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Skills

  • Relationship development
  • Emotional intelligence in donor relations
  • Alumni engagement strategies
  • Budgets
  • Team Leadership
  • Business operations
  • Annual fundraising campaign leadership
  • Conflict resolution within teams
  • Digital fundraising campaigns
  • Category equipment

Work Experiences

  • Worked with the communications team to create promotional materials to aid fundraising efforts.
  • Accomplished this within 2023.
  • Looked for and found potential donors, as well as gauging their level of comfort with different donation amounts.
  • Carried out benchmarking analyses against peer institutions to refine annual giving tactics, achieving a 27% more effective ROI than previous campaigns.
  • Represented initiative with professionalism in each location visited.
  • Built beneficial relationships with stakeholders and donors and handled all correspondence.
  • Achieved results over 12 years.
  • Created an integrated marketing campaign.
  • Appealed to different donor segments.
  • Collaborated closely with the finance department to ensure seamless financial reporting and donor transparency across all annual giving activities.

Summaries

  • On the spur of the moment, spontaneous public speaker in a variety of settings.
  • Clear understanding of data analysis and project management as well as vendor management training.
  • Director of Annual Giving with 14 years of successful process improvement and cross-functional collaboration experience.
  • Within Miscellaneous, senior Director of Annual Giving and outstanding performer in budget management and risk assessment.
  • Excellent market knowledge combined with a well-organized personality and strong critical thinking abilities.
  • Director of Annual Giving is a multi-talented Director of Annual Giving who is consistently rewarded for planning and operational improvements.
  • Accomplished Director of Annual Giving.
  • Proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as a thorough understanding of the program business.
  • Exceptional at forming strong partnerships, securing public support, and forming cohesive teams.
  • Costs were consistently reduced while profits were increased.

Accomplishments

  • Initiated a donor segmentation strategy that improved targeting and increased small gift donations by 64%.
  • Successfully upgraded vendor relationships, negotiating contract terms that saved 27% on event costs.
  • Led cross-departmental donor relations strategy meetings, generating 25% increase in new gift commitments.
  • Collaborated with corporate sponsors and foundations to secure $11 in major gifts, achieving a 38% increase in large-donor contributions.
  • Facilitated board engagement and major gift solicitations, securing $11 to fund new initiatives.
  • Executed targeted email campaigns leading to 44% donor engagement improvement and $2 in immediate contributions.
  • Analyzed online giving trends and optimized website donation process, resulting in a 77% increase in online donations.
  • Developed a personalized stewardship plan for major donors, increasing contributions by 7 annually.
  • Managed 3-person volunteer team, increasing event participation and raising an additional $4 through community fundraising.
  • Increased annual fund revenue by 42% over 15 years by enhancing donor engagement through personalized stewardship and outreach efforts.

Affiliations

  • Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP)
  • Chair - Regional Annual Giving Collaborative Boston
  • Rotary International
  • Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN)
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • Association for Supply Chain Management (APICS)
  • Planned Giving Council - Regional Chapter Raleigh
  • Charitable Giving Coalition - Advocacy Committee
  • Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) - Member since 2018
  • Project Management Institute

Certifications

  • Grant Writing Certification - Meridian
  • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
  • Certification in Conflict Resolution and Team Building Harbor & Co.
  • Major Gift Officer Development Certification standard
  • Fundraising Stewardship Specialist Certificate Vantage
  • ServSafe
  • Auctioneer Certificate Colorado
  • Nonprofit Event Management Certification Summit Group
  • Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE)
  • Planned Giving Fundamentals Course Certification procedure

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