High-energy fundraising professional with experience in management, phon-a-thon, individual giving and donor relations within both high education as well as arts non profits.
Core Qualifications
Creative donor stewardship
Strategic annual planning
Project management
Staff training
Staff Motivation
Work-flow Planning
Communication skills
Calm under pressure
Professional Experience
2015 to Current
Donor Relations OfficerDartmouth College – Hanover, NH,
Creates inspiring
acknowledgement letters and personalized thank you letters.
Creates and implement a
comprehensive donor outreach and recognition program for a capital campaign.
Develops and managed the
implementation of individualized strategies and plans for top donors and
prospects.
Works with front-line development staff to
identify and facilitate meaningful opportunities for donor engagement and stewardship.
Creates an annual plan for donor stewardship pieces
Creates new ways to engage and thank donors including video messages, video series, postcards, memory books, holiday cards, and more.
Managed a portfolio of major gift donors
for solicitation and
relationship managing.
Implemented and Planned new Donor Stewardship Events.
04/2014 to 2015
Program Center ManagerCapita Plc. – Berlin, NH,
Maintained positive relationships with clients, subordinates and senior management
Met fundraising goals and expectations of partner institution and Clients
Created strategies & tracking progress and statistical trending in order to raise near 2 million dollars
Increased total dollars by $115k by the first quarter
Recruiting/Interviewing/Training 130 part time staff members
04/2014 to 2015
TrainerRuffaloCODY – City, STATE,
Trained newly hired professional managers to be placed at their own site
Enhanced and taught fundraising strategy and strategic decision making
Taught and created situations to practice basic professional skills
Created homework assignments for new managers to strengthen their progression as a professional
2013 to 04/2014
Program Center ManagerRuffaloCODY – City, STATE,
Managed, plan, and organize the telephone fundraising efforts and financial goal achievement for the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Recruited, hired, and trained all fundraisiers within the program's pre-negotiated time constraints
Created a strong team and prepared a plan covering 12 month period and projecting 15% growth
Directed strategic initiatives to achieve pledge, dollar, and fulfillment goals
Maintained a staff of 30+ employees by using a continuous recruitment strategy while overseeing all employee payroll, bonus structures, and motivational incentives
Act as the liaises between internal and external client management teams to ensure client satisfaction
10/2009 to 11/2012
Lead Supervisor/ Fundraiser University Of Idaho – City, STATE,
Contacted alumnae and parents of the University of Idaho in order to secure private support
Personally secured over 534K dollars in donations in a two year period
Supervised and coached a student staff of 60 to increase quality
Designed motivational activities to engage and motivate staff
Was a part of a million dollar a year team two years in a row which had never been accomplished before at this institution
Education
Expected in 2012
Bachelor of Science: Psychology University Of Idaho - Moscow, Id GPA:
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