Resume

Emily Mathis Corona

emilymathiscorona [at] gmail [dot] com

EXPERIENCE

New York University (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development) | May 2024 – present

Director of Development

• Lead school fundraiser for major individual gifts ($100k+), secure $1-5m and 100+ visits annual goal toward total school goal $15m+; focus on NYC-area Steinhardt School alumni, planned giving, Parents Executive Council 
• Prepare dean, faculty, and university leadership toward donor cultivation and proposal solicitation; arrange campus visits, donor presence at university events
• Steinhardt School liaison for annual giving and regional major gifts team, including donor identification and qualification, and prepare cultivation materials; NYU One Day Steinhardt liaison

Staten Island Museum | Feb 2023 – April 2024

Director of Advancement

• Identify, cultivate, solicit, and conduct stewardship of gifts from $5,000 to 7-figures, incl. individual giving campaigns, annual appeal, institutional fundraising incl. city advocacy and federal grants, and capital campaign for new STEAM education center
• Worked with board and senior leadership in execution of five-year strategic plan and surpassing growth targets, raising $2m in FY23 (exceeding goal by 3%) and securing national media coverage incl. WNYC and New York Times coverage 
• Produce annual gala, fall benefits, and coordinate with museum curators for fundraising efforts at each public program incl. exhibition openings, summer nights, and more
• Supervise team of Communications Manager, Development Associate, and Membership Manager, incl. professional development, evaluations, goal-setting, feedback.

Ballet Hispánico | May 2021 – Feb 2023

Assistant Director of Institutional Relations

• Manage foundation, corporate, govt portfolio over $3M incl. tracking, identifying, soliciting, and securing 5-, 6-, and 7-figure gifts; Implement creative leadership and strategy in partnership cultivation, resulting in growth over 14% of goal in Yr1 ($500k+)
• Steer institutional research and vision/planning initiatives; stewardship of partner relations incl. interdepartmental coordination, reporting, and data collection/analysis
• Secure sponsorships for major events/initiatives incl. 50th Anniversary campaign, annual gala, NYC Season; represent BH at donor meetings, board briefings, govt hearings, etc.

New York University (Center for Data Science) | Apr 2016 – May 2021

• Head of Communications (Sep 2019 – May 2021): Promoted to supervise social media, website incl. accessibility, press, and blog; supervised staff of 3; Developed recruitment and fundraising strategies for corporate partners; Overhauled blog and social presence incl. doubling of CDS Twitter following (at time of departure, largest departmental social platform at NYU with 16,000 follows)
• Director of Administration (Mar 2019 – Sep 2019): Promoted to interim role; Supervised CDS staff, dept. budget, and HR; Managed space overhaul, faculty hiring
• Program Manager (Apr 2016 – May 2021): Moore-Sloan Data Science Environments $13M project: Budgeting, reporting, hiring, board relations; Events management (300+ at annual summit); Launched 2018 DS3 sustainability effort with NYU executive leadership

Oxford University Press | Dec 2014 – Apr 2016

Editorial Assistant

• Assistant for Higher Education Economics, Business, and Finance division: Preparation of textbook/market manuscripts for production incl. securing permissions for reproduction, photographic research for interior/cover art, and converting manuscripts for design
• Drafted legal contracts and amendments for authors, prepared all payments; Maintained author and publication records; Organized submissions, reviews, ancillary packages, and online pedagogical resources
• Produced sales reports; Arranged academic reviews of manuscripts from proposal to confirming stages

The Dallas Observer | Jun 2014 – Dec 2014

Writing Fellow

• Six-month fellowship with Village Voice Media Group publication: Daily news reporting for online and print blog “Unfair Park,” Dallas-centric issues
• Beats included education, immigration, culture, politics; Coverage: Unaccompanied immigrant children surge, Book banning (reporting referenced by the LA Times), Ebola outbreak (interviewed by WNYC’s “On the Media”)

BOARD LEADERSHIP

Born Dancing, Inc. | Dec 2018 – June 2023

Board Member, Secretary (Development, Marketing)

Women in Development, New York | Jan 2022 – Feb 2023

Young Professionals Task Force

PUBLICATIONS (SEL.)

The Village Voice

NPR News (regional)

The Texas Observer

TEACHING & ACADEMIC SERVICE

Mayday Space | Fall 2021, Spring 2022

Instructor & Course Creator: “Worker Artists: A quick-guide crash course, practical know-how to working in the arts”

NYU Wagner School of Public Service | Summer 2020

Course Grader: “Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations”

EDUCATION

New York University | Aug 2017 – May 2020

M.A. Performing Arts Administration

• Master’s thesis: “Present Tense: A case study on the Princeton and Slavery Plays and the legacy of racial injustice in the American university”
• Completed degree PT with 3.85 GPA while receiving multiple promotions in full-time position with NYU Center for Data Science

The University of Texas at Austin | Aug 2010 – May 2014

B.A. Music & B.A. English, with honors; French minor

• English Honors Program senior thesis: “Smells Like Teen Spirituality: Hipster Christianity and the Metaphorical Mustard Seed in Sufjan Stevens’ Seven Swans”
• Music emphasis in musicology and classical voice

VOLUNTEER & ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Tech Skills: Statistical analysis (SPSS), WordPress, SEO, Social platforms, CRM, Adobe, Canva, Standard processing & database systems

Professional Memberships: Women in Development, Association of Performing Arts Professionals, Americans for the Arts

Other Skills: Copy/editing, Public speaking, Survey design, Blogging, Grant writing, Press relations, Customer service, Classical musician

Research Interests: Arts/Culture and Public Policy, Cultural Diplomacy, American music history

Volunteer Activities: NYC Board of Elections (poll worker), NY Road Runners (marathoner)

Languages: French (intermediate), Spanish (basic)