Curriculum Vita SANDRA G. EHRLICH

Assistant Professor of Business Communication Department of Management and Marketing

College of Business and Public Policy

FORMAL EDUCATION June 2009 Webster University St. Louis, Missouri

D.Mgt., Doctorate in Management and Leadership

Dissertation: "Fund Development Assessment: A case study for nonprofit leadership and

practitioners to analyze internal and external resources to chart strategic direction for fund development"

May 1992 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois

M.S. in Journalism and Integrated Marketing Communications

May 1991 University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Missouri

B.S. in Journalism with an Advertising Emphasis

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 20 II-Current University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska

Assistant Professor:

CIS A280-Managerial Communications (2011-2014)

CIS A305-Managerial Presentations (2011-2013)

1989-2007 St. Louis Community College at Meramec St. Louis, Missouri

Adjunct Instructor:

Oral Communication; Introduction to Advertising; Introduction to Public Relations;

Small Group Communication; Introduction to Mass Communication

1988-1989 University of Kentucky School of Journalism Lexington, Kentucky

Adjunct Instructor:

Advertising Media Planning; Writing for the Mass Media

Eastern Kentucky University School of Business Richmond, Kentucky

Adjunct Instructor:

Marketing Principles

1987-1988 Berea College School of Business & Economics Berea, Kentucky

Adjunct Instructor:

Marketing Management

1988

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Flat Rock Communications May 2011-Present Talkeetna, Alaska Principal, Strategic Planning, Integrated Marketing & Fund Development Consulting Lead strategic planning, integrated marketing, and fund development consultant for national nonprofit social service clients.

Recent Projects: Magazine Editor, Bonnier Corporation New York, NY Book Editor, Sky horse Publishing New York, NY Let's Build Hope, LLC St. Louis, MO Major Gifts Feasibility Study Baltimore, MD Media Relations Planning & Implementation St. Louis, MO and Nashville, TN Strategic Plan Implementation Tampa, FL Fund Development Case for Support Camden, NY

Zielinski Companies St. Louis, Missouri December 2005-Apri12011 Director, Fund Development Services July 2004-December 2005 Strategic Planning Senior Consultant Strategic planning team leader responsible for organizational assessments, organizational behavior, organizational development, comprehensive mentoring, vision planning, board development, capital campaign support, major donor development, solicitation strategies and development department management for six national, nonprofit social service clients annually. Provided comprehensive mentoring and intensive staff training and education to create the annual plan, assist in vision planning, and ongoing oversight and consultation.

Secondary responsibilities included planning and implementing integrated marketing communications and media relations opportunities for the fund development department, including national articles, national audio conferences, workshops and roundtables. Raised between $40 and $60 million to maintain and sustain the mission and vision for more than 20 nonprofit organizations.

EMD Consulting Group St. Louis, Missouri February-June 2004 Integrated Marketing & Communications Consultant in Fund Development Contract marketing and media relations consultant for nonprofit organizations in management, strategic planning, and fundraising with the goal to move institutions to a higher level of organizational achievement and performance.

Worked in partnership with clients to develop practical, innovative, customized solutions to solve their marketing and public relations problems and meet their needs. Created news releases, fact sheets, backgrounders, media kits, media tours, and press conferences to increase awar,eness and to generate exposure for bi-state clients; ludevine Center for Autism and Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower.

Craft Alliance St. Louis, Missouri March 2003-February 2004 Director ofDevelopment Leadership team member responsible for designing, implementing, and managing an integrated marketing plan approach to fundraising to support organizational objectives and expand fundraising capacity for local non-profit visual arts and education organization with a $1.5 million annual operating budget. Formulated business strategies, tactics, action plans, and budgets to achieve departmental and organizational goals. Developed policies and procedures to increase organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Identified, cultivated and solicited major donors, corporations and foundations. Proven track record to establish and achieve development goals using consistent, growth-oriented and quantifiable measurements.

