Helping clients grow stronger through organization development, change management, all levels of planning, leadership coaching, fundraising, and engagement.Projects include: Development of a strategic plan with vision, mission and values statement. Focus group with board of directors to identify their issues, presentation of analysis and recommendations, and board training.Assessment of organization risks and weaknesses with priorities to address each. Top to bottom analysis of a philanthropic foundation along with development of recommendations and presentation to the board. Design and implementation of plan with entirely new methods and approaches for raising funds for an organization that relied primarily on events.Recommendations for approach and high-level design for a multi-million-dollar fundraising campaign.Board development project to ensure strong succession and better distribution of responsibility.Facilitation of strategic planning sessions.

Secured $1.25M federal grant through the Michigan Department of Education to expand a school and add high school.Established professional fundraising program with well-rounded development model through planning, consistent inter- and intra-department communications, metrics, focused responsibilities, training, mentoring and teamwork.

Led a division of 60 permanent employees and 40+ students responsible for development, engagement and advancement services.Tripled fundraising in two years reaching nearly $15M.Developed and executed plan to launch a $150M comprehensive campaign from more than 12,000 donors in 5 public years.Led major upgrade to development information systems. This included wealth screening, front-end portfolio management, updates to primary system, and new reporting tool.Established philanthropy compliance staff position and structure to recognize, report and spend gifts in accordance with donor intent.Formed engagement team to focus on building stronger relationships with all constituencies.

Focused on all gifts of $1M and up. Managed all donor relationships and meetings for University President.Established Principal Gifts Office and all processes, metrics and materials.

Evaluated readiness and appropriate timeline for campaign.Prepared campus leadership via communications, training, campaign counsel and plans.Reviewed and improved stewardship programs including donor recognition, annual reports and endowment spending.

Cultivated, solicited and closed complex planned gifts for all areas of the University.Moved from two main annual giving campaigns to a robust year-round plan including year-round telefund, an employee fund drive that grew significantly year after year, direct mail, new website and online giving, crowdfunding, senior class gift and more.Created and launched The Pioneer Club, an "alumni" group for former and retired faculty and staff of the University to ensure lifelong relationships continue after employment.Expanded the Black & Gold Loyalty Society benefits and engagement opportunities.Converted Heritage Society to Vision Society to better reflect the impact of planned gifts and appeal to a broader audience.

Developed a solid educational and marketing program for planned gifts including regular e-newsletters, high quality paper communications, a website, and monthly seminars on estate and financial planning topics.Partnered with annual giving to add a planned giving component to the employee fund drive.Established new insurance guidelines.

Grew SEHS from a $100,000 per year fundraising unit to hit the $1M mark in 2007-08.Achieved capital campaign targets more than one year early.Responsible for over $7.8M for the campaign ended April 2009.Secured over $650,000 in gifts from one major donor to launch and expand a brand-new autism center.

Expanded corporate sponsorship opportunities from 2 levels of sponsorship to 11 levels associated with each mainstage play to allow for upgrades and more sponsors.Significantly improved annual fundraising efforts through direct mail. An increase of 28.5% year-over-year was achieved with 2 fewer mailings.

Developed the Corporate Strategic Plan and managed the annual Integrated Planning Process for 40 business units and headquarters support groups.Planned new products/businesses including financial services staffing, legal staffing, educational staffing and HR consulting, as well as national and international expansions of numerous business lines, including a six-country expansion in Asia.Traveled to each acquired business unit to assist with transition and in development of business and marketing plans.Guided units needing a new approach in finding the right fit with the overall strategic plan.

Took fledgling Integrated Planning Process and Corporate Strategic Plan and provided full structure, corporate training and communications and thorough examination of the environment both internally and externally.

Managed multiple client projects, including the staff performance and development.Developed and executed marketing plan for remote support of Andersen Consulting's warehouse management and logistics product.

Served General Mills Restaurants/Darden Restaurants with multiple improvement projects for their previous implementation of Andersen Consulting's warehouse management and logistics product.Provided full documentation, testing and training on the product which had not been in place.Reviewed interface programs for other pieces of the ordering system and improved for actual usage and processes.