Alex Edwards, Mba, Cfre Email & Phone Number

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Leading new business efforts at TrueSense for national nonprofit organizations and food banks.TrueSense Marketing is still a family-owned donor marketing agency, rare in today’s fundraising environment. We have grown both our tech and talent by investing in it ourselves, not by acquisition, private equity, or as a holding of a large multinational media conglomerate. Because we have chosen to grow in this manner, we can pursue innovation, technologies, and subject matter expertise without obligation to outside interests or competing internal P&Ls. This means we never have to place your interests behind the needs of our business model. It also means we can drive innovation and data-driven fundraising solutions across all channels and execute tactics in every phase of your program, without ever leaving the TrueSense-controlled circle of data management, strategy, analysis, creation, production, and account service. We call this Full-Circle Fundraising. It’s a silo-free business model that holistically delivers the unique services appropriate to your specific needs. We built the Full-Circle fundraising model for one reason only: our clients — and their missions — do not exist in silos, so neither should we.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

A leader of growth initiatives at Moore with an emphasis on food banks, rescue missions, and Ronald McDonald House Charities. Focusing on new strategic partnerships, the growth of existing client relationships, & product development. Leader of Moore's partnerships with food banks.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Alex served as Vice President at RKD Group.As a member of the leadership team, Alex acted as a lead strategist for new business development efforts, fostering meaningful client relationships and collaborating on corporate strategy development.Alex developed integrated, multichannel direct response programs for national and regional organizations including food banks, rescue missions, service animal, animal welfare organizations, hospitals, and cancer centers. He worked alongside nonprofits to increase their market share, increase their cash flow and succeed in their missions.

Fighting hunger in America by helping food banks go from good to great. • Primary contact for 39 Feeding America member food banks in 5 states. Feeding America members are partners in the fight against hunger, and held accountable by the Feeding America Member Contract. Members are audited biennially in 26 elements of the contract including: fiscal responsibility, food safety, warehousing and distribution operations, fund development, regulatory responsibility, diversity & inclusion, reporting, and inventory control.• Viewed by the Feeding America network, and the national office, as an internal expert in building the capacity of member food banks by assisting the members in implementing best practices, establishing key performance metrics, conceptualizing and developing programs, facility improvements and expansions, and coaching member leadership.• The capacity to acquire funds and food, and warehouse and distribute food, of all 39 members in my 5 state sector increased considerably by using a collaborative/mentor approach when providing service and advising.• Developed a Workplace Safety program from the ground up for Feeding America in 2010-2011. Built relationships with safety resource providers so that members can access those resources for building a safety program that meets any new Feeding America safety standards, as well as all applicable OSHA standards.• Facilitated sessions at Feeding America national conferences: What Every Food Bank Should Be Measuring, Emerging Trends in Facility & Distribution Center Design, Good to Great – Workplace Safety, and Inventory Control.• Manager of Feeding America’s Executive Coaching Program.

Led a team of stakeholders and staff on the mission of ending hunger in southern Colorado by bridging the gap between hunger and abundance.• Prior to being named Interim CEO of this $27 million dollar organization - served as second in command, and critical member of the executive team, actively engaging in organizational strategy, program development, and decision making. • One of three staff members primarily charged with increasing the organizations presence and reach within the community by participating in numerous community networking events and speaking engagements each month, and working to increase the awareness in the community of Care and Share’s role as a regional hub for hunger relief.• Significantly increased the organization's ability to source, warehouse, and distribute food. Developed and implemented strategies to grow the organization from 6 million pounds to 19+ million pounds in the 4 years under my leadership. • Conceptualized the organization’s desire to expand rural services, and turned the concept into a regional rural expansion plan which resulted in successful expansion of services into all 31 counties of the service area, nine of which had been previously unserved. • Developed a set of scorecards & KPI’s that were unique to the food bank and the network at the time. • Served as the in-house project manager for the construction of an $8.6 million dollar food bank, and serving as the organization’s primary designer and planner for this LEED Certified Silver facility. Also, designed, built, and moved our Pueblo CO branch into a new facility.• Actively participated in the development of Care and Share’s Diversity Task Force. Joined in developing our business case for diversity and inclusiveness, and co-formulated the organization’s diversity statement.• Obtained two new service contracts with the State of Colorado providing over 4 million pounds of food, over $400k in annual revenue, and a gift of $65k towards the purchase of a truck.

Directed internal and external transportation and logistics for a regional health system.• Directed multiple service departments, patient and product distribution systems, and internal/external transportation and customer service functions for a regional health care system. Increased the services provided by the Materials Management department, as well as increased the number of departments served.• Assumed responsibility for underperforming departments that were over budget, under serving, and continually turning over with low employee morale, and turned those departments into efficient providers of additional services for the organization. Reduced turnover and inspired actions and confidence that resulted in model departments for the organization.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

Station Manager for Airborne Express/DHL delivery contract in Lincoln Nebraska. With 41 drivers, performing 29,000 deliveries per month across most of the state of NE.• Maintained a multi-million dollar service contract with Airborne Express/DHL, covering the majority of Nebraska.• Successfully led staff through 3 consecutive annual performance audits. The Lincoln operation scored a perfect score on all three audits, an accomplishment unattained by any another Airborne operation.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Supply Chain/Logistics, Summa Cum Laude