Adrienne Wright Email & Phone Number

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Led a three-person donor relations team to retain and expand Muhlenberg’s donor base• Streamlined and amplified communications for donors with endowed funds• Wrote communications materials including correspondence, gift acknowledgements and giving reports from Muhlenberg's President to donors and prospects• Produced an annual Philanthropy Report publication• Planned and executed donor recognition events, including the annual scholarship luncheon and Lifetime Giving Society dinner• Collaborated with gift officers to create opportunities for top-donor engagement

Allentown, Pennsylvania

• Managed comprehensive donor relations program to retain and expand United Way’s individual and corporate donor base• Wrote communications materials including correspondence, gift acknowledgements and giving reports from United Way's CEO to donors and prospects• Planned and executed donor recognition events• Wrote remarks and talking points for the CEO and campaign leadership, including C-suite executives at area corporations• Created and maintained a communications calendar for different donor segments• Created and maintained systems to ensure donors' gifts impacted the community in the way they intended• Produced marketing pieces for donors and prospects• Collaborated with gift officers and leadership to devise individualized stewardship plans for top donors based on giving capacity and philanthropic interests• Presented on successful stewardship and engagement strategies at United Way Worldwide Center of Excellence workshop

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Managed comprehensive donor relations program to ensure continued generosity from Phoebe donors• Wrote correspondence from the President to Phoebe donors• Planned and executed donor recognition events• Wrote presidential remarks and briefings for donor recognition events and donor visits• Created submissions for regional and clinical awards• Managed Phoebe giving societies for annual ($1,000+) and planned giving donors• Ran an employee giving campaign, raising $75,000 from Phoebe staff• Created marketing pieces on funding priorities, researched prospects to evaluate capacity and likelihood of giving• Built relationships with donors to relay the tangible impact of their generosity• Managed physical recognition of donors throughout Phoebe's four campuses• Researched prospects and managed DonorSearch wealth screening to identify new funding sources.

• Developed and implemented communications & PR strategies based on clients’ business objectives• Wrote regular articles for Lehigh University and The Bethlehem Press• Clients included Toyota Financial Services, Lehigh University's College of Business & Economics, Lehigh University's College of Engineering, the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, Jaclyn Landon & Associates, the JCC of the Lehigh Valley, and Technotects, Inc.

Bethlehem, Pa

• Managed comprehensive donor relations program to ensure continued generosity from donors during the University’s successful $500 million Shine Forever campaign• Wrote communications materials including correspondence and gift acknowledgements from Lehigh’s President to donors and alumni• Planned and executed donor recognition events• Wrote remarks and talking points for the President• Created annual stewardship reports for key donors• Wrote and designed marketing pieces on university funding priorities• Managed all endowed fund stewardship, including scholarships• Created proposals on university initiatives• Managed physical recognition of donors throughout campus• Worked with gift officers to devise and implement individualized stewardship plans for top donors based on giving capacity and philanthropic interests• Developed and implemented new programs to keep donors engaged with the university• Supervised an assistant director

Hamilton, Nj

• Managed all administrative functions of nuclear plant construction project• Created internal communications• Wrote and edited project correspondence to clients and vendors• Created monthly reports to clients• Managed project invoice process• Developed client slide decks

Chambersburg, Pa

• Interned in the newsroom of the Gannett-owned daily newspaper• Wrote news articles and feature stories• Pitched stories to news editor

B.A., Communication/Journalism & Political Science

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude • News Editor - The Slate (student-run newspaper) • Writing Director - Ship Partners (student-run public.

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