Ann Bender Email & Phone Number

• Manage the Advancement Team and serve as the Liaison between the Alumni Board of Directors and school leadership• Develop and oversee the budget for the Advancement Office and Alumni Relations• Raise funds for select special projects and events• Manage a portfolio of top donors • Solicit major gifts from key constituents• Develop and implement processes for Capital Campaigns including solicitation strategy, key events, communication pieces and donor meetings • Plan and implement annual One Day giving campaigns utilizing direct mail, digital marketing and peer to peer communication.• Plan, implement and promote alumni programs in St. Louis, New York City, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Seattle and others• Coordinate reunion activities and special events• Establish and build relationships with a wide range of alumni, locally, regionally, and nationally• Maintain regular communication with alumni via direct contact, email blasts, alumni web pages, and print publications• Partner with Admissions and College Counseling offices to introduce alumni involvement in their processes; establish internship program for high school students and networking and interviewing workshop for college age alumni

Greater St. Louis Area

• Assist with Annual Fund strategy, including donor segmentation, direct mail brochures, reporting and stewardship. • Responsible for all gift entry and donor acknowledgment letters, processing recurring donations, maintaining donor records, processing queries and building online donation forms.Expert with Blackbaud software including Online Express, RE NXT, Connect RE, Net Community, as well as Greater Giving.

St. Louis, Mo

Generated over $500,000 in revenue for school benefit. Worked closely with caterer, selected menu, decorations, and venue. Recruited, trained and managed a volunteer staff consisting of five committees and over 50 people. Led deployment, implementation and training of process automation software. Created & maintained Excel Spreadsheets to track revenue, costs, & sales goals, year over year

Greater St. Louis Area

Successful start-up business, responsible for all facets of business, sales, data entry, advertising, bookings. Recruited, trained and motivated team of 15 sales people. Coordinated monthly meetings for team and local sales associates. Three time Top Performer Award Winner, earned multiple Incentive Trips

York, Pennsylvania Area

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Other May company positions held: * MIS Allocation Manager* Senior Allocation Coordinator* Area Sales Manager* Assistant Buyer