Arts & Education Council St. Louis, Missouri July 2001-February 2002 interim President 2000-2003 Director ofDevelopment Responsible for leading, prioritizing and focusing limited resources to maximize results to raise $2.1 million annually through individual, foundation, corporate, and workplace giving to distribute $1.1 in private grants for more than 80 community-based arts organizations across the 12-county, bi-state region. Created the messages and images for a compelling case for support for annual campaign appeals and materials. Secured annual corporate campaign gifts and special event underwriting. Managed major gift prospecting, cultivation & recognition events. Liaison to multiple boards of directors & committees, including: Executive, development, marketing, special events, nominating, sustaining funding, operating support, and project grants.

Flat Rock Communications St. Louis, Missouri VP, Client Services Formulated and implemented marketing and communications strategies, tactics, and plans from concept through campaign execution to increase awareness for Purina Mills, Winchester Nutrition dog food, Bio-Kingdom, Times Mirror Field & Stream Magazine, Norcross Footwear, Coca-Cola (regional), and Citgo.

Sally Huyck & Associates St. Louis, Missouri Media Strategy Consultant Negotiated, planned, and placed national and local media. Created proactive media contacts and maintained relationships with targeted media for Red Lobster, Nike, CompuServe, Ameren DE, Mercantile Bank, St. Louis Community College, and Goodwill Industries.

St. Louis Magazine St. Louis, Missouri Senior Account Executive Top sales producer for city magazine, selling an average of 10 pages per issue. Managed key accounts and contacted and sold local clients, and regional and national advertising agencies.

ConAgra, Banquet Frozen Foods St. Louis, Missouri Event Consultant Motivational meeting and event consultant for The LaSalle Group, advertising agency, for Banquet Frozen Foods national food brokers to increase frozen food sales through multi-media presentations and events for Winston Cup and NASCAR tour.

Jerrico, Inc., Long John Silver's Lexington, Kentucky Project Director Recruited by top management to lead in-house specialist team from various corporate departments to initiate and implement national public relations efforts for national rollout.

Grant/Jacoby Chicago, Illinois Senior Account Executive Managed an integrated communications program for $3M Beatrice Foods, Culligan account at $60M Michigan Avenue advertising agency.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2011- Present Organizational DevelopmentlFund Development Consultant Talkeetna, Alaska

• Skyhorse Publishing Tales of the Alaska State Troopers-Book Editor

• BOlmier Corporation: Outdoor Life; Shot Business, Field & Stream

Blog and Magazine Editor

• Let's Build Hope, LLC Strategic Planning Consultant

• Van Leuven Communications Media Relations Consultant

• Benedictine Sisters of Florida Strategic Plan Implementation

Mission, Core Values, and Vision Workshop with Leadership

• Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity Major Gifts Feasibility

Case for Support

• TouchPoint Autism Services Media Relations Plan and Execution

• Monks of New Skete Fund Development Case for Support

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS TBLC Team-Based Learning Collaborative 2014-Present ABC Association for Business Communication 2012-Present AMA American Management Association 2012-Present IA TS International Alliance of Teacher Scholars 2012-Present AMA American Marketing Association 20 II-Present CFRE Certified Fund Raising Executive 2007-Present NPGC National Planned Giving Council 2007-2011 AFP Association of Fundraising Professionals 2006-Present

Program Committee 2006-2011 Scholarship Committee 2002-2006

NAC Northwestern University Alumni Admissions Council 2001-2012 NCDC National Catholic Development Conference

National Conference Speaker 2006-2011 Professional Development Committee 2005-2011 Regional Workshop Presenter 2005-2010

WCN Women's Connection Network Scholarship Committee 2002-2004

NATIONAL HONORS & PROFESSIONAL A WARDS Presented the CBPP Teacher ofthe Year Award 2013-2014

Nominated for CBPP Teacher ofthe Year 2013-2014

2012-2013

2011-2012

Nominated for CBPP Advisor ofthe Year Award 2013-2014

CBPP Certificate ofAchievement: Innovative Partner in e-Learning 2013-2014

Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma 2012-2013

The International Honor Society Recognizing Business Excellence

CBPP All-Faculty Conference Poster Session Recognition 2012-2013

"CIS 280-Business Communications: Utilizing Innovative Software to Leverage BBA

Student Writing Success" National Catholic Development Conference September 2008

Lumen Award for Excellence in the Ministry of Fundraising

Lumen Award Direct Marketing: Prospecting Campaign Reviving Old Friends National Catholic Development Conference October 2006

