Cassandra fell in love with the nonprofit world during her senior year in college, when she volunteered for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington. In 2006, she was offered a full-time position as the Events Coordinator and spent the next three years developing her role in event planning and fundraising.

In 2009, she was offered the position of Events Manager for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis and, in 2011, she accepted the position as Assistant Director of Events at the University of Chicago.

Currently, Cassandra is the Director of Development for Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay, where she oversees Marketing & PR efforts, Crisis Communications, Board Development, Strategic & Corporate Partnerships, and Fundraising Events.

Awards & Service Include:

2013 MAC (Marketing & Communications) Award

2012 MAC (Marketing & Communications) Award

2015 NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR FINALIST
Tampa Bay Business Journal Nonprofit of the Year Awards

2012 NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR FINALIST
Tampa Bay Business Journal Nonprofit of the Year Awards

2013 USA AMBASSADOR PAGEANT JUDGE
Innisbrook Golf & Resort

2013 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, ST. PETERSURG, FL

Cassandra earned her B.A. in Communications and Graphic Design at Howard University. She resides in South Tampa with her 3-year-old Pitbull, Cali.