Please Extend a Warm Brookwood Welcome to Jana Mullins  

 

October 1, 2013 was her first “official” day as our new full-time Advancement and Community Relations Coordinator…but some of you may have already had the pleasure of meeting her.   Over the last couple of months, Jana has been volunteering around the campus, getting to know more about our mission.

She comes to us after many years serving as Program Officer at Rockwell Fund, a Houston-based philanthropy that has been supporting Brookwood for some time.  In that position, Jana first became acquainted with our citizens and has felt drawn to help them since her first visit here 15 years ago. 

As Vivian has shared with some departments already, Jana will be working with my supervision and joins our Office of Advancement (this is a new term we are using to describe a broader scope of work of the Development Department).   

Her first major assignment will be to help us launch our next multi-year capital campaign which includes building a new enterprise/education facility (to accommodate our growing citizen workforce and providing better training venues for staff and Outreach visitors), two residential groups homes, improvements to the campus infrastructure, developing additional resources for staff development, growing our endowment funds, and expanding our Outreach to serve more adults with special needs.  To help us meet potential donors to the capital campaign, Jana will be introducing Brookwood’s mission to many of her personal and professional friends in the greater Houston philanthropic community and beyond.   

Jana will also be helping on several other fronts:

• With Yvonne and Vivian, she will be coordinating the development of a book about Brookwood with Bright Sky Press---a publication date has been set for late spring/early summer 2014;
• She will assist in the further development and operations of growing Outreach program, serving as a liaison for organizations seeking information about the Brookwood model and/or programs;
• Since she is gifted in helping people make connections, Jana will also be available to assist new families with citizens joining Brookwood (aka Citizen Family Liaison), helping them learn about the various resources and opportunities provided by our mission;
• We also want to grow our multi-faceted volunteer program, so we have asked her to conduct a brief needs-assessment with our departments and research how other successful non-profits engage volunteers.

Again, please join our Office of Advancement (Travis Duncan, Heather Hartt, Donna White and me) in welcoming Jana Mullins on board!

(...Posted by Joe Mazzu, Director of Development at Brookwood)