Lumen A ward for Excellence in the Ministry of Fundraising-Best ofShow

Lumen A ward for Excellence in the Ministry of Fundraising-Best Major Donor Appeal

Catholic Press Association May 2006 "Attracting, Recruiting, & Orienting a Dynamic Development Advisory Board" Best Feature Article, Second Place

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (UAA) Team-Based Learning Faculty Community of Practice 20 14-Present

Business Enterprise Institute Business Module Development 2014-Present Sharpening Your Business Communication Skills

Refining Your Business Presentation Skills Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) Undergraduate Mentor 2013-Present

UAA Leadership Conference Student Workshop March 2014

Proposal Accepted: "Emotional Intelligence: The Other Kind of Smart"

Freshman Convocation Faculty Marshal 20 II-Present

Making Learning Visible Book Group Fall 2013

"Jumping Into Scholarly Teaching"

Alaska Humanities Forum Presentation November 2012

"Educator Cross-Cultural Immersion Program: Lavonne's Fish Camp"

CAFE Presentations "The Road to Resilience: October 2013

Enhancing Mental Toughness to Increase Student Success"

"Changing Lenses: November 2012

Building Cross-Cultural Cormections in the Classroom"

"Increasing Student Engagement in the Classroom: 5 Best Practices" September 2012

SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY (CBPP) Leadership Fellows Program Interviewer April 2014 CBPP College Knowledge Fair January 2014

CBPP All-Faculty Conference Poster Session Recognition May 2013 "CIS 280-Business Communications: UtiliZing Innovative Software to Leverage BBA Student Writing Success"

CBPP All-Faculty In-Service January 2013

Facilitated MissionlVision Session College of Business and Public Policy Committees

CBPP Undergraduate Program 2011-2013 CBPP Leadership Initiative Sub-Committee 2012-2014 Curriculum Development

BA 621-Change Leadership and Facilitation BA 622-Leading Performance and Coaching Leadership Fellows Program Fundraising Assistance

CBPP Mission Statement Sub-Committee 2012-2013

SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY (CBPP), cont.

CBPP Assessment Week Faculty Reviewer 2013-2014 2012-2013 2011-2012

CBPP Graduate Program 2011-2012 BA 697-Leadership Benchmarking Project for MBA Redesign BA 6S6-Management Project

CBPP AAS Program- Associate Arts in Science Program Committee 2011-2012 CBPP Awards Program 2011-2012

SBDC Alaska Small Business Development Center 2011-2012 Strategic Summit Communications Audit Fundraising Assistance

SERVICE TO THE COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CIS) DEPARTMENT AITP-Association of Information Technology Professionals April 2014

Evaluated and Provided Feedback on Student Competition Team Presentation

Student Team Won First Place-Presentation "Kicks for Kids" CIS 489-System Design, Development and Implementation 2011-2014

Student Presentation Overview and Review Conoco Phillips MIS Intern Presentations 2012-2013

Ranked Conoco Phillips Internship Candidates and Provided Narrative

CIS A30S/280 Course Coordinator 2013-Present

Supervised Grading Assistant Facilitated Weekly Team Faculty Meetings

CIS A30S/280 Workshop Series 2011-2013

SERVICE TO THE MANAGEMENT & MARKETING (M&M) DEPARTMENT Southwest Case Research Association (SWCRA) 2012-2013

Case & Instructor's Manual Reviewer "Hollister: A Subsidiary of Abercrombie and Fitch"

International Alliance of Teacher Scholars CIATS)-Proposal Reviewer 2012-2013

"Is There a Place for Mindfulness in Higher Education?"

