Blair Bowens Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Va

• Lead efforts to develop a strategic and consistent onboarding experience for fundraising colleagues globally that can be tailored by business unit;• Help to coordinate and manage employee cohorts, peer networks, and mentoring matches in the division;• Serve as a point person and partner for knowledge and resource sharing in Development.

Richmond, Va

• Work closely with the development team to implement and coordinate effective multi-year strategies and plans for gift prospects, including individuals, foundation, and/or corporate donors• Responsible for building a portfolio of qualified donors and developing relationships with an emphasis on major gifts• Directly solicit for both Virginia and Global priorities to meet funding needs• Provide opportunities for donors to receive recognition and enhance donor experience• Oversee and manage a committee of executive volunteers tasked with fundraising to meet campaign needs• Persuasively convey the mission of The Nature Conservancy to individuals and groups

Richmond, Va

• Responsible for creating and implementing strategies for the ongoing cultivation and solicitation of individual donors• Plan and execute initial exploratory meetings with donors and prospects interested in local and global initiatives • Create ongoing opportunities for personal contact with past and current donors• Work collaboratively with other Donor Relations Managers to ensure a well-coordinated program for middle donors and Legacy Club members• Assist in proposal writing as needed to solicit select major gift prospects; provide local and global program information to prospects, and draft routine correspondence and acknowledgments

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Create and execute parameters for major donor giving circles to secure funds and meet fiscal goal• Establish a Board Development Committee; create all materials and provide support to Board Members as needed to secure new funding• Reinvented quarterly donor newsletter, The Growth Chart; responsible for writing content, oversee design, manage recipient list• Play a leadership role in identifying and researching new corporate partnerships for acquisition• Crafted and delivered presentation to upper management for launch of social media presence• Manage Development Specialist

Richmond, Va

• Member of Corporate Development Team that received national recognition for securing a multi-year Platform Partner for multiple events • Serviced existing and recruited new volunteers/corporations to support and participate in annual Heart Walk • Achieved fiscal goal in 2010 and 2011; increased corporate sponsorship by 14% for 2010 Heart Walk and 10% for 2011 Heart Walk• Managed a wide network of volunteers (100+) towards fundraising goals in support of the mission of AHA• Recruited and collaborated with C-Level executive volunteers to achieve fiscal revenue goals

Richmond, Va

• Responsible for sales and marketing of dyslipidemia products to Internal Medicine and Primary Care prescribers • Part of launch team for new product; achieved recognition on National Sales Leader Board for being #1 team in Southeast area• Planned and executed business development and promotional events with sales teams• Recognized by Regional Manager for selling skills, product knowledge and exceptional teamwork

Richmond, Va

• Achieved revenue growth each year for assigned portfolio of accounts for annual fundraising campaign• Delivered speeches conveying the message and mission of United Way throughout community• Managed and coordinated Emerging Leader Program, a leadership development program for rising professionals• Increased company-sponsored participants enrolled in program from 50% to 85% in one year• Managed a team of volunteers to redesign the content and curriculum of each year's program• Planned, coordinated and hosted program events and activities• Assisted in the design and creation of marketing materials (print and electronic)• Provided excellent customer service to donors year-round to ensure a satisfactory philanthropic experience and donor commitment to United Way brand• Selected by CEO to serve on strategic planning committee to strategize a new direction for our chapter• Only employee selected by CEO, direct supervisors and managers to enroll in HIGHER Ground, a dynamic program for current and emerging women leaders designed to strengthen performance capacities as agents of change, expand experiential and intellectual analysis of the process of leading and develop skills and methods to engage in and understand leadership• Facilitated training sessions for employee campaign managers community-wide• Recognized as Star Performer, an organizational-wide award determined by your peers, in September 2006

Charleston, Sc

• Responsible for purchasing equipment, managing inventory and running payroll using QuickBooks