Amanda Lilly, Mno Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Oversee all fundraising programs, donor relations, strategy, and communications for the U.S. Fencing Foundation with an approximately $600k annual operating budget. Promoted within a year due to strong performance.• Transformative Leadership: creating new bylaws, restructuring operations and implementing new processes to fundamentally change the foundation's operations. • Historic Fundraising Success: In just 9 months, increased annual revenue by over $210,000 (52% percent increase), exceeding the fundraising goal by 24% - the highest total ever raised in the 38-year history of the foundation.• Manage a full-time development manager, fostering a high-performing team environment

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

• Planned and successfully executed the foundation’s first fundraising gala and silent auction (200 attendees). Raised $118k in net revenue to support coaching grants, athlete resources, and other programmatic funding.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

• Helped execute a fully integrated direct mail and digital campaigns that generated $5 million in 2021 exceeding our goal by $1 million.• Drove growth in 2021 to an 8% increase in unique donors and a 39% increase in average gift size.• Improved the mid-level giving program system to identify prospects with the capacity and inclination to upgrade their giving. Manage a 125-prospect portfolio and a 300- stewardship portfolio for our mid-level giving program. Assisted in upgrading 26 donors ($308,957 in revenue) from the annual fund to the mid-level program in 2021.• Fostered corporate philanthropy programs such as the Toyota U.S. Paralympic Fund and Ralph Lauren's point of sale consumer program, creating a new avenue for partners to support Team USA. These new programs resulted in more than $5 million in philanthropic contributions in 2021-2022, separate from the sponsorship agreement.• Oversaw a team of external resources including 2 agencies and 7 vendors to produce more than 14 multi-channel campaigns per year.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

• Assisted the foundation team in maximizing their use of Salsa CRM & Salsa Engage, and created promotional materials to recruit prospective donors and event attendees.• Supported and collaborated with all 9 departments for the first 5 weeks.

Brecksville, Ohio

• Led the redesign of the membership and volunteer programs to increase overall engagement by 25% in one year. • Worked to develop new growth opportunities through strategic partnerships with organizations like Fitbit, Coolibar, Harry & David, and others.• Created a CRM guidebook to help staff members pull reports and data to be used for decision making. • Generated and organized a corporate giving database of over 150 companies.

Cleveland, Ohio

• Assisted with the preparation of event logistics (venue management, signage, hospitality, transportation, food & beverage, volunteers, etc.) for Strider Cup, USA Wrestling UWW Cadet & U23 World Team Trial Qualifier, USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships, and the Summer Golf Classic. Event participation ranged from 150-4,000. Event revenues ranged from $500,000-$3 million.• Aided in the research, planning, logistics, and budget management of their original event Neocycle, the nation’s largest urban cycling festival. This three-day event drew over 2,200 riders, 12,500 festival attendees and provided over $1 million in economic impact to Northeast Ohio.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Tracked and recorded $32,108 in donations for the Physical Education and Athletics Department during the 2018 Day of Giving. Exceeded donor goal by 384.2% earning an additional $15,000 to be added to the Athletics Annual Fund.• Drafted a strategic plan for the Heritage Museum to use their new building for community programming through the sport of baseball.• Maintained and analyzed the donor pipeline to ensure donations were fulfilled.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Assisted in launching the innovative program “DiscussingSocialJustice.com” and marketing it to educational customers, like USC, to include in their curriculum.• Researched and updated the executive marketing materials.• Strategized, planned and helped implement DSJ platform on SalesForce by creating the pitch decks.

Plano, Texas

• Created and began implementing a more efficient system with Microsoft Excel to log and track all corporate and individual donors since the Center opened.• Participated in the CACCC 2018 Gala fundraiser, with over 1,000 attendees that raised over $1 million. Worked on the planning, all aspects of set-up, including the silent auction, and event execution.• Collaborated with the marketing department to help produce materials and design a campaign for their back-to-school event.• Completed 11 projects including examining and researching different possibilities in redesigning their Gala structure for spring 2018.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Provided one-on-one and small group tutoring to middle school students in mathematics, sciences, and social studies at Open Doors Academy’s after school program.• Developed teaching and group management techniques to effectively engage the attention of the youth and maximize academic learning.• Participated in discussion-based seminars to explore root causes of community issues and develop a better understanding of civic engagement and social justice.

Plano, Texas

• Created the name and logo for their Classroom Resources for Education Store that has helped thousands of students throughout the school district.• Designed and produced all marketing materials with Photoshop and InDesign for their upcoming events such as: Ski Plano fundraiser, minor league baseball event for students, donor brunch, etc.• Collaborated with board members and sponsors to effectively portray the Foundation’s image through social media, such as: Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, MailChimp, Hootsuite, Constant Contact, resulting in increased viewings by 25%.

Master'S Degree, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration And Management, Organizational Behavior

Activities and Societies: Phi Mu Franternity (Intramural Sports Chair, Parents and Alumnae Chair, Sisterhood Development Leader, Delta.

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society (NHS), National Art Honor Society (NAHS, Vice President), Varsity Basketball, Varsity.