Case Reviewer 2011-2012 "Hide and Skin: An Alaska Tannery Conundrum"

SERVICE TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION PROFESSION McGraw-Hill Textbook Reviewer 2013-2014

"Business Communication: Developing Leaders for a Networked World"

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY Board President, Friends of Talkeetna Library 20l2-Present

$5.6 million capital campaign

Lead solicitor

Major Gifts, Foundation Support, Legislative Advocacy

KTNA 88.9 20l2-Present On-Air Fall & Spring Fund Drives

Literate Nation-Alaska Coalition 2013-Present

Fact Sheet "Success Inside & Out" Program 20l3-Present

Mentor: Women Prisoners at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center

GCI Alaska Academic Decathlon Speech and Interview Competition February 2014

Judge: Speech Competition Anchorage Zen Community 2012-2013

Fundraising Assistance

Major Gifts

Year-end Appeal

PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT Conference Attendance

• International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL) Conference "Innovative Learning Scapes 2014"

May 31-June 2, 2014

• UAA Team-Based Learning Institute January 9-10, 2014

• UAA "Transforming the University: Alaska Native Studies in the 21 51 Century" April 5-6, 2013

• Lilly West Conference on College and University Teaching

"Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning" International Alliance of Teacher Scholars (IA TS)

March 14-16, 2013

• Educator Cross-Cultural Immersion Program (ECCI) July 22-29, 2012

• UAA 2012 Alaska Native Case Study Institute May 16-18,2012

• Lilly West Conference on College and University Teaching "Teaching for Brain-Based Learning" International Alliance of Teacher Scholars (IATS)

March 16-17,2012

UAA Professional Development

FERP A Online Training Course

Academic Integrity Online Training Couse UAA Program Prioritization Briefing

Skillport: UAA Safety-Employee Required Training

CBPP Professional Development CBPP Student Advising Center Overview

CBPP Information Session-File Process

CBPP Seminar Series

CBPP Agraphia Junior Faculty Writing Workshops

CBPP Retention, Promotion, & Tenure, Post-Tenure Review Process

CBPP Advising Tips & Resources

Management & Marketing Professional Development Team-Based Learning Community

Facilitation

Team-Based Learning Community Developing & Implementing a TBL Module

McGraw-Hill Business Communication Faculty Development

Webinar Series

Flipping Your Classroom to Create and Conduct a Group Report

Designing Successful Group Projects

McGraw-Hill Business Communication Focus Group

The Changing Face of Business Communication

CAFE Workshops Promotion & Tenure Workshop Creative Approaches to Student Presentations

Retention, Promotion & Tenure File Preparation How to Incorporate Your IDEA Results into Your

Faculty Evaluation Self Reviews Promotion & Tenure File Preparation Retention File Preparation Tools & Collaboration Faculty Advising & Degree Works

New Faculty Orientation Syllabus Building

Blackboard Training Understanding Saudi Students

20 II-Present

August 2014 October 2013

August 2011

March 2014

August 2013

2011-2012

Spring 2012 April 2012

March 2012

August 2014

May 2014

March 2014

April 2013

March 2014 February 2014

March 2013 Spring 2012-2013

March 2012 March 2012 February 2012 February 2012 August 2011 August 2011

August 2011 September 2011

CAFE Workshops, cont. Copyright-What's the Big Deal?

Dealing with Disruptive Students

Effectively Teaching UAA's Military & Veteran Students

Student Panel

CAFE 20-Minute Mentor Series

Cell Phones, Laptops and Facebook .. . What Can I Do About Them? How Do I Get Students To Read Their Assignments Before Class? How Do I Get More Students To Participate In Class? How Should I Respond To Wrong (or Not Very Good) Answers? How Do I Create A Climate For Learning In My Classroom? How Do I Discuss Academic Integrity During The First Class? How Can Document Sharing Tools Help Students Collaborate? How Can I Promote Deep, Lasting Student Learning? How Can I Create Engaging Threaded Discussion Questions? What Can I Legally Tell People Who Call Me About My Students? Document Sharing"

What Can I Legally Tell People About My Students

October 2011 November 2011

November 2011

2012-2013

February 2012

March 2012

Association of Fundraising Professionals-AFP Professional Development CFRE-Certified Fundraising Executive 2007-Present

Recertification February 2014

AFP Webinar Series July-December 2012