus building conversations with diverse, multi-national women leaders that moved forward agendas to increase women s philanthropy, create collective impact reports and plan regional, national and international conferences. y Corporate and Foundation Relations: Launched a national partnership with EILEEN FISHER Inc. that raised over $214,000 for women s leadership programs in 19 states and resulted in over 45 ad placements in major publications. Program Associate Women s Funding Network, 2008 2010 y Online Fundraising: Designed grantee profiles for a national test study of online donor behavior in partnership with Global Giving that resulted in over $35,000 raised for women s health and leadership programs in California. y Project Management: Led the application process and coordinated the travel logistics for international conference stipend recipients from 15 different countries. y Event Planning: Worked with an inter-departmental team to manage the logistics and program content planning for regional, national and international conferences. Human Resources Manager French Connection Inc., 2005-2008 y Talent Management: Managed the recruiting, hiring and retention of employees for the Los Angeles, CA district, including one flag ship store with annual revenue of over $5 million and over 25 employees. y Productivity Incentives: Created commission based and noncommission based incentive programs for cashiers and sales associates to boost sales and store rank. y Trainings: Facilitated group trainings on customer service and sexual harassment. Operations Manager French Connection Inc., 2004-2005 y Policy Compliance: Ensured that all store operations aligned with company policy and procedures for the flag ship store in Santa Monica, CA. y Client Relations: Worked closely with stylists on studio pulls for commercials and films. Managed all studio pull inventory records. y Audits: Led quarterly and annual inventory audits. y Trainings: Facilitated trainings on store policy and procedures.

I LEAD
2011 Advisory Committee Member, Annual Funder Affinity Group Conference and Funder Affinity Group Cohort, The Council on Foundations 2010-2011 American Express Fellow, Building the Next Generation of Women Leaders in the Non-Profit Sector, a cohort of The National Council of Research on Women 2011 Speaker, Mapping our Global Connections Women s Funding Network Annual Conference, Brooklyn NY 2011 Speaker, The Great Debate: Do women s funds fully embrace the core social justice values of diversity, equality, justice and partnership? Women s Funding Network Annual Conference, Brooklyn NY 2010 Presenter, The Current Landscape: Women s Funds Advocacy Activities Mid-West Regional Convening, Kansas City, MO and 2010 Southern Regional Convening, Jackson, MI

I DO
Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Design Suite, HTML/CSS, Drupal CMS, Raiser s Edge , Salsa Labs, Graphic Design and some Web Design

I STUDY
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, University of San Francisco y Emphasis, Globalization and Development y Cum Laude, Dean s List, Alpha Kappa Delta: International Sociology Honors Society y Philippine Studies Minor Course Completion, the School for International Training (S.I.T.), Himalayan Buddhist Art and Architecture, New Delhi, India y Award: Most Developed Independent Studies Project Graduate, Crossroads Anti-Racism Training Graduate, Technology of Participation (TOP) Training Course Completion, Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) y InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, HTML/CSS, Search Engine Optimization

References furnished upon request.