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Summary

Results-driven development professional with 10+ years of experience across higher education, public media, and community arts organizations with strengths in relationship building, mission advocacy, and program management.

Skills
  • HigherEducation: Development, Admissions, Financial Aid, Curriculum, & Instruction
  • Software: Advance, Raiser's Edge, Banner SIS, PG-Calc, Salesforce, Argos, Blackboard
  • Training: Plus Delta Partners
  • Writing: Press releases, grant proposals, endowment agreements, prospect strategy memos, honorary degree citations
  • Other: Fundraising, Public Speaking, Broadcast, Radio, Television
Experience
Development Officer
June 2017 to CurrentFranklin & Marshall College － Lancaster, PA
  • Manage a portfolio of 150+ parent and alumni major gift prospects and donors rated $100K-10M+.
  • Solicit funds for endowed, capital, and annual priorities in support of a current $200M comprehensive campaign with a primary focus on endowed financial aid as it relates to a talent strategy committed to the recruitment of high-achieving, low-income students. Gifts of note include a study abroad "covenant" endowment ($275K), multiple endowed scholarships ($100K+), current-use annual fund scholarships ($50K+), gifts of fine art to college museum, and leadership annual gifts ($1787+) including Day of Giving challenge funds.
  • Solicit estate gifts including art, charitable gift annuities, bequests, privately held securities, etc.
  • Staff the college President and Vice President of Advancement and draft strategy memos before interaction with top prospects.
  • Recruit alumni and parents for leadership groups such as Leadership Council, Parent Council, and Board of Trustees.
  • Facilitate thoughtful discussions with alumni and parents on endowment performance, fraternity de-recognition, grade deflation, diversity & inclusion, college rankings, student conduct issues, etc.
Major Gifts Officer
August 2014 to June 2017York College of Pennsylvania － York, PA
  • Oversaw a portfolio of 120 prospects rated $25K-$100K by managing NY/NJ/CT territories with a focus on growing support and engagement from tri-state area alumni.
  • Raised multiple six-figure commitments for the first comprehensive campaign in College history. This included a post-baccalaureate arts fellowship, a new public policy institute, endowed and annual scholarships, and match gifts for the Day of Giving.
  • Managed the fundraising effort for a college access program aimed at recruiting low-income students from a local Title 1 high school. This included work with the Pennsylvania Department of Economic and Community Development (DCED) to recognize the scholarship program as worthy of tax-credit funding and the management of a key alumnus of the program resulting in major annual support backstopped by a $1M+ bequest.
  • As ex-oficio council member, advised the Dean of Graham School of Business on his recruitment of 15 members for the Dean's Advisory Council.
  • Partnered with the President's office on projects such as the honorary degree process and trustee-funded annual lectureships.
  • Designed and delivered the curriculum for an undergraduate course in the Dept. of Political Science titled Philanthropy, Nonprofits, and Social Impact. This led the Fall 2015 students in granting $5,000 to the local community.
Major Gifts Officer
June 2010 to January 2013WITF Public Radio and Television － Harrisburg, PA
  • Managed portfolio of 100+ major donors and solicited gifts for both annual and endowed support in the quiet phase of WITF's 50th Anniversary Campaign.
  • Managed the annual donor recognition event, led the trustee campaign event committee, and launched a trustee-led cultivation event program.
  • Hosted live radio and television fundraising pledge drives.
Assistant Director of Admissions
August 2008 to June 2010York College of Pennsylvania － York, PA
  • Managed statewide travel territory for Pennsylvania, set recruitment strategy, interviewed prospective students, and read and assessed student applications for admission.
  • Managed the Student Ambassador tour program and led the restructuring of the program in consultation with an outside firm.
  • Coordinated and managed large-scale recruitment events including open houses and accepted student days.
Education
Master of Public Administration : Nonprofit Management, 2014Seton Hall University － South Orange, NJ

Thesis: Changing Nonprofit Mission Statements - Examining the Nation's Top Liberal Arts Colleges

Graduate Research Assistant for the Dept. of Political Science & Public Affairs

Bachelor of Arts : Public Relations, 2008York College of Pennsylvania － York, PA

Minors: Theatre, Speech Communications, Religious Studies

Activities & Honors
  • York Fringe Festival 2017 - present (Development Chair)
  • Dreamwrights Center for Community Arts 2016 - present (Board Member)
  • Rotary International Singapore & Malaysia 2011 (Group Study Exchange Fellow)
  • York College Young Alumni Board 2010 (President)
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Franklin & Marshall College
  • York College of Pennsylvania
  • WITF Public Radio and Television

School Attended

  • Seton Hall University
  • York College of Pennsylvania

Job Titles Held:

  • Development Officer
  • Major Gifts Officer
  • Assistant Director of Admissions

Degrees

  • Master of Public Administration : Nonprofit Management , 2014
    Bachelor of Arts : Public Relations , 2008

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