Bobbie Jo Kelso Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

Lead all aspects of fundraising and donor engagement to help meet Pacific Environment’s mission and goals. We work to stop climate change and ensure healthy ecosystems around the Pacific Rim for the benefit of people and our planet.

Building the next generation of innovative storytellers at San Diego State University’s School of Journalism & Media Studies. The school offers nationally accredited programs for careers in advertising, journalism, public relations and media.

San Diego, California, United States

Created and led strategy to inspire and sustain support for one of the nation's first nonprofit newsrooms.

San Diego, California, United States

• Oversaw fundraising, brand, and communications for this nonprofit working to conserve the world's bats and their ecosystems to ensure a healthy planet. Led team in individual giving, membership, institutional giving.
• Increased philanthropic revenue by 31%, expanding major gifts at five-, six- and seven-figure levels and surpassing annual revenue targets.
• Grew base to 250,000 supporters and website visitors by 21%.
• Provided vision and execution for new brand implementation, website, marketing and digital experiences.

San Diego, CA

• Created and led fundraising strategy and managed online giving, annual campaigns, digital and program communications, and publications for this leading nonprofit working to empower homeless and other vulnerable youth.
• Led annual campaign, doubling donations from corporate, foundation and individual donors.
• Designed and managed new website, integrated CRM system and digital marketing.
• Grew social media followers by 83% and online giving by 61%.

San Diego, CA

Provided expertise and services for diverse nonprofit organizations. Projects included proposal development, silent auction coordination, digital marketing, website build, social media management, special events, membership CRM system, messaging and content creation.

Washington D.C.

• Led team of seven managing branding, messaging, website, social media, publications, media relations and advocacy for this partnership of 400+ national organizations working for the well-being of youth.
• Created and oversaw strategy for campaign to end high school dropout crisis, achieving media coverage in 50 states and 2 million social media impressions.
• Created brand standards and tested messaging adopted across the Alliance.
• Oversaw successful grant proposals and management of $1 million+ grants from Ford and Gates foundations, State Farm and other major donors.

Arlington, VA

• Promoted to lead new business development and relations with multi-million-dollar donors, in addition to overseeing global communications for funds empowering conservation action for nature and people worldwide..
• Led creation of Strategic Plan for the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) with Executive Director and managed multiple independent evaluations, resulting in Board approval to expand grant-making to 50.
• Raised $100 million+ from corporate, government, multilateral, nonprofit and foundation partners.
• Served as Acting Executive Director for CEPF 2009-2010, overseeing $16 million budget and planning, operations, and staff. Awarded $7 million in new grants.

Wales, United Kingdom And Washington DC

• Start-up and leadership team member of this $75 million partnership of Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank to fund conservation in biodiversity hotspots. Oversaw website.
• Provided strategic and technical expertise to donor relations and new business development.
• Created and led global brand and communications strategy, including redesign and management of website that doubled pages viewed and led to 400,000+ documents downloaded in one year.
• Secured major international and national earned media coverage.