Driven development professional on a team of 7, responsible for major and principal gift fundraising in the Southwest US, volunteer management, and strategic development of Dean's fundraising initiatives.In this role, I:-Manage a portfolio of 140 Ilitch School alumni and friends across Michigan, Texas, Tennessee, Arizona and California. -Work alongside the Dean to develop strategic fundraising programs and priorities that allow alumni to support the goals of the School and WSU through their philanthropic contributions. This often includes creating fundable priorities, development of budgets and prospect lists, and creation of marketing materials. Examples of programs include the Student Engagement and Active Learning (SEAL) Lab and the Belinsky Entrepreneurial Learning Lab (BELL).- Manage the Dean's volunteer advisory body, the Board of Visitors, where I am responsible for recommending and onboarding new members, developing strategic goals and governing documents for the group, producing all meetings and programming, and managing the Board's top donors. -Serve as departmental liaison to the MISB Staff Council, implementing initiatives to increase staff engagement across the school. -Served on the Division of Development and Alumni Affairs' inaugural "Newsletter Committee" as the committee coordinator. Committee was formed at the recommendation of cultural improvement consultant and charged with developing a Division-wide newsletter program to increase communication across Division.I joined the Ilitch School in 2022 as a major gift officer and have been fortunate to pursue my MBA at the School during my time here.

Served as the inaugural Development Generalist (Associate) at the Stamps School of Art & Design, where I oversaw all administrative needs for a team of 4, produced all major donor and named-fund stewardship materials, managed the student worker team, helped produce all Dean's Advisory Council meetings and managed membership, and managed a portfolio of local Washtenaw County donors.Specific job duties included:-Managing all major donor stewardship efforts and lead the development of all stewardship documents for over 100 donor named funds on an annual basis.-Working alongside Director of Development as the primary point of contact for the Dean's Advisory Council to develop comprehensive engagement and stewardship strategies for the group, as well as execute all meetings and communications.-Leading the development of Stamps Strategic Leadership Council, an alumni leadership group launching July 2022 to increase alumni engagement, build a campaign pipeline of major donors and increase annual donor numbers to set up the incoming Dean for a successful first year of alumni engagement. -Building and maintaining a strong network of alumni connections across the state of Michigan and maintaining a metrically engaged portfolio of donors.-Handling all recruitment, hiring, training, and management of student employees and interns. -Development and implementation of a comprehensive onboarding plan for new hires to the team, including the development of a department handbook.

Served as the primary administrative and project management professional for a team of 3 Regional Directors of Major Gifts in the University of Michigan's Office of University Development. I was also responsible for providing recommendations on portfolio management, development of proposals, and additional projects around Office of Research development needs.Specific duties included:-Handling all administrative responsibilities for a team of three regionally based Directors of Major Gifts (including expense reporting, meeting scheduling, travel coordination, gift agreement routing, gift processing, and budget management.) -Working with gift officers to produce custom presentations, infographics, and stewardship materials. -Preparing briefing documents and coordinating travel itineraries for high-level donor engagements with executive leadership.-Entering CRM interactions, plans, and opportunities.-Drafting gift agreements and donor proposals.-Managing gift officer portfolios and making both regional and donor-specific strategic recommendations for engagement. -Serving as a member of the core team responsible for planning and executing the March 2019 Major Gifts Retreat & Campaign Feedback Session.-Developing a system to manage development tours of Mcity testing facility. -Serving as primary liaison between OUD staff and Mcity for purposes of booking and managing development tours.-Coordinating Giving Blueday 2018 efforts for U-M's Office of Research, raising $86,490 (a 1201% increase in total revenue and 72% increase in day-of giving revenue over 2017.)-Working with the Center for Human Growth and Development to release $19,000 in funds that were previously unable to be spent, and to implement a system that prevented funds from becoming unusable for future administrations.

Worked under Director Angela Roman in a self-driven and independent setting, to plan and implement events such as Family and Friends Luncheon with the President, Leadership Week, and the Spring 2017 Leadership Conference. Through collaboration with Greek Life Coordinator Matt Jones, planned and facilitated a year-long Leadership Development Program, aimed at further developing the skills of students already holding leadership positions on campus.