nicole fitzgerald

* At the Ohana Foundation I managed a national trade show program for 10 major events * created marketing and public relations strategies and product positioning * and managed production and distribution for all marketing and sales materials for a technology-based education non-profit.

At Western I created new client-specific and board reporting procedures for our U.S. mutual funds, and implemented them to all Western offices globally. I also handled issues related to Sarbanes-Oxley submissions, the Investment Advisers Act, best execution, portfolio compliance, mutual fund compliance and today’s regulatory environment.

Prior to Citigroup Asset Management’s acquisition by Legg Mason (the parent company of Western Asset Management), I managed a team of three compliance officers in our portfolio guideline compliance group. We monitored compliance with client-driven guidelines for proprietary mutual funds, subadvised mutual funds, and institutional and private clients on both the equity and fixed income sides of the business.

Share Our Strength, in conjunction with its partners Weight Watchers and Scripps Networks, is donating self-contained edible gardens at schools and youth programs in low-income communities. Each garden creates a tangible extension of Share Our Strength's mission to "surround kids with nutritious food where they live, learn and play" and provides grantees with a dynamic nutrition teaching tool. I work to site the gardens, coordinate with Share Our Strength's corporate partners to build, promote and maintain the gardens, create and update curricula, and identify ongoing evaluations for the program as a whole.

As an animal behavior and communication specialist, my mission is to help people and their animal companions deepen their connection by fostering clear communication and understanding of each others' feelings, desires, and goals.

Share Our Strength has teamed up with the Partnership for a Healthier America to help in the distribution of free, high-end cooking kits to schools and nonprofits who are facilitating chef engagement in schools. Launched by First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, Chefs Move to Schools encourages chefs to pair up with local schools to mobilize and excite a new generation of healthy eaters. By adopting a school, a chef will work with school food professionals, teachers, parents and students to help educate kids about food and nutrition, and help them to make healthy choices. For more information, please visit www.strength.org/chefsmove