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Gayle Brennan Spencer
Open to New
Opportunities
Since
February 2007, have freelanced projects for:
Artist Foundation of San Antonio;
AVANCE;
EmployeeWellnessUSA;
Excelencia in Education;
King William Association;
San Antonio Children's Museum;
San Antonio
Conservation Society;
San Antonio Opera;
San Antonio Public Library Foundation;
San Antonio River Authority;
San Antonio Woman; and
Sellmark.
SEPTEMBER
2004-FEBRUARY 2007
San Antonio River
Foundation
Executive Director
Joined a year-old nonprofit organization, which in its current fiscal year
has secured more than $10 million in pledges and grants. Developed giving
program; prepared grants; handled media relations; edited and designed
newsletters, annual report and website; edited PowerPoint presentations;
created and managed special events; designed invitations; represented the
River Foundation in public meetings; coordinated with public partners in
the San Antonio River Improvements Project; provided input for Public Art
Master Plan; and worked with board of directors.
1993-august
2004
Self-Employed
Writer/Public Relations Specialist
Primary
Clients since 1999:
San Antonio Public
Library Foundation,
prepare grant reports; design and write Annual Reports; develop grassroots
fundraising materials; submitted successful grants to foundations including
The Brown Foundation, Houston Endowment, Inc., Kronkosky Charitable
Foundation, Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts and the Semmes Foundation
Sellmark,
work on media relations, newsletters and/or fundraising materials for such
non-profit clients as the Army Historical Foundation, French Legation, Harry
Ransom Humanities Research Center, San Antonio Botanical Society and the San
Jacinto Museum of History Association
Conference
Coordinator, Excelencia en Educación: The Role of Parents in the
Education
of Their Children
for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for
Hispanic Americans, developed conference format and materials in San
Antonio and then helped stage conferences in an additional four cities
throughout the country with funding from AT&T, The Ford Foundation, IBM,
State Farm Insurance Company and six federal agencies, 1998-1999
Conference
Coordinator, Opening Doors in the Barrio: Forging New Partnerships,
for
AVANCE
with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Ford Foundation and the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 1998
Marketing and Media
Columnist,
San Antonio
Business Journal,
1993-1997
Feature Writer,
San
Antonio Menu Book,
1997-2001
Writer, Annual
Special Section on San Antonio for
Texas Monthly,
1996-1999
Feature Writer,
San
Antonio Visitors Guide,
1999-2001
Consultant/writer
for diverse clients, including the Alamo Plaza Association,
Assumption
Seminary,
AVANCE, Cox and Smith, Inc., EG&G Management Services, H-E-B,
Houston Chronicle, Kangaroo Court Restaurants of Texas, Martinez &
Associates, The Mountain Institute, National Council for Community
and Education Partnerships, National Underwater and Marine Agency,
Paseo del Rio Association, Republic of Texas Restaurant, San
Antonio Coalition of Neighborhoods, San Antonio Conservation Society,
San Antonio Express-News and Urban Libraries Council
1986-1993 Executive Director, Paseo del Rio Association,
San Antonio,
Texas; Editor,
Reflexiones del Rio (now Rio);
Editor, Savory
Memories of San Antonio (cookbook).
The Paseo del Rio
Association is a membership-based, non-profit organization with an annual
budget exceeding $500,000 and hundreds
of volunteers who help stage approximately ten special events each year.
Transformed the annual Holiday River Lighting and Holiday River Parade from
financial liabilities into the association’s largest generators of revenue;
and created new events, including the annual Pachanga del Rio and the Mud
Festival.
1982-1986 Owner, Spencer Public Relations & Advertising,
San Antonio,
Texas
1981-1982 Partner, Metro Consultants, Inc.,
San Antonio, Texas
1977-1981 Assistant to the Executive Director, Paseo del Rio
Association,
San Antonio, Texas
1975-1976 Assistant Advertising Manager,
Lexington
News-Gazette,
Lexington,
Virginia
Education
1975 B.A., International Relations, Hollins College,
Virginia; Studies
included one semester in Paris, France, and another at the United Nations
through Drew University, New Jersey
1971 Norfolk Academy,
Virginia
Civic Activities
Current Member
of Blue Star, Friends of the McNay, Gemini Ink, The History Club,
San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas Public Radio and
Witte Museum
Past Director,
AVANCE, Inc.; Director, AVANCE – San Antonio; Commissioner,
Fiesta San Antonio Commission; Vice President, Monte Vista Historical
Association; Aide, El Rey Feo; Vice President, San Antonio
Chapter of Women in Communications, Inc.; Director, San Antonio
Children’s Center; President, San Antonio Children’s Museum;
Director, San Antonio Conservation Society;
Editor,
San Antonio Conservation Society News;
Director,
San
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