Bea Perdue Email & Phone Number

United States

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Bea Perdue brings fifteen years of combined fundraising and leadership experience to the US Development Director role at Worldreader. In nonprofit and higher education fundraising she has successfully secured major gifts and enterprise funding from individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies to support Capital Campaigns, Annual Funds and global strategic initiatives along with managing back office fundraising support.Her development career is highlighted by aligning donor priorities with high impact seven figure giving opportunities. She credits her fundraising success with strong donor engagement and extensive research.Reading is a key part of Bea's commitment to life-long learning which started at age three, when she learned to read with tutoring from her father. She loves reading anything that introduces her to new information. Books like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, My Soul Has Grown Deep: Black Art and the American South and A Tiger Rose Out of Georgia are among her favorites.

Decatur, Georgia, United States

Responsible for developing and implementing Annual Fund growth strategy; providing management and oversight of support for regional and national development; and maintaining effective and efficient donor management and fundraising software system support.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Responsible for identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of corporate, foundation and civic donors including grant submission, management, and reporting. Additional responsibilities included developing and executing Annual Fund giving.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States

As the inaugural fundraising officer, developed and implemented major gift fundraising strategies for six academic units for the largest student serving academic college at the University. * Secured seven figure gifts to establish student coaching and leaning center; collaborative K-12 learning institute; international sports management faculty/student exchange; and to support research initiatives * Secured record-breaking contributions from corporations, minority alumni, and bequests* Developed program collaborations with students, faculty, and community leaders to launch a national conference and regional community applied learning initiative

North Carolina, United States

Developed and directed major gift fundraising strategies toward a $55M Revitalization Campaign. Solicited more than $15M to launch and sustain the Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity and Inclusion Institute. Subsequently spearheaded the growth and development of highly successful global conferences, international leadership development for women, girls and diversity practitioners; college scholarship programming; and publication of a global magazine for 50,000 teen girls around the world.